Professional Certifications and Special Programs

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Professional Development

Correctional & Law Enforcement professionals

Correctional Management Institute of Texas (CMIT) offers a broad range of professional development programs and initiatives for the corrections professional.

Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT) offers several professional development program areas for the law enforcement professional.

Southeast Texas Applied Forensic Science Facility (STAFS) offers continuing education opportunities for students, law enforcement officials, academicians, and forensic specialists as well as certification as a Crime Scene Investigator through the International Association of Identification (IAI).

 Continuing Education

Our Continuing Education Department provides a diverse selection of non-college credit course offerings that allow you to meet your professional, personal, and financial needs.

 Professional Certifications*

Students may pursue the following professional certifications, which require a master’s degree:

• Principal Certification
• Higher Education Assessment and Institutional Research
• Superintendent Certification
• School Librarian
• Reading Specialist
• Educational Diagnostician
• Bilingual (Spanish) Educational Diagnostician
• Applied Behavior Analysis

 Supplemental Certifications*

A supplemental certificate is an area on concentration added to an existing state certificate. A supplemental certificate gives educators the ability to teach the supplemental subject at whatever grade level(s) or area(s) in which they hold certificates.

• Bilingual Supplemental Certification
• English as a Second Language Supplemental Certification

 Study Abroad & Field Programs

• Study Abroad Program
• Sociology Italian Field School Program
• SHSU Field School Program in Puebla, Mexico

 Enterprise Resources Planning Software

• SHSU/SAP Certificate of Completion

*All teaching certificates are issued by the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) under the supervision of the Texas Education Agency, upon recommendation of the University, and are subject to change.