LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, GRADUATE CERTIFICATE

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Graduate Certificate in Mentoring and Leadership

Requirements Hours
GRD 719 Introduction to Mentoring & Leadership 3
GRD 735 Leadership 101 1
GRD 713 Mentoring 101 1
Choose ten (10) credit hours from the folloiwng electives: 10

GRD 701

Presentation and Discussion Skills  

GRD 705

Teaching at the College Level and Beyond  

GRD 706

Grants and Fellowships 101  

GRD 707

Presenting Effectively  

GRD 708

Writing Successfully  

GRD 715

Preparing TAs to Be Effective Teachers  

GRD 727

Writing & Reviewing Research  

GRD 728

Professional Writing & Publishing  

GRD 730

Developing and Managing Your Professional Image  

GRD 733

Managing & Leading Teams  

GRD 734

Ethical Leadership Development  

GRD 744

Leadership Survival Skills  

GRD 745

Communication and Diversity Leadership  

GRD 746

Critical Decisions in Mentoring & Leadership  

GRD 747

Navigating the Job Market  

GRD 748

Faculty Mentoring in Higher Education  

GRD 749

Improvisational Techniques to Improve Leadership, Teaching, and Research Communication  
Total Hours 15

Graduate Certificate in College Teaching - Practitioner

Requirements Hours
GRD 705 Teaching at the College Level and Beyond 3
GRD 716 Developing a Teaching Portfolio 2
GRD 750 CIRTL Seminar in Teaching and Learning 1
GRD 751 CIRTL Seminar in Teaching and Learning II 1
GRD 755 CIRTL Teaching Practicum 3
Elective Courses: 5

GRD 701

Presentation and Discussion Skills  

GRD 707

Presenting Effectively  

GRD 708

Writing Successfully  

GRD 713

Mentoring 101  

GRD 719

Introduction to Mentoring & Leadership  

GRD 727

Writing & Reviewing Research  

GRD 728

Professional Writing & Publishing  

GRD 729

Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks  

GRD 730

Developing and Managing Your Professional Image  

GRD 733

Managing & Leading Teams  

GRD 745

Communication and Diversity Leadership  

GRD 747

Navigating the Job Market  

GRD 749

Improvisational Techniques to Improve Leadership, Teaching, and Research Communication  

GRD 754

CIRTL Effective STEM Teaching Approaches  

GRD 766

Introduction to Online Teaching  
Total Hours 15

Graduate Certificate in College Teaching - Scholar

Requirements Hours
GRD 705 Teaching at the College Level and Beyond 3
GRD 716 Developing a Teaching Portfolio 2
GRD 750 CIRTL Seminar in Teaching and Learning 1
GRD 751 CIRTL Seminar in Teaching and Learning II 1
GRD 755 CIRTL Teaching Practicum 3
GRD 759 CIRTL Teaching-as-Research in STEM Courses 3
GRD 760 CIRTL Teaching-as-Research Project 3
Elective Courses: 5

GRD 701

Presentation and Discussion Skills  

GRD 707

Presenting Effectively  

GRD 708

Writing Successfully  

GRD 713

Mentoring 101  

GRD 719

Introduction to Mentoring & Leadership  

GRD 727

Writing & Reviewing Research  

GRD 728

Professional Writing & Publishing  

GRD 729

Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks  

GRD 730

Developing and Managing Your Professional Image  

GRD 733

Managing & Leading Teams  

GRD 745

Communication and Diversity Leadership  

GRD 747

Navigating the Job Market  

GRD 749

Improvisational Techniques to Improve Leadership, Teaching, and Research Communication  

