Text Box: How to Apply: 1. Apply for admission to the Office of Graduate Studies and Research, WKU, Wetherby Building. 2. Write a letter of application indicating why the Leadership Studies Program interests you and how you expect to benefit from the program. 3. Provide a letter of recommendation from a faculty member or other non-relative adult who can support your capacity for studying leadership. 4. Submit these documents, along with the application, to the address listed below: Text Box: Who Is Eligible? -Completion of graduate studies application process -Submission of an official transcript designating completion of an undergraduate degree -Satisfaction of any other standards established by graduate studies

Center for Leadership                 Phone: 270-745-8973

Excellence                                  Fax: 270-745-5150

Ground Floor                             

Cravens Library                           lead.stu@wku.edu

1906 College Heights Blvd. #11067

Bowling Green, KY 42101-1067

Bowling Green, KY 42101

 

 

LEADERSHIP STUDIES

Western Kentucky University

Graduate Certificate

The Leadership Studies Certificate Program provides an interdisciplinary academic program through which students can enhance their understanding of leadership theory and practice while applying it directly toward their academic or professional area of interest.  The academic requirements offer students a common basic curriculum of leadership theory at the graduate level (Lead 500-3 credit hours) and practical application of that theory to a specialized area of interest to the student (Lead 600-2 credit hours).  Additionally, the program allows the student to choose three courses from a broad interdisciplinary selection of courses for a total of 14 credit hours.

This program is designed for post-baccalaureate students who want to enhance their leadership skills and knowledge for current or future career endeavors in a broad range of organizations. 

Effective leadership is a necessary function in virtually every type of organization; this interdisciplinary certificate is designed to complement most graduate programs or to stand alone as a single certificate program.  Students admitted to graduate studies at WKU can elect to pursue the Graduate Certificate in Leadership Studies either by itself or in conjunction with an MA program in a selected specific discipline.

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