Certificate in Community College Faculty Preparation / Adult Education

The Department of Education offers a post-baccalaureate program for those potential and practicing community college faculty and adult educators seeking to improve their instructional competence.  The 12-unit program provides for learning of foundations of community college and adult education, instructional methodology, and curriculum development.  A guided professional teaching experience is also provided.

EDCI 630, 631 and 689 are offered through the Center for Regional and Continuing Education.  Enrollment in these courses is processed through the Center for Regional and Continuing Education office.  EDCI 601 is offered through the regular university course system or can be taken via Open University. In order to receive the certificate, admission to the university through Graduate School is required. After completion of the four courses, the Department of Education sends a notice of completion to the CSU, Chico Records Office.  The certificate is then posted to the student’s academic record.

The following courses, or their approved equivalents, are required of all candidates for this certificate.  Courses may be taken in any sequence with the exception of the field experience, which must be the culminating course.

4 courses (12 units) required:

EDCI 630            Community College and Adult Education
History, purpose, infrastructure, successes, and problems of the community college and adult education in the United States, relationships to the larger context of higher education.  Profiles of diverse students will be explored.

EDCI 631            Facilitating Adult Learning 
Instructional methods and learning theory as applied to the adult learner, the community college or adult education setting, and the students’ areas of expertise.

EDCI 601            Curriculum Development and Instructional Design  
Current processes and practices of curriculum development, instructional design, implementation and assessment.  Emphasis is on application of processes to curriculum decision-making.

EDCI 689            Professional Field Experience Specially designed and supervised field experience activities appropriate to their level of expertise and profession.  Participants will enhance competencies related to instruction, curriculum, assessment, and management.  Requires successful completion of EDCI 630, EDCI 631 and EDCI 601. Credit/No Credit grading only.

A maximum of 3 units of transfer credit may be allowed in the certificate program.  A grade point average of 3.0 must be earned for courses required for the certificate program.  At least a C must be earned in each course in the certificate program before the certificate is awarded.  The courses required for the certificate may be applied to the MA in Education, Curriculum and Instruction.

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