GRD 752

CIRTL Seminar on STEM Teaching  

GRD 753

CIRTL Seminar on STEM Academic Teaching Careers  

GRD 754

CIRTL Effective STEM Teaching Approaches  

GRD 756

CIRTL The College Classroom  

GRD 757

CIRTL Effective Use of Technology in Teaching and Learning  

GRD 758

CIRTL Diversity in the College Classroom  

GRD 761

CIRTL Special Topics  

GRD 762

CIRTL Individualized Seminar  

GRD 763

CIRTL Individualized Teaching and Learning Project  

GRD 765

CIRTL Individualized Teaching Experience II  

GRD 766

Introduction to Online Teaching  
Total Hours 21

Certificate Leadership and Professional Development

Approved September 13, 2019

Requirements Hours
LEAD 500 Introduction to Leadership Behaviors, Characteristics and Theories 3
LEAD 520 Ethics in the Workplace 2
LEAD 540 Team Development and Dynamics 2
LEAD 590 Leadership by Design 2
Electives 6

LEAD 501

Professional Writing for Leadership  

LEAD 502

Professional Presentations for Leaders  

LEAD 503

Professional Interveiw and Interviewing Skills for Leaders  

LEAD 504

Introduction to Organizational Change Processes  

LEAD 505

Prioritization and Decision Making for Leadership  

LEAD 506

Emotionally Intelligent Leadership  

LEAD 521

Servant Leadership  

LEAD 522

Followership  

LEAD 523

Gender Dynamics and Leadership  

LEAD 524

Inter-generational Leadership  

LEAD 541

Building Effective Teams  

LEAD 543

Planning and Leading a Meeting for Leaders  

LEAD 544

Conflict Negotiation in Leadership  

LEAD 545

Planning and Facilitating a Retreat  

LEAD 560

Leadership and Professional Development Workshop  
Total Hours 15

Certificate in Research Communication

Requirements Hours
GRD 701 Presentation and Discussion Skills 3
GRD 722 Writing Research for Broad Audiences 3
GRD 739 Science Communication Practicum 1
Electives 8

CM 603

Message Construction  

CM 604

Analysis of Communication Audiences  

EH 502

Writing in Popular Periodicals  

EH 503

Business Writing  

EH 504

Technical Writing  

EH 556

Visual Rhetoric  

EH 557

Writing and Medicine  

GRD 706

Grants and Fellowships 101  

GRD 707

Presenting Effectively  

GRD 708

Writing Successfully  

GRD 723

Writing Research for Academic Audiences  

GRD 727

Writing & Reviewing Research  

GRD 729

Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks  

GRD 745

Communication and Diversity Leadership  

GRD 749

Improvisational Techniques to Improve Leadership, Teaching, and Research Communication  

MBA 614

Social Media and Virtual Communities in Business  

MBA 616

Web Analytics  

MBA 690

Directed Study  
Total Hours 15

Certificate in Research Lab Management

Requirements Hours
Required Coursework  
GRD 773 Research Lab Management 3
MBA 631 Management and Organizations 3
GRD 733 Managing & Leading Teams 1
GRD 774 Introduction to Regulatory Compliance 1
GRD 775 Research Lab Safety 1
Electives 6

MBA 601

Accounting and Finance for Managers  

MBA 681

From Idea to IPO  

GRD 701

Presentation and Discussion Skills  

GRD 719

Introduction to Mentoring & Leadership  

GRD 745

Communication and Diversity Leadership  

GRD 727

Writing & Reviewing Research  
Total Hours 15

Graduate Certificate in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Advocacy

Requirements Hours
Core Courses  
DEIA 510 Diversity Policy Politics and Practice 3
DEIA 520 Equity and Inclusion 3
DEIA 530 Leadership in Social Justice Advocacy, Self and Others 3
DEIA 590 Engaged Scholarship in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Advocacy 1-4
Electives 3
Total Hours 13-16

Graduate Certificate in Academic Advising

 

Requirements Hours
Core Classes  
AADV 600 Academic Advising History and Practices 3
HEA 660 College Student Development 3
AADV 610 Assessment in Academic Advising 3
AADV 620 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Advocacy in Academic Advising 3
Electives 3

AADV 640

Special Topics Workshop in Academic Advising