The Leadership Essentials for Professionals graduate business certificate is designed for students who seek to develop or improve leadership skills for public or private-sector organizations.

Designed for mangers seeking to develop/improve advancement leadership skills in public or private-sector organizations. 

Admission to the Program

Open to students with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent from an accredited institution with a satisfactory grade point average. Applicants must have at least one year of work experience. Applicants whose first language is not English are required to take and earn minimum acceptable scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and demonstrate English language proficiency. 

Certificate Requirements

• 15 credit hours of approved course work with grades of B or better. 

Grades of C or D in certificate program courses are not accepted toward the fulfillment of certificate requirements, although these grades will be included in the calculation of the GPA. Students must have at least a 3.0 GPA in certificate courses in order to be awarded a certificate. Students must be enrolled in at least 6 credit hours during each 12 month period. Students must complete the certificate within four years. 

Prerequisites

Passing grade in introduction to economics course. 

Course Requirements

• MGMT-611 Change and Innovation (3) 
• MGMT-613 Managing People in Organizations (1.5) 
• MGMT-634 High-Performing Teams (1.5) 
• MGMT-664 Leadership: Exploring Styles and Developing  Competencies (3) 
• MGMT-665 Negotiations (3) 
• MGMT-666 Strategic Alliances, Mergers and Acquisitions (3)