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Organizational Leadership Certificate
If you are employed full-time and want to improve yourself educationally and professionally, the Department of Organizational Leadership and Supervision can prepare you for a leadership position and the success that follows.
After admission to the University, nine courses are required for completion of the Organizational Leadership Certificate, a special program designed for working adults. The course requirements for the Organizational Leadership certificate can be applied toward a Purdue College of Technology two-year Associate of Science degree or a four-year Bachelor of Science degree.
The classes taken in pursuit of the Organizational Leadership Certificate are available individually for the purpose of self-improvement. All certificate-track students must meet admission requirements of the College of Technology and be admitted to the Organizational Leadership and Supervision program no later than at the completion of Phase I.
Implementation date: August, 1993 for Certificate awarded December 1993 or later.
Organizational Leadership Certificate
Plan of Study
Phase I - Core
| Course Code | Course Name | Ceredits |
| ENGL | English Composition Selective | 3 |
| OLS 252 | Human Behavior in Organizations | 3 |
| OLS 274 | Applied Leadership | 3 |
| OLS 284 | Leadership Principles | 3 |
| OLS 386 | Leading for Organizational Change | 3 |
| OLS 388 | Leadership Trrough Teams | 3 |
Phase II - Specialty Courses (select three courses)
| Course Code | Course Name | Ceredits |
| OLS 331 | Occupational Safety and Health | 3 |
| OLS 345 | Critical Thinking in Organizations | 3 |
| OLS 375 | Training Methods | 3 |
| OLS 376 | Human Resources Issues | 3 |
| OLS 378 | Labor/Management Relations | 3 |
| OLS 440 | Leading with Integrity | 3 |
| OLS 450 | Project Management for Organizational and Human Resource Development | 3 |
| OLS 456 | Leadership in a Global Environment | 3 |
| OLS 477 | Conflict Management | 3 |
A total of nine courses are required for completion of the Certificate Program.
contact info:
College of Technology — Kokomo
2300 S. Washington St.
P.O. Box 9003
Kokomo, IN 46904-9003
Phone: (765) 455-9339
e-mail: techkokomo@purdue.edu