Possible Professional Certifications ACE Evaluated for Graduate Level Credit

[infradata.it@gmail.com]

Please take this as "possible" only, I still need to seek confirmation, but thought someone here may already know.

Snagging even a single "graduate level" credit, for a cost of "almost nothing" (considering its a 500 level credit), would be GOLDEN

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Specific Professional Certifications ACE Evaluated for Graduate Level Credit

Based on available information and typical patterns in ACE evaluations:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification (Project Management Institute - PMI):
  • The PMP is an advanced certification for project managers, requiring significant experience (typically 3–5 years) and education (a bachelor’s degree or equivalent). ACE has historically evaluated the PMP for graduate-level credit due to its rigorous content, which includes advanced topics like project risk management, stakeholder engagement, and strategic project alignment.
    
  • Credit Recommendation: Approximately 3–6 semester hours (SH) at the graduate level, often in areas like Project Management or Business Administration.
    
  • Rationale: The PMP’s focus on complex project management theories and practices aligns with master’s-level coursework in business or management programs.
    
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) (International Information System Security Certification Consortium - ISC2):
  • The CISSP is a globally recognized certification for cybersecurity professionals, requiring at least 5 years of experience in domains like security operations, risk management, and cryptography. ACE often recommends graduate-level credit for the CISSP because of its advanced technical and strategic content.
    
  • Credit Recommendation: Approximately 3–6 SH at the graduate level, typically in Cybersecurity, Information Assurance, or Information Systems.
    
  • Rationale: The CISSP’s depth in areas like security architecture and governance is comparable to graduate-level coursework in cybersecurity master’s programs.
    
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Licensure (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants - AICPA):
  • The CPA licensure process involves passing a rigorous exam and meeting educational and experience requirements (typically 150 credit hours and 1–2 years of work experience). ACE has evaluated certain CPA preparatory courses or the licensure itself for graduate credit.
    
  • Credit Recommendation: Up to 6 SH at the graduate level, often in Accounting, Financial Management, or Business.
    
  • Rationale: The CPA’s advanced topics, such as auditing, taxation, and financial reporting, align with master’s-level accounting or business administration coursework.
    
• Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Certification (Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards - CFP Board):
  • The CFP certification requires a bachelor’s degree, coursework in financial planning, and passing a comprehensive exam. It covers advanced topics like estate planning, risk management, and investment strategies. ACE may recommend graduate credit for the CFP due to its complexity and alignment with graduate-level finance studies.
    
  • Credit Recommendation: Approximately 3 SH at the graduate level, typically in Financial Planning or Business.
    
  • Rationale: The CFP’s focus on strategic financial decision-making and client management mirrors graduate-level finance or business courses.
    
• Institute of Certified Bankers (ICB) Certifications (American Bankers Association - ABA):
  • The ABA offers certifications like the Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor (CTFA) through its Institute of Certified Bankers, which ACE evaluates. The CTFA, for example, requires advanced knowledge of trust management, fiduciary responsibilities, and financial advising, often warranting graduate credit.
    
  • Credit Recommendation: Approximately 3 SH at the graduate level, often in Finance, Banking, or Business Administration.
    
  • Rationale: The CTFA’s advanced content aligns with master’s-level coursework in financial services or business management.
    

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LET ME KNOW IF YOU KNOW... I'll update this when I have more info

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Note... I totally qualify for writing the ISC2's CISSP (and PMI's PMP)... hence why I'm interested

[NotJoeBiden]

I have seen six sigma certification transfer as upper division credit at UMass Global outside of ACE. Maybe grad credit somewhere?

[infradata.it@gmail.com]

Six Sigma... Black Belt/ Master... right (I have a Green Belt)

[Jonathan Whatley]

The ACE National Guide to credit recommendations is publicly browsable and searchable! We can go directly to the source rather than to AI slop full of falsehoods.

• The Project Management Institute has never been ACE-evaluated. Some PMP prep courses from third parties have scattered credit recommendations, those I've seen entirely undergraduate.
  
• ISC2 is ACE-evaluated. CISSP is currently 3 lower-division undergraduate semester hours.
  
• The CFP Board has never been ACE-evaluated.
  
• Neither the AICPA nor any organization with "Accounting" or "Accountancy" in its name has ever been ACE-evaluated.
  
• The American Bankers Association has not been ACE-evaluated since 2022 when its last credit recommendations expired, and its Institute of Certified Bankers is not separately evaluated.
  

[Mint Berry Crunch]

I have seen six sigma certification transfer as upper division credit at UMass Global outside of ACE. Maybe grad credit somewhere?

