The business leadership certificate provides students with the foundations of theory and research on leadership, but emphasizes professional experiences such as mentoring, internships, and engaging in leader roles. By the time they graduate, students should be poised to embrace leadership challenges as they unfold, make sense of leadership experiences, thrive in a dynamic business culture, and lead with an ethical compass.
The business leadership certificate is recommended for students who:
- are interested in learning about the art and science of leadership,
- have an interest in developing their own leadership to take on exciting leadership roles,
- want to accelerate their leadership development so they can best learn from their early career experiences, and
- want to start their own companies or lead important projects for social change.
Requirements
Admissions Requirements
Complete the Business Leadership Certificate Application Form or email Antonio Papuzza for additional details.
Required Courses and Credits
To teach students to be leaders, we must go beyond the traditional classroom, providing students with the opportunity to engage in leadership experiences and to make sense of those experiences to prepare them for future leader roles. As such we include both classroom and experiential requirements to the certificate.
There is a minimum grade requirement is a C- or better in order for upper-division courses to apply toward a certificate requirement. In addition, students are required to maintain an overall GPA of 2.0 for the selected courses.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Coursework | ||
| BCOR 2202 | Principles of Organizational Behavior | 1.5 |
| BCOR 2302 | Business Ethics and Social Responsibility | 1.5 |
| ORGN 3030 | Critical Leadership Skills | 3 |
| Electives | 6 | |
| Choose two: | ||
| Essential Management Skills | ||
| Fundamentals of Socially Responsible Leadership | ||
| Leadership Challenges | ||
| Global Business Ethics | ||
| Systems Thinking | ||
| Leading Diverse and Inclusive Organizations | ||
| Experiential Requirements 1 | ||
| Leadership retreat | ||
| Leadership impact project | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 12 | |
| 1 | Students must complete a retreat, workshop and project to fulfill their experiential learning requirement. For more information, visit the Business Leadership Certificate webpage. |
Plan(s) of Study
| Year One | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | Credit Hours | |
| BCOR 1015 | The World of Business | 3 |
| ECON 2010 | Principles of Microeconomics | 4 |
| MATH 1112 | Mathematical Analysis in Business | 4 |
| BADM 1250 | Designing Your Leeds | 1.5 |
| WRTG 1150 | First-Year Writing and Rhetoric | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 15.5 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| BCOR 1025 | Statistical Analysis in Business | 3 |
| BCOR 1030 | Communication Strategy | 3 |
| ECON 2020 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 4 |
| BADM 1260 | First-Year Global Experience | 2 |
| General Education Course | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Year Two | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| BCOR 2201 | Principles of Marketing | 1.5 |
| BCOR 2202 | Principles of Organizational Behavior | 1.5 |
| BCOR 2203 | Principles of Accounting I | 1.5 |
| BCOR 2204 | Principles of Financial Management | 1.5 |
| BCOR 2205 | Introduction to Information Management and Analytics | 1.5 |
| BCOR 2206 | Principles of Operations Management | 1.5 |
| General Education Course | 3 | |
| General Education Course | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| BCOR 2301 | Business Law | 1.5 |
| BCOR 2302 | Business Ethics and Social Responsibility | 1.5 |
| BCOR 2303 | Principles of Accounting II | 1.5 |
| BCOR 2304 | Strategic and Entrepreneurial Thinking | 1.5 |
| BASE 2104 | BCOR Applied Semester Experience | 6 |
| General Education Course | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Year Three | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| Area of Emphasis Course | 3 | |
| Area of Emphasis Course | 3 | |
| ORGN 3030 | Critical Leadership Skills | 3 |
| Non-Business Elective Course | 3 | |
| Non-Business Elective Course | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Area of Emphasis Course | 3 | |
| Area of Emphasis Course | 3 | |
| ORGN 4210 | Systems Thinking | 3 |
| Non-Business Elective Course | 3 | |
| General Education Course | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Year Four | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| Area of Emphasis Course | 3 | |
| Business Leadership Certificate Elective Course | 3 | |
| General Education Course | 3 | |
| Non-Business Elective Course | 3 | |
| Non-Business Elective Course | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Area of Emphasis Course: Senior Seminar | 3 | |
| Business Elective Course | 3 | |
| Non-Business Elective Course | 3 | |
| Non-Business Elective Course | 3 | |
| Non-Business Elective Course | 3 | |
| BADM 2010 | ||
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 120.5 | |