Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

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Leadership Studies Certificate

Undergraduate certificates may only be earned and will only be awarded in conjunction with a bachelor's degree. They will not be awarded as an independent credential.

Information about the Office of Leadership Programs can be found on the program page.

Through the leadership certificate program, students examine the central concepts of the arts and letters (i.e., civitas), morality, virtue, authority, power, and justice. The topics students explore occupy a prominent place in the western canon and among the modern secular philosophers. Using a variety of disciplinary methods and conventions to engage with the material, students learn that leadership is inherently a civic good, articulated and defined in the public sphere and for a social purpose.

The program’s core tenets are:

  1. LEADERSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD. Building and maintaining productive relationships in pursuit of justice, peace, and prosperity.
  2. CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS. Engaging productively in civic affairs with a deep understanding of interconnected institutional relationships.
  3. SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP. Leveraging relationships across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to address public challenges.
  4. LEADERSHIP AND THE DISCIPLINES. Establishing leadership within practical and disciplinary conventions.

 

Certificate Requirements

Required Courses

Satisfactorily complete the following courses.  Students may also participate in a leadership study abroad program or the GC in DC internship program instead of LEAD 2020.  Other upper-division courses approved by the Office of Leadership Programs and the Leadership Faculty Advisor Committee may be used in place of LEAD 4950.

LEAD 2010Principles of Leadership

3
LEAD 2020Leadership Practicum

1-3
LEAD 4950Special Topics in Leadership

3
Total Credit Hours:9

Total Credit Hours: 9

Note:   

  • Courses used to fulfill certificate requirements may also be used to fulfill core, major, minor, or other program requirements.

  • Federal financial aid will not pay for a certificate course unless that course is also necessary to complete a student's required number of hours for the bachelor's degree or another bachelor's degree requirement. Students should contact the Financial Aid Office if they have questions about their federal aid eligibility.