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Applied Leadership Certificate

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 100Fundamentals of Leadership

3
LEAD 200Applications of Leadership

3

LEAD 492Leadership Studies Internship

1-6
or
LEAD 497Senior 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 428Curatorial Administration and Leadership

3
BAMG 454Leadership in Organizations

3
COMM 431Communication and Leadership

3
LEAD 395Special Topics in Leadership

3

BAMG 350 is a prerequisite to BAMG 454

Environmental and Sustainability Leadership Elective

ANT 331Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems

3
or
ENST 331Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems

3

ECON 335Environmental and Resource Economics

3
or
ENST 335Environmental and Resource Economics

3

ENST 364Sustainability Leadership and Community Engagement

3

Global or Cross-Cultural Leadership Elective

ANT 313Anthropology of Globalization

3
CRJ 475Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Social Class in Criminal Justice

3
MAS 301Mexican American Politics and Leadership

3

CRJ 110 is a prerequisite to CRJ 475

Ethical Leadership Elective

BAAC 424Accounting Ethics

3
BAMG 452Business Ethics

3
CRJ 470Justice Professionalism and Ethics

3
JMS 485Media Ethics

3
PHIL 350Ethical Theory

3
SPAD 450Sport 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.

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