Certificate in Leadership Education, Theory, and Practice is an innovative program that prepares students with the unique knowledge and skills required to apply leadership theory and put into practice these theories at any level in an organization. Students will gain a substantive foundation of leadership theory, with the instructional focus on leadership situations and how to apply leadership theories to all professional organizations, including professional and civic.

This certificate requires the completion of 12 credit hours and may be completed as: 1) Part of a degree program or 2) by applying as a certificate-option only (non-degree status). When completed as part of a degree program or as a certificate-option only (non-degree status), the student will need to apply for graduation to have the certificate recognized and transcripted. 

This program is also approved for delivery via asynchronous distance education technology.

For more information on the Leadership Education Certificate, visit the ALEC Certificate website.

This emphasis area consists of 12 semester hours. Inquiries should be addressed to the department’s graduate coordinator.

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Credit Hours
ALEC 606	Foundations of Leadership Theory	3
or ALED 340	or Survey of Leadership Theory
Select three of the following:		9
ALEC 607	Youth Leadership Programs
ALEC 608	Leadership of Volunteers
ALEC 609	Learning Organizations
ALEC 616	Facilitation of Leadership Programs
ALEC 617	Leadership in Organizational Culture and Ethics
ALEC 618	Leadership of Teams
ALEC 623	Survey of Evaluation Strategies for Agriculture
or ALEC 625	or Program Evaluation and Organizational Accountability
ALEC 640	Methods of Technological Change
Total Semester Credit Hours		12