Program Overview

Leadership Studies Certificate

Program Overview

The Leadership Studies Certificate is an undergraduate certification program designed to develop the skills and confidence needed to be a leader in any industry.

Program Details

• Program Type: Certificate
• Format: On Campus
• Estimated Time to Complete: 1-2 semesters
• Credit Hours: 12

Program Description

The Leadership Studies Certificate program strengthens your unique leadership style and shows employers your career commitment. Develop the insights, skills, and confidence to successfully lead teams, manage projects, and implement organizational strategies.

Why Earn a Leadership Studies Certificate?

Leaders are found in all career fields, making leadership studies appropriate for students in every academic discipline. The program takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing electives from across the curriculum.

Program Benefits

• Gain the knowledge and industry-relevant skills employers seek:
  • Public relations
  • Sales
  • Project management
  • Microsoft Office
  • Communication

Program Courses

• Ethics and Society (3 hrs)
  • Survey of basic ethical theories and exploration of such issues as abortion, euthanasia, national security and civil liberties, affirmative action, the death penalty, extramarital sex, pornography, animal rights, world hunger, and the environment.
• Global Leadership through Service (1-6 hrs)
  • Introduction to leadership through the social change model of leadership development, which focuses on the importance of collaborative leadership for a broader purpose. Service-learning projects serve as the vehicle for leadership development for students as they develop cultural competency, learn about community needs and to identify and address social problems abroad.
• Leadership and Organizational Behavior (3 hrs)
  • Study of interpersonal relationships and organizational behavior as they apply to the field of emergency and disaster management. Topics include leadership, management, conflict resolution, influence and motivation.
• Leadership for a Global Society (3 hrs)
  • Integrates guest speakers, foundational leadership theories and skills along with understanding of leadership in both theory and practice. Prepares students to become effective leaders on campus, in the community and in their professional careers.

Related Programs

• Transformational Leadership Certificate
• Global Perspectives Certificate

Similar Areas of Study

• Business & Industry
• Humanities & Social Sciences
• Public Service

College and Department

• College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
• General Academic Building, Room 220