The Leadership Certificate is designed to strengthen your leadership skills—no matter your chosen profession. In this program, you’ll take a mixture of leadership courses, psychology courses, sociology courses, and choose from a variety of electives spanning many disciplines. You’ll finish the program with a portfolio to show what you’ve learned and accomplished.
Leadership Certificate, Undergraduate
The purpose of the Leadership Certificate is to educate and empower students to become proactive leaders in our society regardless of chosen profession. The Certificate provides an interdisciplinary course of study with a focus on the theoretical and experiential understanding of leadership. Students will benefit from a broad spectrum of classes that entail a leadership component. Collectively, these courses will provide a rich compilation of perspectives on leadership. Students will also benefit from the thorough examination and critique of their evolving leadership style.
Note: some courses on Lists 1 and 2 have prerequisites that are not included in the Leadership Certificate program. Please review the individual courses for prerequisite information.
Program Prerequisites: students must complete the following courses before admission to the certificate program. One BACR course from Humanities and Arts, and one BACR course from Social Sciences or a DTA (Direct Transfer from a Community College).
Grade Requirements: acceptance to the certificate program requires that students have at least a ≥2.5 cumulative grade point average and students must maintain a cumulative grade point average in the certificate ≥2.7 with no single course grade <B-.
| Required Courses | ||
| Basic leadership–choose from the following | 3 | |
Any course (3 credits minimum) that focuses on leadership skills (e.g., residential life leadership classes or student government leadership workshops). The certificate adviser will determine whether the course in question qualifies as a leadership basics course. | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP | ||
| BASIC MILITARY SKILLS I and BASIC MILITARY SKILLS II and BASIC MILITARY SKILLS III (must take all 3 courses in the sequence) | ||
| WORKSHOP, SHORT COURSE, CONFERENCE, SEMINAR | ||
| Theory and Philosophy–choose from the following | 4-6 | |
| TOPICS IN LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION | ||
| INTERDISCIPLINARY SR CAPSTONE | ||
| ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP | ||
| MILITARY SCIENCE & TACTICS I and MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS II and MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS III (must take all 3 courses in the sequence) | ||
| MILITARY SCIENCE AND OFFICERSHIP I and MILITARY SCIENCE AND OFFICERSHIP II and MILITARY SCIENCE AND OFFICERSHIP III (must take all 3 courses in the sequence) | ||
| OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP | ||
| Portfolio Assessment–required for all students | 2 | |
| LEADERSHIP PORTFOLIO | ||
| Restrictions on choosing courses from across Lists 1 and 2 | ||
Two courses must be at the 400 level. | ||
The course chosen from List 1 cannot also satisfy a List 2 course option. | ||
Communication Studies majors may not take a CMST course from List 2 and have it apply to the Leadership Certificate. | ||
| List 1: Group and Organization–choose one or two courses from the following | 5 | |
| SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION | ||
| COMMUNICATION IN ORGANIZATIONS | ||
| ORGANIZATION THEORY AND BEHAVIOR | ||
| BASIC MILITARY TEAM BUILDING I and BASIC MILITARY TEAMBUILDING II and BASIC MILITARY TEAM III (must take all 3 courses in the sequence) | ||
| OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT | ||
| QUALITY MANAGEMENT | ||
| COACHING SPORTS TECHNICAL AND TACTICAL SKILLS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO SERVICE, CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY | ||
| SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| GROUP DYNAMICS | ||
| CAMP ADMINISTRATION AND LEADERSHIP | ||
| COMPLEX ORGANIZATIONS | ||
| SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| List 2: Leadership Concepts–choose a minimum of three courses from the following | 13 | |
400-level Topics courses requires prior approval of the certificate adviser. Additionally, any course from list one may be used to satisfy course credit requirements for list two as well, though a single course can not be used for both list requirements. | ||
Any 300-400 level course from the International Studies Requirements list or the Cultural and Gender Diversity in the U.S. requirements list may be used to satisfy credit requirements for list 2. Also, any 300- or 400-level class (excluding Special Topics courses) from: Africana Education (AAST), American Indian Studies (IDST), Anthropology (ANTH), or Chicano Education (CHST). | ||
| COMMUNITY PREVENTION METHODS | ||
| INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| POLITICAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| MESSAGE DELIVERY | ||
| NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| INTERVIEWING | ||
| CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT | ||
| INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| GLOBAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| COMMUNICATIVE REASONING | ||
| WORKSHOP, SHORT COURSE, CONFERENCE, SEMINAR | ||
| MESSAGE DESIGN | ||
| NEGOTIATION SKILLS AND STRATEGIES | ||
| COMMUNICATION AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS | ||
| COMMUNICATION LAW AND ETHICS | ||
| ARGUMENTATION AND PERSUASION | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS | ||
| MIND-BODY HEALTH | ||
| MANAGING STRESS | ||
| TIME MANAGEMENT | ||
| GENDER AND COMMUNICATION | ||
| ECONOMICS OF POVERTY AND DISCRIMINATION | ||
| GENDER AND YOUTH CULTURE | ||
| GENDER AND MEDIA | ||
| WOMEN AND ETHICS | ||
| ECONOMICS OF WOMEN AND WORK | ||
| WOMEN AND PHILOSOPHY | ||
| HUMAN RIGHTS AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS | ||
| INDIGENOUS EDUCATION | ||
| INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS | ||
| INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT | ||
| THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE | ||
| COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | ||
| PUBLIC MANAGEMENT | ||
| SCIENCE OF STRESS AND COPING | ||
| THEORIES OF PERSONALITY | ||
| PSYCHOLOGY OF ADJUSTMENT | ||
| PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN RELATIONS | ||
| LEADERSHIP IN RECREATION AND LEISURE SERVICES | ||
| SEX AND GENDER | ||
| SOCIOLOGY OF WORK | ||
| IDENTITY AND POWER | ||
| SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP | ||
| ENGAGED INTERNSHIP | ||
| Total Credits | 27-29 | |