Leadership Certificate
Must have a Bachelor's Degree
This certificate is for working professionals or post-baccalaureate students who wish to advance their leadership skills, excel in their careers, jump-start their graduate-level learning, or become a more effective leader in the workforce.
You will learn core theories of leadership and followership, practice leadership competencies, and form an understanding of how change happens in organizations based on how leadership affects change.
You can expect seminar-style discussion coursework, readings and case studies, opportunities to attend appropriate research conferences, opportunities to participate in Shippensburg-focused leadership with Graduate Student Association Board and other groups.
Leadership study is applicable in any and all career fields. This program may help you enter Ship’s Organizational Development and Leadership program, or as a stand-alone to bolster leadership skills and qualifications for employment and/or promotion in corporate, public sector, non-profit sector (including higher education), and advocacy organizations both big and small.
Course Work for Leadership Certificate
This 9 credit interdisciplinary certificate program is ideally suited to adult workers and recent graduates seeking a short-term program focused on building leadership skills in today’s diverse workforce. It can also serve as a pathway into Shippensburg University’s master’s program in Organizational Development and Leadership (ODL). The certificate pairs two core classes from ODL with one 3 credit elective from the ODL Individualized Concentration, which offers a broad array of courses such as business, higher education, communication and policy.