To earn the eligibility status of “Fellow” credentialing, a student must satisfactorily complete (3) three six week courses one of which must be CBDMELD: Executive Leadership: Core Cognitive Bias, Heuristics, & Ethics in Decision Making Leadership Skills. The student can take any two of the remaining 11 courses. There are no pre-course curricula core requirements necessary to registrar and enroll. Requirements for earning a certificate of satisfactory completion for each six week course taken the student must meet course assignment obligations, earn a final passing grade of 83 in the course taken, and a grade of 83 or above on the final exam. Once the student has earned (3) certificates of completion, they will be eligible to receive a Competency Certification Letter from the UIW SPS Director and Center Director to sit for a competency exam given byXenAneXâ„¢ Institute of Cognitive Bias, Heuristics, Human Behavior, & Decision Making (ICBDM).

An exam grade of 83 or above qualifies the student for being awarded Fellow status for a term of two years. To renew their certification after two years, submit the request to XenAneXâ„¢ and take a continuing education online module(s) in their area of CBDM expertise. Successful completion of the module(s) will renew the earned recertification for an additional two years.