Professional Certification

In co-operation with the instructor, you will conduct research to find out what kinds of professional certification may be useful for you in your career.
First, you will conduct research using the internet and resources available in your major such as professors, your advisor, and written materials.
You should find the following information:
• Is there a professional certification or licensure that will be required for your career?
• If there is no required certification, is there any other form of certification, training program, or lifelong learning that may be optional but highly
beneficial?
• What are the trends (changing expectations) in the types of certification / licensure recommended for your career?
After considering these initial questions, please choose 1 or 2 certification (if you are doing this project as an individual. You will focus on these
certifications to explain them in detail. Please consider the following questions about the certification, program, licensure, or training that you have
chosen:
At what point in your career will it be required? (Before you begin, before you advance past the first couple of years, before you advance to a senior or
supervisory position?) • What kinds of institutions will be involved? (Your employer, professional schools or institutes, colleges or universities,
government agencies, etc.) Describe this organization in detail and the types of certification it offers.
• Explain clearly and succinctly the requirements for the certification, including a) education requirements, b) character requirement, c) work
experience, d) exam, e) whether any of the above requirements may be waived, and if so, in what cases.
• Explain all the steps required for the certification, including a) deciding which certification or training you will choose, b) eligibility determination, c)
exams involved if any, d) preparing for the exam, e) taking the exam, and f) any further steps before receiving the certificate.
• Be sure to consider in which country or countries you hope to work. Certification requirements may be different, and you may have to re-do part or
all of them if you move to a different country.
• Is there anything you can do now to prepare yourself / to streamline the process?
• Be sure to consider unique requirements of your career path.