Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care

Yes. In order for the completion of your Palliative Care Certificate to show on your transcript, you are required to apply for it.

You’ll need to complete an application for the Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care in GradCAS.

1. Visit the Graduate Studies Application page.
2. Click Certificate.
3. Choose Palliative Care Certificate. This will take you to the GradCAS welcome page.
4. Create your GradCAS account.
5. Follow the process provided to apply.

In your application, you will be asked to briefly describe your reason for completing the certificate and your future goals for how you might use the knowledge/skills gained from it. Note: You do not have to submit your transcript if you are already in one of the EWU graduate programs.

We recommend that you apply for the certificate as soon as you have decided to complete it. As your circumstances/interests might change, this may not be realistic for some of you. Thus, applying for the certificate at least one term before you take your last palliative care courses is strongly recommended. For instance, if you are taking your last palliative care course during the spring term, you apply for the certificate as soon as you register for the class that takes place during the winter term.

Yes, there is a $75 application fee. However, if you are already an EWU graduate student, the application fee is waived (as of May 2020). Even if you apply for the certificate and change your mind later about completing it, you will not have been charged a fee.

When you begin your application process in GradCAS, fill out your application as much as you are able and save it often. Before submitting the application, contact the Graduate Studies Office at graduateprograms@ewu.edu to get a coupon code to waive the application fee.

In addition to completing the three required classes, you will need to pay the $50 graduation fee. You will also need to fill out a separate candidacy form for the certificate listing the three required courses as complete. If you’re already an EWU graduate student, this candidacy form will be in addition to the candidacy form for your degree. For example, if you’re enrolled in the EWU MSW Program, you’ll complete one candidacy form for your MSW degree and one for the Palliative Care Certificate.

As long as you apply for the certificate before you graduate with your master’s degree and while you are an EWU graduate student student, the $75 fee is waived (of May 2020).

If you are graduating in June with your MSW and need/decide to take a class (or even all three courses) for the Palliative Care Certificate in the summer following graduation, your application fee will be waived (as of May 2020). You will be awarded the certificate once you complete all courses in the summer. In that case, you will want to wait to order your official transcript until after you have completed your summer class(es) so that your transcript will list the certificate.

Again, you will still have to pay the $50 graduation fee. You will also need to fill out a separate candidacy form for the certificate listing the three required courses as complete. If you’re already an EWU graduate student, this candidacy form will be in addition to the candidacy form for your degree. For example, if you’re enrolled in the EWU MSW Program, you’ll complete one candidacy form for your MSW degree and one for the Palliative Care Certificate.

You’ll need to complete an application for the Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care in GradCAS.

1. Visit the Graduate Studies Application page.
2. Click Certificate.
3. Choose Palliative Care Certificate. This will take you to the GradCAS welcome page.
4. Create your GradCAS account.
5. Follow the process provided to apply.