The Certificate of Advanced Studies program is designed to provide the post-master's student an opportunity to expand and update professional skills and competencies through a structured pattern of continuing education. Study may be either full-time at Clarion or part-time at Harrisburg, Philadelphia, or online. It consists of 15 graduate credits.
Clarion location information - Provides a face-to-face environment for those individuals who wish to complete their programs on either a full-time or part-time basis. If you wish to be a full-time student, you should begin your studies in the fall semester. If you wish to attend part-time, you may begin in any semester.
- Complete your degree in as little as one year
- Competitive tuition rates
- Graduate assistantships available
- New campus housing available
- Link to Clarion University's web page with location information, driving directions, maps, etc.
- Link to department's course cycle for the Clarion program. A course cycle is a projection of the courses that will be offered in upcoming years.
- Link to Clarion University's Division of Graduate Studies and Research graduate student orientation page which is an overall orientation to graduate studies at Clarion University.
Harrisburg location information - Classes are offered at the Dixon University Center and provides a face-to-face environment for those individuals who wish to complete their programs on a part-time basis. All classes in the program are available to Dixon Center students in either a classroom setting or online. You may begin taking classes during any semester.
- Convenient class location on Front Street in Harrisburg at the beautiful Dixon University Center. Link to a virtual tour of the campus.
- Competitive tuition rates
- Dixon University Center student scholarship opportunties
- Link to Dixon University Center's web page location information, driving directions, maps, etc.
- Link to department's course cycle for the Dixon program. A course cycle is a projection of the courses that will be offered in upcoming years.
- Link to Clarion University's Division of Graduate Studies and Research graduate student orientation page which is an overall orientation to graduate studies at Clarion University.
Philadelphia location information - Classes are offered at both the Philadelphia Free Library and at the Cheney University Urban Education Site and provides a face-to-face environment for those individuals who wish to complete their programs on a part-time basis. All classes in the program are available to Philadelphia students in either a classroom setting or online. You may begin taking classes during any semester.
- Classes conveniently located at the Philadelphia Free Library Central Library that has over 7 million items and many special collections and at Cheney University of Pennsylvania's, America's oldest historically black institution of higher learning, Urban Education site.
- Cheney University Urban Education site is located at The Mellon Independent Center at 701 Market Street #333, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Link to Google Maps.
- Link to department's course cycle for the Philadelphia program. A course cycle is a projection of the courses that will be offered in upcoming years.
- Link to Clarion University's Division of Graduate Studies and Research graduate student orientation page which is an overall orientation to graduate studies at Clarion University.
Admissions requirements - links to graduate catalog MSLS admission requirements
Course descriptions - Links to graduate catalog MSLS course descriptions
Course schedules - Links to course schedules on the registrar's page
Degree requirements - Links to graduate catalog MSLS degree requirements
Tuition and fees - Links to financial aid information on tuition and fees
