School of Professional Programs
Digital Badges: Developing your skills for success
Digital Badge 
A modern form of assessment and credentialing that is housed and managed online. It validates accomplishments and skills to certify competency. As implied by the name, digital badges can be displayed and verified online to providing ‘shortcut’ to understanding the competencies and achievements of the people we’re teaching, recruiting, or collaborating with online.
What Digital Badges are offered at Marist?
There are 8 diverse topics in which a digital badge can be earned. Within each topic there are 2 levels of badges, for a total of 16 digital badges being offered through the School of Professional Programs.
How do I earn a badge?
Badges are earned by completing a series of courses. Each badge has a 3-course requirement and can be earned as part of an undergraduate degree plan or as stand-alone badges.
What is a course?
Each course within a badge is worth three undergraduate Marist credits. At three courses in each badge, this equals nine college credits.
Are these courses only applicable in these Digital Badges?
All courses completed within the digital badges can be applied towards earning an undergraduate degree at Marist College. This includes the Management Studies and Professional Studies undergraduate degree completion programs.
We encourage anyone who wants to learn more about embedding digital badges into an undergraduate degree to contact the School of Professional Programs for more information.
Is this affordable?
Yes! Tuition for a digital badge is designed to be highly compatible with the typical employee tuition reimbursement benefit policies at many organizations.