Leadership, Graduate Certificate

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www.citadel.edu/root/graduate-certificate-in-leadership
leadership@citadel.edu

Dr. Tracey H. Sigler
Department Head, Leadership Studies
tseigler@citadel.edu

The Graduate Certificate in Leadership supports the development of principled leaders. As a rigorous concentration in the various dimensions of leadership, this certificate helps students to understand and refine the qualities that businesses, charitable organizations, government agencies, and the military expect today. The courses, all offered online, examine the full spectrum issues pertaining to organizational leadership theory and practice.

The Certificate consists of five (5) three (3) hour courses at the graduate level. Three (3) of the courses must be LDRS courses. Students may receive a stand-alone Certificate in Leadership, or use the courses towards completion of the following graduate programs at The Citadel: Master of Business Administration; Master of Science in Project Management; Master of Arts in Intelligence and Security Studies, or Master of Arts in Social Science.

Successful completion of the certificate requires a minimum 3.0 GPA. The five courses in the certificate program may be coupled with the following seven additional courses to complete the MS in Leadership degree.

Leadership Certificate students should complete LDRS 722 and either LDRS 711 or LDRS 714 prior to applying for admission to the MS in Leadership program.

Admission Requirements

Completion of the online graduate application along with the non-refundable application fee.
Submission of official transcripts from the undergraduate institution conferring the applicant’s bachelor degree and transcripts from all postgraduate institutions attended.

All material must be received by the CGC office to receive consideration for admission to this graduate certificate program. Coursework is not to begin until admission has been granted into the program.

Graduation Requirement (Non-Credit Bearing)

LDRS 500 - Introduction to Principled Leadership

Program Requirements

The Graduate Certificate in Leadership is a 15 credit hour program consisting of the following requirements. Students must take a minimum of three (3) LDRS courses out of the five (5) courses required for the certificate.

Required Courses (Six Credit Hours):

LDRS 722 - Leadership in Organizations: Principles and Practices Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 570 - Social and Cognitive Foundations of Interpersonal Behavior Credit Hours: 3

Electives (Nine Credit hours)

LDRS 710 - Ethics, Values, & Principled Leadership Credit Hours: 3
LDRS 711 - Leading Change: Organization Development and Transformation Credit Hours: 3 *
LDRS 712 - Leading Teams: Coaching, Culture, Diversity, and Globalization Credit Hours: 3
LDRS 714 - Strategic Leadership, Vision, Mission and Contemporary Issues Credit Hours: 3 *
LDRS 723 - Communications for Leadership Credit Hours: 3
OR
MKTG 730 - Communications for Leadership Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 760 - Global Business Strategy Credit Hours: 3 ** (MBA students must take this course as one of the three Leadership Certificate electives)
PMGT 672 - Applied Leadership Concepts Credit Hours: 3 *** (MS Project Management students must take this course as one of the three Leadership Certificate electives)
PSYC 500 - Human Growth and Development Credit Hours: 3

Total Required Courses: 15 Credit Hours

* LDRS 722 is a prerequisite for these courses.
** If you are a MBA student, you must take MGMT 760 .
*** If you are a MS Project Management student, you must take PMGT 672 .
Students planning to pursue an MS in Leadership must take either LDRS 711 or LDRS 714 .