Nurse Educator Post-Master’s Certificate
This Post-master’s Certificate option for nurse
educators is an 11-credit program offered by the Graduate School of Nursing
through UMass Online. It is designed to meet the needs of the master’s-prepared
nurse who desires formal education and teaching skills and strategies that
address student, program and patient outcomes as well as leadership skills to
improve health care. Required courses include N620 (Teaching and
Curriculum Development), N622 (Advanced Instructional Methods), N623
(Identifying and Measuring Outcomes) and N625 (Teaching Practicum). These
courses are available as both fully online (no face to face classes required
except teaching practicum) or blended (mix of face to face and online
learning). All students enrolled in the Post-master’s certificate program
will enroll for these courses through UMass Online.
Course Descriptions