Culturo-Behavior Science and ABA

Certificate in Culturo-Behavior Science and Applied Behavior Analysis

This program will start in Summer 2025.  Schedule will be announced in Spring 2025.

The Molloy graduate certificate in Culturo-Behavior Science and Applied Behavior Analysis is an innovative program designed to offer foundational training in the burgeoning field of Culturo-Behavior Science. Recognizing the immense potential of behavior science to contribute to solving complex cultural issues that impact both individuals and society at large, this concentration is structured around three vital areas of graduate training. Tailored to prepare students to engage with areas that directly influence public policy or to participate in interdisciplinary collaboration, the training focuses on addressing complex needs and large-scale societal challenges. Through this specialized and practical approach, students are equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to make significant strides in confronting and resolving the multifaceted problems of our contemporary world. The courses were created with ABAI guidelines.

Courses for this graduate certificate can be applied to the Master’s in Behavioral Analysis and Educational Neuroscience. The Master's degree in Behavioral Analysis and Educational Neuroscience will be launched in the Spring 2025. Contact mschroeder@molloy.edu for more information.

Certificate Course Offerings (9 credits total) (Click here for course descriptions)
- Basic Principles in Applied Behavior Analysis (3 credits)
- Behavior Systems Analysis (3 credits)
- Behavioral Systems Analysis Practicum I (1.5 credits)
- Behavioral Systems Analysis Practicum II: Behavior Science Perspectives on Culture and Community (1.5 credits)

Plan of Study
Courses are offered throughout the year, so you can sign up anytime.  However, the courses must be taken in sequential order as follows: Basic Principles in Applied Behavior Analysis, must be taken first, followed by, Behavior Systems Analysis, then Behavioral Systems Analysis Practicum I and ending with Behavioral Systems Analysis Practicum II: Behavior Science Perspectives on Culture and Community. 

Online Format
These courses are offered fully online. Molloy University uses a Learning Management System or online platform called Canvas. Any fully online course that you take at Molloy will be taught using Canvas.

Most of the courses are offered fully online in a asynchronously format, meaning that the courses in this format are not taught in "real time". Students do not have to attend at a given time. You can log on at any time to take a course. However, there will be assignments that will be due at specific times. 

However, one course, Behavior Systems Analysis, will be offered in a hybrid format: it will meet synchronously on specific days and times through Zoom and asynchronously through Canvas.  

Once you have registered for your first course, you will be emailed a Molloy email account. Once you receive your Molloy email account, please follow the instructions in the email to set-up your permanent account. (If you do not receive the email within 3 business days of registering for your first course please check your spam folder or contact Krista Lombardo at: klombardo@molloy.edu.You can log in at: www.molloy.edu/canvas using your permanent Username and Password. Once you log in to your Canvas account you can look up the any assignments that the instructor may have posted. It is also strongly suggested that you click on the following to become more familiar with using Canvas: https://resources.instructure.com/courses/32/pages/canvas-student-quickstart.   

Tuition
The tuition is discounted to $945 per course. There are no application or course fees. This is a discounted tuition rate. Tuition is normally about $4,000 per 3-credit graduate course. The tuition is off-set by a professional development scholarship that is given to those teachers who already possess a master's degree and are not pursuing a master's degree with Molloy University. There are no other discounts given. Students and teachers who are pursuing a master's degree at Molloy University are not eligible to enroll in this program at the discounted rate.

Registration Procedure and Schedule of Classes
The program does not have traditional deadline dates because courses are offered throughout the year and they do not follow a semester schedule. There are no defined overall start and end dates for the program. Therefore, you can apply to the program at any time. The registration process is rather simple because you are not applying for a Molloy degree. There is an online application that you need to complete, but that is for information purposes only. Everyone is accepted as long as you are a NY certified teacher. There is no application fee and GREs are not required. If you are enrolling in the program for the first time, there is a combined application/registration form that you will complete online.  Once you register for the first time you will be sent an email within one to two business days with your username to login your student account to access the system for future registrations and to access Canvas, our online learning platform.

You should register at least a week before the course start date at the latest in order to register for the first time. After that you can register up until the day before the class, but then you run the risk that a course could be full- our courses do close.

All registrations are conducted online. Click here for the application/registration procedures. The online registration process differs if you are a continuing student or if you are a new student.

Schedule of Classes when program starts
- Basic Principles in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) (3 credits); Dates TBA (asynchronous online)
- Behavior Systems Analysis (3 credits); Dates TBA (Hybrid: Zoom and Canvas, Zoom dates TBA)
- Behavioral Systems Analysis Practicum I (1.5 credits) (asynchronous online) Dates TBA
- Behavioral Systems Analysis Practicum II: Behavior Science Perspectives on Culture and Community (1.5 credits) (asynchronous online) Dates TBA

Molloy's online admission/registration system is called Lion's Den. The Lion's Den web page for Professional Studies courses can be found at: https://lionsden.molloy.edu/ICS/Professional_Studies/

Additional Information
For more information concerning:

Applying, Registering or Tuition Payment and to be added to our email list, please email Krista Lombardo at klombardo@molloy.edu

Academic Questions, such as course content, please contact Dr. Mubina Schroeder at: mschroeder@molloy.edu