Certificate Programs

Earn College Credits to use at any College!

Select certificate program courses now carry college credit recommendations through the National Program on Noncollegiate Sponsored Instruction (National PONSI). National PONSI serves noncollegiate organizations throughout the country. National PONSI is based on the position that it is sound educational practice to grant academic credit for high quality educational programs conducted by noncollegiate organizations, provided that these experiences are at the college level, and that the credit is appropriate to an individual's degree program.

You can earn college credit in just 3 easy steps:

1. To be eligible for credit recommendations choose a subject from the following list and complete the set of corresponding courses: Certificate Program Course Titles & Corresponding Modules Semester Credits
   
   

   Certificate Program	Course Titles & Corresponding Modules	Semester Credits
   Staff Training & Recognition (STAR)	Credit Union Operations (S30, S100, S110, S1304)	2
   	Accounting (S300, S310, S320)	2
   	Financial Institutions Marketing (S420, S510, S520)	2
   Management Enrichment Program (MERIT)	Leadership (M09, M10, M16)	2

   
   
2. Pass the proctored, college-level exams for each of the corresponding courses. (PONSI) credit recommendations do not apply to the open-book exam included with the module.)
3. Share the transcripts of completed courses with your college advisor for application toward college requirements. Not currently enrolled in a college program? Call your state league or CUNA at 1-800-356-9655, ext. 4131, for a list of colleges in your state that usually accept PONSI credit recommendations. This information can also be found at www.nationalponsi.org.

Call your league or CUNA for more information on credit recommendations, college-level testing requirements, or to arrange for a college-level exam.

Fit learning into your life with these three college options

CUNA Center for Professional Development has developed relationships with these national programs:

University of Phoenix Online
University of Phoenix Online, which has served working adults for more than a quarter of a century, has made its mission to remove barriers to education for busy adults by providing accessible scheduling and rigorous degree programs centered on professional goals. The University is the largest private accredited university in North America and is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association. For more information, call 866-766-0766 or visit www.phoenix.edu/.

Excelsior College
For nearly three decades, Excelsior College in Albany, New York, has been providing access to higher education for adult learners. The college offers a flexible way to earn your degree. You don't attend Excelsior College. Rather, Excelsior College comes to you - combining past educational credits with a plan to earn what it takes to achieve your educational goal.

This important concept has led to more than 100,000 satisfied Excelsior College graduates. For more information, please call toll-free at 888-647-2388 or visit www.excelsior.edu.

Cardinal Stritch University
Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a comprehensive institution rooted in the liberal arts, providing graduate and undergraduate education to a diverse population of students of all ages. Cardinal Stritch graduates are critical thinkers, ethical decision-makers, and life-long learners.

Although the University is based in Wisconsin, online courses allow anyone with Internet access to attend Cardinal Stritch. For more information, call 800-383-3308 or visit www.stritch.edu.

American Council on Education (ACE)
The American Council on Education’s College Credit Recommendation Service (ACE CREDIT) has evaluated and recommended college credit for five RegTraC Level 2 (modules 1-5) CUNA courses. The American Council on Education, the major coordinating body for all the nation's higher education institutions, seeks to provide leadership and a unifying voice on key higher education issues and to influence public policy through advocacy, research, and program initiatives.

For more than 30 years, colleges and universities have trusted ACE CREDIT to provide reliable course equivalency information to facilitate their decisions to award academic credit. For more information, visit the ACE CREDIT website at www.acenet.edu/acecredit.

The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)
The RegTraC Level 2 Compliance Expert Certificate and CUCE designation have been accepted by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) for the Certified Internal Auditor^® (CIA) exam Part IV Professional Recognition Credit. For more information on IIA visit www.theiia.org.

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