Applied Leadership Certificate

• Program Overview
• Certificate Requirements

Program Overview

Undergraduate Studies

The Applied Leadership Certificate is a series of courses designed to educate, motivate, and equip students to confront the challenges of leadership in a complex, connected, and diverse world. This certificate will complement any degree program or stand alone as a meaningful contextual experience for most career fields. While the certificate has a minimum requirement of 12 credits, students who wish to develop their leadership skills further are encouraged to take additional courses from this series.

Certificate Requirements — 12-15 Credits

Core Leadership Courses — 9 credits

LEAD 100	Fundamentals of Leadership	3
LEAD 200	Applications of Leadership	3
LEAD 492	Leadership Studies Internship	1-6
	or
LEAD 497	Senior Leadership Seminar	3

Electives — 3-6 credits

Students must choose at least 1 course from any of the elective areas below. Students who wish to further develop their leadership skills are encouraged to take additional courses.

Organizational Leadership Elective

ART 428	Museum Leadership	3
BAMG 454	Leadership in Organizations	3
COMM 431	Communication and Leadership	3
LEAD 395	Special Topics in Leadership	3

BAMG 350 is a prerequisite to BAMG 454

Environmental and Sustainability Leadership Elective

ANT 331	Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems	3
	or
ENST 331	Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems	3
ECON 335	Environmental and Resource Economics	3
	or
ENST 335	Environmental and Resource Economics	3
ENST 364	Sustainability Leadership and Community Engagement	3

Global or Cross-Cultural Leadership Elective

ANT 313	Anthropology of Globalization	3
CRJ 475	Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Social Class in Criminal Justice	3
MAS 301	Mexican American Politics and Leadership	3

CRJ 110 is a prerequisite to CRJ 475

Ethical Leadership Elective

BAAC 424	Accounting Ethics	3
BAMG 452	Business Ethics	3
CRJ 470	Justice Professionalism and Ethics	3
JMS 485	Media Ethics	3
PHIL 350	Ethical Theory	3
SPAD 450	Sport Leadership and Ethics	3

BAAC 320 is a prerequisite to BAAC 424

BAMG 350 is a prerequisite to BAMG 452

CRJ 110 is a prerequisite to CRJ 470

JMS 100 is a prerequisite to JMS 485

NOTE: Students who choose an elective that requires a prerequisite will take 15 credit hours to complete the certificate.