This online form will be used as a means of approving the creation, modification, or inactivation of for-credit micro-credentials in the College of Science. The form can also be used to notify the college about non-credit micro-credential offerings (create, modify, or inactivate). Non-credit micro-credentials do not require college approval, but notifying the college is required; without this notification, the Office of Continuing and Professional Education will not process the micro-credential. 

• For-credit: Utilizing standard Mason courses (existing or new) where students can attain university course credits similar to if they were enrolled in a formal degree program or certificate.
• Non-credit: A curricular offering that usually provides Continuing and Professional Education (CPE) credits, not standard university credits. These courses cannot count toward a university degree or certificate. 

Micro-credentials (commonly referred to as “badges”) are not standard university offerings. They are not for-credit and will not appear in the University Catalog. 
 

• To create a new for-credit micro-credentials, complete sections Blue and Green.
• To modify or inactivate a for-credit micro-credential, complete sections Blue and Purple.
• To create, modify, or inactivate  a non-credit micro-credential, complete sections Blue and Orange.

 

This form must be completed, approved by the chair of the primary department, and submitted for College of Science Curriculum Committee (COSCC) review. COSCC deadlines can be found here.  
 

Questions can be directed to Jennifer Bazaz Gettys and/or the university’s Micro-Credentials team. 

For problems or questions related to this form, please email Jennifer Bazaz Gettys.