The WVU Teaching and Learning Center no longer offers a certificate in university teaching.
You may be interested in a new 12 credit hour Graduate Certificate in University Teaching (CG17) offered by the School of Education & Counseling. Please see the 2026-27 Academic Catalog for more information.
The School of Education & Counseling is located within the College of Applied Human Sciences. For more information on this new certificate, or how to complete your current certificate based upon your plan of study from a previous course catalog year, please utilize the contact information below.
College of Applied Human Sciences
375 Birch Street
PO Box 6115
Morgantown, WV 26506-6115
Updated message from the School of Education and Counseling (July 10, 2026)
I wanted to let you know that the University Teaching Certificate was recently revised and will be in place this Fall (2026). The School of Education and Counseling will now be administering the certificate as well. Here is the new catalog information on the certificate: https://catalog.wvu.edu/graduate/graduatecertificates/universityteaching/. You’ll note that it now consists of 12 credits, instead of 15, and does not have a specific practicum requirement for the certificate itself.
Updating to the new certificate year would need to be a discussion with your advisor, as that might have negative implications on your primary graduate degree. But even if you remain on the former plan of study for the certificate, know that we are here to work with you to determine the best path toward completion.
I also wanted to let you know about two of the certificate courses that are scheduled for this Fall:
- EDUC 701 - Teaching in Higher Education
- This would satisfy either the Pedagogy or the Instructional Excellence requirement in your certificate plan
- EDUC 703 - Diversity in Education
- This would satisfy the Diversity requirement in your certificate plan
If interested in either or both of those courses, please register ASAP.
In the Spring, we are currently planning to run two courses that would satisfy the Instructional Excellence or the Capstone requirement.
We are working to establish an advising contact and workflow for this certificate but, in the meantime, if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me. Best of luck in the year ahead.
Cheers,
Matt Campbell
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Matthew P. Campbell, Ph.D.
Interim Director, School of Education and Counseling
Associate Professor of Mathematics Education
College of Applied Human Sciences
West Virginia University