Really? Where did you get it from and what did it count as at UMass? I'm genuinely curious.

[infradata.it@gmail.com]

The ACE National Guide to credit recommendations is publicly browsable and searchable! We can go directly to the source rather than to AI slop full of falsehoods.

• The Project Management Institute has never been ACE-evaluated. Some PMP prep courses from third parties have scattered credit recommendations, those I've seen entirely undergraduate.
  
• ISC2 is ACE-evaluated. CISSP is currently 3 lower-division undergraduate semester hours.
  
• The CFP Board has never been ACE-evaluated.
  
• Neither the AICPA nor any organization with "Accounting" or "Accountancy" in its name has ever been ACE-evaluated.
  
• The American Bankers Association has not been ACE-evaluated since 2022 when its last credit recommendations expired, and its Institute of Certified Bankers is not separately evaluated.
  

I agree, I should have "deeper searched" personally.

Graduate/500-level, I have NOT BEEN FINDING (outside "in-class, in term" university offerings) ANYTHING

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PS: Sorry to use this topic to train AI "Neddle in haystack" research methods....

[NotJoeBiden]

I have seen six sigma certification transfer as upper division credit at UMass Global outside of ACE. Maybe grad credit somewhere?

Really? Where did you get it from and what did it count as at UMass? I'm genuinely curious.

They list all the certifications they give credit for including Six Sigma Green Belt which counts for 2 classes.

https://www.umassglobal.edu/admissions/t...fessionals

[bjcheung77]

Interesting indeed, getting the green belt is similar to getting something else from PMP.
Here's what the green belt comes in as... Six Sigma Green Belt - CSCU 383; CSCU 415

[wow]

The ACE National Guide to credit recommendations is publicly browsable and searchable! We can go directly to the source rather than to AI slop full of falsehoods.

• The Project Management Institute has never been ACE-evaluated. Some PMP prep courses from third parties have scattered credit recommendations, those I've seen entirely undergraduate.
  
• ISC2 is ACE-evaluated. CISSP is currently 3 lower-division undergraduate semester hours.
  
• The CFP Board has never been ACE-evaluated.
  
• Neither the AICPA nor any organization with "Accounting" or "Accountancy" in its name has ever been ACE-evaluated.
  
• The American Bankers Association has not been ACE-evaluated since 2022 when its last credit recommendations expired, and its Institute of Certified Bankers is not separately evaluated.
  

I would absolutely support the moderators in deleting or modifying posts (perhaps with an "information compiled by ChatGPT, not by the OP") that are just copypasted from AI. I realize that OP and others who post this stuff may be well-intentioned and not trying to spam, but this stuff basically IS spam, and maybe worse than the blatantly money-motivated links that intentional spammers post, because those are obviously trash to most readers, where this stuff comes across as "I am a human who did actual research" unless the OP explicitly states "I asked ChatGPT and am posting their useless answer here even though any one of you could ask ChatGPT to get the exact same useless answer."

OP, this may come across his hostile, and that's not my intention. We're all here because we want to learn, so it's important to know which resources provide reliable information and which don't. ChatGPT is designed to string words together in a way that make sense. It is NOT designed to provide reliable information. All it really does is grab words from the Internet and other electronic texts, "decide" what is statistically most likely to create a plausible (but not necessarily truthful or verifiable) answer to your question based on how often those words appear in certain contexts in its database, and then string those words back together to give you an "answer."

If you ask it something basic, for which almost every source is going to agree on an answer, like, "What color is the sky?" it will likely give you the right answer. But if you ask it a specialized question like, "Where can I get a free degree?" or "Where can I get ACE graduate credits?" the answer is going to be complete garbage, both because it doesn't have enough sources to draw from, and also because many of those limited sources are clickbait and full of incorrect information already.

Pasting ChatGPT's answers into the forum without clearly telling us that's where you got it wastes the time of other forum members who may then try to act on the information you provided or to corroborate it. If you just told us up front that it was ChatGPT, we could know to ignore it as the word salad it is .

In short, if you're not willing to take the time to research and write something, it's not worth anyone else's time to read it or even think about it. When you post ChatGPT's answers to the forum, that's what you're asking us to do. People will vary in their opinions on whether or not this constitutes rudeness, but I think at a minimum it shows a lack of consideration, even if it's not intentional.

Take researching for degree information the same way you hopefully approach school work: an opportunity to hone your research and critical thinking skills by doing your own legwork and relying on the legwork done by other humans who care about the topic.

[Jonathan Whatley]

I feel bad for the OP that the AI program he used misdirected him!