Program Overview

Certificate in Leadership Studies

The Certificate in Leadership Studies, offered by the Pomerantz Career Center, can be completed entirely online. This certificate is designed to provide a structure for involvement, introducing students to the concepts of leadership while giving them the necessary hands-on experiences to begin the life-long development of these leadership skills.

Online Curriculum

To earn the Certificate in Leadership Studies, students must successfully complete 20 semester hours (s.h.) and maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA in all course work.

Required Interdisciplinary Core Courses

• Course Number: LS:3004
  • Course Name and Credits: Perspectives on Leadership (3 s.h.)
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  • Offered on Campus: X
• Course Number: LS:3012
  • Course Name and Credits: Leadership Theory to Practice (3 s.h.)
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Area Electives

Students must complete 12 s.h. from the following areas, with at least 3 s.h. from each of the four areas:

Self and Group Leadership

• Course Number: LS:1020
  • Course Name and Credits: Introduction to Leadership (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: LS:1022
  • Course Name and Credits: President's Leadership Class (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: LS:2002
  • Course Name and Credits: Career Leadership Academy Part I: Leadership in Practice (3 s.h.)
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  • Offered on Campus: X
• Course Number: LS:2020
  • Course Name and Credits: Women in Leadership (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: LS:3002
  • Course Name and Credits: Career Leadership Academy Part II: Leadership in Action (3 s.h.)
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  • Offered on Campus: X
• Course Number: AERO:3100
  • Course Name and Credits: Leadership Studies: Leading People and Effective Communication I (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: AERO:3200
  • Course Name and Credits: Leadership Studies: Leading People and Effective Communication II (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: COMM:1819
  • Course Name and Credits: Organizational Leadership (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: COMM:2011
  • Course Name and Credits: Group Communication (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: LLS:1150
  • Course Name and Credits: Leadership in the Outdoors (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: MGMT:2100
  • Course Name and Credits: Introduction to Management (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: MGMT:3200
  • Course Name and Credits: Individuals, Teams and Organizations (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: MGMT:3600 / SSW:3600 NURS:3600 / RELS:3701
  • Course Name and Credits: Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness II (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: MGMT:3999
  • Course Name and Credits: CIMBA Italy Experiential Leadership (1-3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: MGMT:4300
  • Course Name and Credits: Leadership and Personal Development (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: MILS:1010
  • Course Name and Credits: Leadership and Personal Development MSL 101 (1 s.h.)
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• Course Number: MILS:1020
  • Course Name and Credits: Introduction to Tactical Leadership MSL102 (1 s.h.)
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• Course Number: MILS:2010
  • Course Name and Credits: Innovative Team Leadership MSL 201 (2 s.h.)
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• Course Number: MILS:2020
  • Course Name and Credits: Foundations of Tactical Leadership MSL 202 (2 s.h.)
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• Course Number: PSY:2501
  • Course Name and Credits: Introduction to Social Psychology (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: SOC:1220
  • Course Name and Credits: Principles of Social Psychology (3-4 s.h.)
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• Course Number: SOC:3610
  • Course Name and Credits: Organizations and Modern Society (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: SOC:4225
  • Course Name and Credits: The Social Psychology of Leadership (3 s.h.)
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Communication

• Course Number: BUS:3000
  • Course Name and Credits: Business Communication and Professionalism (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: BUS:3800
  • Course Name and Credits: Business Writing (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: CNW:3640
  • Course Name and Credits: Writing for Business (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: COMM:1112
  • Course Name and Credits: Interpersonal Communication (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: COMM:1117
  • Course Name and Credits: Advocacy and Argument (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: COMM:1130
  • Course Name and Credits: The Art of Persuading Others (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: COMM:1170
  • Course Name and Credits: Communication Theory in Everyday Life (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: COMM:1818
  • Course Name and Credits: Communication Skills for Leadership (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: COMM:1819
  • Course Name and Credits: Organizational Leadership (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: COMM:2091
  • Course Name and Credits: Organizational Communications (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: MGMT:4100
  • Course Name and Credits: Dynamics of Negotiations (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: WRIT:3005 / CW:3005 / INTD:3005
  • Course Name and Credits: Professional and Creative Business Communication (3 s.h.)
  • Frequently Offered Online: X
  • Offered on Campus: X

