Professional Licensure Programs
At Southern Utah University, programs in the licensed professions are designed to fulfill the educational prerequisites for licensure in Utah. This means that, when students graduate from a SUU professional program, they have the minimum educational qualifications to apply for Utah licensure in their field.
For other US states and territories, this may or may not be the case. Within a given profession, educational requirements for licensure vary from state to state. To assist students who now live or may one day live outside of Utah, SUU is currently maintaining a resource that explains whether each SUU professional program fulfills educational requirements for a license credential in each US state and territory. If students have additional questions or want further assistant making a determination, they can contact either their
- Department Chair OR
- Profession's licensure board in the state/territory of interest
NC-SARA has provided a Professional Licensure Directory with contact information for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands for the following professional areas:
- Counseling
- Nursing
- Psychology
- Social Work
- Teacher Education
Potential Consequences of Moving to Another State
When students are taking courses online, the place from which they live and access academic resources matters. SUU must be authorized (or otherwise allowed) by a student’s state to deliver their academic program in that location. The paragraphs above explain where and how the University is authorized. Students who begin an online program while residing in a state in which SUU is authorized to offer online programs need to be aware that moving to a state in which the University is not authorized to offer the program may have negative consequences. While the University attempts to obtain authorization everywhere its students live, moving to a state in which the University is not authorized could result in the loss of eligibility for certain forms of financial aid, the inability to complete the academic program, and/or the ability to become professionally licensed in the program field.
Licensing Board Changes and Periodic Reviews
Southern Utah University will review the licensing standards annually. SUU has the last date updated in the individual sections within the Licensure Map, but it is possible that a state/territory licensing board changes their requirements between SUU's annual reviews.