Microcredentials

The HEA program offers microcredentials to demonstrate mastery of a particular skill or set of skills. They may be displayed on online platforms, including LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and any digital badge backpack, such as Mozilla Open Source. They may also be listed on resumes and CVs.

Microcredentials can also serve as steppingstones for more advanced credentials. Because our microcredentials are stackable, if you decide to pursue the graduate certificate or master's degree in the future, you apply all of the courses you've taken (time restrictions may apply).

If you're not a current Stony Brook graduate student, you should contact an HEA advisor at hea@stonybrook.edu to find out how to apply as a non-matriculated student.

Microcredential

Course Requirements

Leadership in Higher Education Management and Operations

To earn this microcredential, students must take this course:

HEA 503 Leadership in Higher Education

plus two of the following courses:

HEA 524 Enrollment Management
HEA 531 Finance Issues in Higher Education
HEA 532 Facilities Management in Higher Education

Student Affairs Administration

To earn this microcredential, students must take these courses:

HEA 523 Student Affairs Administration
HEA 530 Legal Issues in Higher Education

plus one of the following courses:

HEA 522 Crisis Management and Prevention in Higher Education
HEA 531 Finance Issues in Higher Education
HEA 540 Critical Issues in Higher Education: First Year Focus

Student Development, Technology and Distance Learning in Higher Education

To earn this microcredential, students must take all of these courses:

HEA 502 Survey of Student Development Theory
HEA 510 Technology in Higher Education
HEA 540 Critical Issues: Foundations of Online Education

Athletics Administration in Higher Education

To earn this microcredential, students must take these courses:

HEA 533 Inter-Collegiate Athletics
CEP 507 Philosophy, Principles, and Organization of Athletics in Education

plus one of the following courses:

HEA 532 Facilities Management in Higher Education
HEA 540 Critical Issues: College Student Wellness

Coaching in Athletics in Higher Education

To earn this microcredential, students must take all of these courses:

HEA 533 Inter-Collegiate Athletics
CEP 502 Principles of Coaching
CEP 520 Theory and Techniques of Coaching: Sport-Specific Practicum

Student Advising and Counseling in Higher Education

To earn this microcredential, students must take this course:

HEA 520 Advising and Counseling

plus two of the following courses:

HEA 521 Diversity in Higher Education
HEA 525 The Contemporary Undergraduate
HEA 526 Career Counseling and the Psychology of Work
HEA 586 Practicum in Higher Education*

* Required in place of an elective for enrollees with less than one year of work experience in advising and/or counseling.

Claiming Your Microcredential

After you have completed the required courses and have a final grade posted, just fill out the form so we can review your transcript. After confirming completion, we will issue your microcredential(s).

Microcredential Request Form

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