Hybrid Graduate Programs Offered at IUP
Combine your passion for teaching with your interest in business and technology, and move your career ahead with our business education certification. Classes are taught in a hybrid format, where some of the learning happens in a class format and some
takes place online at a time of your choosing.
With a mixture of online and on-campus instruction, students at the Pittsburgh East and Dixon University Center will attend six face to face Saturday classes while taking the rest of the course work online. The Curriculum and Instruction program is specifically
designed for working professionals who exhibit a strong commitment to curriculum development and research methods.
Complete your Executive MBA in as little as few as four semesters, combining half of the coursework online and half in on-campus classes that take place on weekends or evenings (depending on location). Enroll in this accredited program at one of three
convenient locations in Western Pennsylvania.
Enjoy a mixture of online and on-campus coursework while you broaden your knowledge base in health and physical education and update your teaching methods, add health and physical education to your teaching certificate, or gain some extra student teaching
experience with your Health and Physical Education MEd.
Take classes on our Pittsburgh East or Indiana campus, while completing most of your work online. This program, designed for working professionals, can prepare or enhance your career in instructional design, distance education, and the development of
online courses for business and industry, higher education, health care, government, and many other professional settings.
Take advantage of the best and most current research for effective classroom practices at the elementary and middle school levels and a convenient combination of online and on-campus coursework offered during evenings and in the summer in the Mathematics
Education MEd. (Also offered fully online.)
This 30-credit MA in Music Education combines online courses with intensive, two-week summer sessions on campus. This program enables you to focus on the period of music history you prefer while offering pedagogy, theory, and research courses to empower
you as an administrator of music.
Prepare for your teaching career in the dynamic field of nursing education with a PhD in Nursing from IUP. Students enrolled in the program will experience courses in pedagogical practices and faculty development while conducting cutting-edge research
necessary to the advancement of nursing education. Enjoy a combination of online and on-campus coursework. Most hybrid courses are taught in the evenings, complimenting the schedule of any working professional.
This under-a-year program, made up of an online summer course and fall/spring internships at your school, is designed for experienced educators who aspire to be elementary or secondary school principals. The IUP Principal Certification Program is nationally
recognized by the Educational Leadership Constituent Council. Add an additional 15 credits of online core coursework to earn your Education MEd.
The Safety Sciences MS at IUP offers a 36-credit online degree combined with two one-week summer courses at IUP's main campus, allowing a student to finish in two years. Similarly, the 54-credit Safety Sciences PhD program offers 24 credits of online
coursework and six one-week, on-campus summer workshops that allow students to finish in as few as three years.
If you are an educator looking to expand your areas of teaching expertise, the Special Education Certificate of Recognition (COR) is perfect for you. You can take 15 of the 18 required credits online, with the remaining credits coming from an on-campus
practicum experience.