Public Service Leadership, Graduate Certificate

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Leadership is a critical component of any public agency’s ability to deliver services effectively, efficiently, and help respond and adapt to ever-changing societal challenges. Quality leadership includes the ability to set goals, foster communication, encourage collaboration and trust among numerous agency and interagency groups, and engage in ethical decision making. The Graduate Certificate in Public Service Leadership will focus on leadership theory and its application, ethical leadership and decision making, and the internal and external environments of public sector agencies.

Requirements For: Certificate - 12 Hours, 3.0 GPA

PA503 - Emerging Issues in Public Affairs Credits: 1 to 3
* 3 credits required
PA509 - Leadership Development and Organizations Credits: 3
PA512 - The Environment of Public Organizations Credits: 3
PA600 - Ethical Foundations of Authority and Responsibility Credits: 3

Graduation Requirements

Park University confers Graduate Certificates at selected locations when a candidate has satisfied the following conditions:

Completion of residency requirement, at least 75% of the coursework completed at Park
Earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0* (for courses in the certificate)
Completion of coursework with no more than 2 grades of C earned at Park University
Meet all requirements of the specific program as outlined in this catalog
Submission of an Application for Graduation

*Individual departments may establish additional (or higher) requirements (refer to the program-specific requirements).