Executive Leadership Graduate Certificate

Degree Overview

Offered both online and on-campus, the graduate certificate in Executive Leadership focuses on contemporary leadership theories, ethical leadership and future leadership roles.

Total Credit Requirements: 15 credit hours

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Program Requirements

Listed below are the required courses for completion of this degree at Regis University. Please note that recent course requirement updates may not be reflected in the list below and you should contact an enrollment counselor at 800.944.7667 for recent changes and updates.

This degree program requires 15.00 credit hours for completion. Please contact your advisor or the Office of Enrollment Services at 303.458.4126.

Course Descriptions

How to Apply

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A candidate for the Executive Leadership academic certificate program must apply and be accepted into the Master of Science in Organization Leadership degree program.

Regis University's College for Professional Studies (CPS) graduate academic certificates are designed for adults who are seeking new career opportunities, wish to enhance their work-related knowledge and skills and want to advance educationally. The graduate academic certificate represents a selection of courses from the Master of Science in Organization Leadership program that are offered for academic credit. These courses could eventually be included in a CPS graduate student's degree plan or stand alone as courses beyond the degree requirements.

Certificate recipients may include:

• Individuals who already hold an undergraduate or graduate degree in one area and are seeking college graduate certification in another area (e.g. Project Management), but are not interested in completing a second bachelor's or master's degree.
• Individuals who hold an undergraduate degree, but are not sure initially if they want to enroll in a degree-seeking program.

Requirements for the Master of Science in Organization Leadership graduate academic certificates:

• A minimum of 15 credit hours of coursework
• The courses offered within a given certificate will represent a coherent body of knowledge chosen in consultation with representatives of appropriate academic disciplines
• The certificate program identifies the description of the courses required for completion and the recommended sequencing of those courses

Materials Needed for Application and Admission

Applicants seeking a graduate academic certificate from the College for Professional Studies must possess a baccalaureate degree in any field of study from a U.S. regionally accredited college or university.

• Application: Completed graduate application form
• Application fee: $75.00 non-refundable application fee (waived for Regis University graduates)
• Submit official degree-bearing transcript within 30 days of the date of application. Official transcript must reflect a baccalaureate degree awarded from a U.S. regionally accredited college or university. If official transcript is not received within 30 days you will be unable to register for future courses until the transcript is received. A complete file can be reviewed by faculty with a copy of the unofficial degree-bearing transcript from a U.S. regionally accredited college or university.
  
  Official transcript must be sent directly from your previously attended school to the CPS Admission Office.
• Two years of full-time work experience
• Copy of GMAT score, including minimum of 3.5 writing score or one completed admission essay
• Current résumé
• One online recommendation from a colleague or supervisor who knows your work in a professional setting and is able to give specific information about your abilities and potential. The application system will automatically send an email with a link and instructions on how to submit the recommendation directly to Regis.
• Students with a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or less on the undergraduate degree-bearing transcript are required to take a writing/critical thinking course as the first class
• Faculty interview
• Additional admission requirements apply to international students who are non-U.S. citizens
• The coursework of returning students (whose degree plans have expired) and/or transfer students must have been completed less than 10 years prior to the current admission into the degree program in order to be applied toward degree requirements.
• Please remember: Applications that are incomplete and/or missing information will NOT be processed.

Applications due two weeks prior to start date.

Application Deadlines*

*Your application file including all requirements, documents and fees, must be completed by the application deadline.

Tuition

Classroom Tuition by Credit Hour
2012 -2013 Academic Year

Online Tuition by Credit Hour
2012 -2013 Academic Year