Cultural Competence

• Course Number: AFAM:3459 / ENGL:3459
  • Course Name and Credits: African American Literature Before 1900 (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: AMST:1074 / GWSS:1074 / SPST:1074
  • Course Name and Credits: Inequality in American Sport (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: ASP:3135 / GHS:3050 / SSW:3135
  • Course Name and Credits: Global Aging (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: CCCC:2220
  • Course Name and Credits: Foundations of Critical Cultural Competence (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: CSED:4197
  • Course Name and Credits: Citizenship in a Multicultural Society (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: GWSS:1002
  • Course Name and Credits: Diversity and Power in the U.S. (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: GWSS:1310 / SOC:1310
  • Course Name and Credits: Gender and Society (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: GWSS:3154
  • Course Name and Credits: Sexuality in the United States (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: HHP:1045
  • Course Name and Credits: Diversity and Inclusion in Healthy Living (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: HHP:2280
  • Course Name and Credits: Cultural Competency and Health (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: HIST:1040
  • Course Name and Credits: Diversity in History (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: JMC:1200
  • Course Name and Credits: Introduction to Media and Culture (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: LS:2022
  • Course Name and Credits: Leading From the Margins (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: MUS:1310
  • Course Name and Credits: World Music (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: NURS:3111
  • Course Name and Credits: Caring for Vulnerable Populations (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: SOC:2810
  • Course Name and Credits: Social Inequality (3 s.h.)
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Ethics and Integrity

• Course Number: CSED:4195
  • Course Name and Credits: Ethics in Human Relations and Counseling (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: HMP:6315
  • Course Name and Credits: Healthcare Ethics (1-2 s.h.)
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• Course Number: HRTS:2115 / IS:2115
  • Course Name and Credits: Introduction to Human Rights (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: JMC:2600
  • Course Name and Credits: Freedom of Expression (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: JMC:2700
  • Course Name and Credits: Media Ethics (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: MGMT:2000
  • Course Name and Credits: Introduction to Law (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: MGMT:3400
  • Course Name and Credits: Employment Law (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: PHIL:1034
  • Course Name and Credits: Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: PHIL:1401
  • Course Name and Credits: Matters of Life and Death (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: PHIL:1636
  • Course Name and Credits: Principles of Reasoning: Argument and Debate (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: PHIL:1861
  • Course Name and Credits: Introduction to Philosophy (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: PHIL:2402
  • Course Name and Credits: Introduction to Ethics (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: PHIL:2432
  • Course Name and Credits: Introduction to Political Philosophy (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: PHIL:2435
  • Course Name and Credits: Philosophy of Law (3 s.h.)
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• Course Number: PTRS:5100
  • Course Name and Credits: Professional Issues and Ethics (1 s.h.)
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• Course Number: SRM:3700
  • Course Name and Credits: Ethics in Sport (3 s.h.)
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Experimental Learning

Students must complete 2 s.h. of the following:

• Course Number: LS:1024
  • Course Name and Credits: Hawkeye Service Breaks (arr.)
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  • Offered on Campus: X
• Course Number: LS:3002
  • Course Name and Credits: Career Leadership Academy Part 2: Leadership in Action (3 s.h.)
  • Frequently Offered Online: X
  • Offered on Campus: X
• Course Number: LS:3011
  • Course Name and Credits: Leadership Certificate Internship (2 s.h.)
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Other Approved Experimental Learning Courses

Students may also satisfy the certificate's experimental learning requirement by earning a minimum of 2 s.h. from the following:

• Course Number: COMM:1302
  • Course Name and Credits: Introduction to Civic Bridge-Building: Skills for Effective Dialogue (1 s.h.)
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• Course Number: COMM:2829
  • Course Name and Credits: Leadership for Civic Dialogue (1-3 s.h.)
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  • Offered on Campus: X

How to Declare the Certificate

Students may add a certificate program to their plan of study at any time. Declaring a certificate will allow students to request a degree audit for the certificate requirements in MyUI. There is no penalty to remove a certificate from a plan of study, and one may be removed at any time.

How to Remove the Certificate from Your Program of Study

Current BAS/BLS students can remove the certificate from their plan of study by contacting their assigned academic advisor. There is no penalty to remove a certificate program from a plan of study, and one may be removed at any time.