Certificate Programs of Study

Certificate Programs

Florida Poly offers undergraduate students the opportunity to add a certificate to their degree. For degree-seeking students, certificates are “add-ons” and not substitutions for existing concentrations and, therefore, are subject to the following rules.

General Rules

Students must be admitted to Florida Poly as either degree-seeking or non-degree seeking students.
Certificates are NOT substitutions for degree program concentrations.
- Students may use 3-credits to count towards both the degree program and the certificate program. The remaining 9-credits must apply to the certificate only.
Certificates are conferred at the time a Florida Poly degree is conferred. They cannot be earned if a student transfers or leaves prior to completing the baccalaureate.
Students must declare they are pursuing a certificate by completing the Registrar’s office form. Students may declare as late as the semester prior to their last semester at Florida Poly. By declaring a certificate, the student agrees to the rules/terms set forth here.
Students who complete the requirements for the baccalaureate degree but who have not completed the requirements for a declared certificate must graduate first. Certificates need to be completed in time to earn the degree in four years. This includes summer session.
Students taking longer than four (4) years to complete their degree are not permitted to earn a certificate.
Students must earn a C or better in all certificate courses to earn the certificate. Only a course that applies to both the degree and the certificate may be retaken for grade forgiveness.
Non-completion of a certificate may result in excess credit hour fees for courses taken that do not apply to the degree.
Courses taken toward a completed certificate do not incur an excess credit hour fee.

Requirements for Upper-level Certificates

Students must maintain a 2.75 cumulative GPA (for all courses, not just certificate courses)
Students must be on the appropriate plan of study and make successful progress enough to complete their degree in 4 years.
Students must successfully complete 30 credits before taking courses toward the certificate (with exception to transfer courses or a course that counts for the student’s declared degree program)
Students completing their freshman year with 27 credits, who meet all the above criteria, may enroll in 3 credits toward their degree and 3 credits toward a certificate in the summer following their freshman year.

Special Notes: rules/guidelines

Applied Liberal Studies
- Students opting for this certificate who bring in more than 12 hours in humanities and social sciences: credits will first be applied to fulfill general education. Additional credits may be applied to the certificate only if the student declares the certificate (see rules, above).
- Students may apply up to 6 (transfer or native) general education humanities or social science credits to the certificate.

Certificate Programs of Study

Certificate Programs

General Rules

Requirements for Upper-level Certificates

Special Notes: rules/guidelines

Applied Liberal Studies