{"id":90,"date":"2022-05-18T13:54:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T17:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/leadership-studies\/?page_id=90"},"modified":"2025-08-11T10:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T14:44:09","slug":"graduate-certificate-in-leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/leadership-studies\/graduate-certificate-in-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Certificate in Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-graduate-certificate-in-leadership-developing-principled-leaders\">Graduate Certificate in Leadership: Developing Principled Leaders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Citadel&#8217;s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-admission-requirements\">Admission Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Successful applicants must meet the following criteria for admission into the Graduate Leadership Certificate program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Completion of the online graduate application along with the non-refundable application fee.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Submission of an official transcript of the baccalaureate degree directly from an accredited college or university.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>All material must be received by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/graduatecollege\/contact-the-citadel-graduate-college\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Citadel Graduate College office<\/a> and evaluated by the department to receive consideration to the Graduate Certificate in Leadership program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-program-requirements\">Program Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Students are required to complete 5 courses (15 credit hours) of graduate study within a three-year period from the time of registration in their first leadership graduate course at The Citadel and elective course as described herein. Students who fulfill the program requirements will earn a Graduate Certificate in Leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-graduation-requirements-non-credit-bearing\">Graduation Requirements (non-credit bearing)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>LDRS 500 Principled Leadership Seminar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-graduation-requirements-course-requirements\">Graduation Requirements (Course Requirements)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Required Course<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> All certificate candidates must complete two courses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>LDRS 710 Ethics, Values, &amp; Principled Leadership<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LDRS 722 Leadership in Organizations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Elective Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Certificate candidates must choose three electives to complete their Program of Study:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>LDRS 711 Leading Change: Organization Development and Transformation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LDRS 714 Strategic Leadership, Vision, Mission and Contemporary Issues<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LDRS 723 Communication for Leadership<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LDRS 733 Special Topics in Leadership<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MGMT 760 Global Business Strategy-MBA program only (required elective) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PGMT 672 Applied Leadership Concepts-M.S. Project Management program only (required elective)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PSCI 500 Seminar in Social Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PSYC 500 Human Growth and Development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-transfer-credit\">Transfer Credit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A maximum of one course (3 credit hours) may be transferred in from a regionally accredited college or university, provided: (1) grades of \u201cB\u201d or better were received in the courses being considered, (2) credit was earned within six years prior to admission into The Citadel Graduate Leadership Certificate program, and (3) each course has been approved by the department head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-18d594cd-d11f-4e98-90b7-47ddf36ad913\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/leadership-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Graduate-Certificate-in-Leadership-Planning-Guide-2-1.docx\">Graduate-Certificate-in-Leadership-Planning-Guide<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/leadership-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Graduate-Certificate-in-Leadership-Planning-Guide-2-1.docx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-18d594cd-d11f-4e98-90b7-47ddf36ad913\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>For more information about this program, please get in touch with the Department of Leadership Studies at <a href=\"mailto:leadershipstudies@citadel.edu\">leadershipstudies@citadel.edu<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/leadership-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/IMG_3942-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Leadership Studies graduates at graduation\" class=\"wp-image-504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/leadership-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/IMG_3942-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/leadership-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/IMG_3942-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/leadership-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/IMG_3942-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/leadership-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/IMG_3942-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/leadership-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/IMG_3942-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2024 Graduates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduate Certificate in Leadership: Developing Principled Leaders The Citadel&#8217;s Graduate Certificate in Leadership supports the development of principled leaders. 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