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Curricula - PLAN OF STUDY: OLS Certificate

The OLS Certificate consists of nine courses, 27 credit hours, selected from the following list. The certificate program is only available through registration at one of the Statewide College of Technology sites. It is not available at the West Lafayette campus. Courses completed for the certificate can be counted towards the Associate's and Bachelor's Degree.

Phase I - Core Courses 

  • ENGL 101 English Composition I , CR. 3
  • OLS 252 Human Behavior in Organizations, CR. 3
  • OLS 274 Applied Leadership, CR. 3
  • OLS 284 Leadership Principles, CR. 3
  • OLS 386 Leadership for Organizational Change, CR. 3
  • OLS 388 Leadership Through Teams, CR. 3

Phase II - Specialty Courses (Select Three)  

  • OLS 331 Occupational Safety and Health, CR. 3
  • OLS 345 Critical Thinking in Organizations , CR. 3
  • OLS 375 Training Methods , CR. 3
  • OLS 376 Human Resource Issues, CR. 3
  • OLS 378 Labor Management Relations, CR. 3
  • OLS 440 Leading with Integrity, CR. 3
  • OLS 450 Project Management for Organizational and Human Resource Development, CR. 3
  • OLS 456 Leadership in a Global Environment, CR. 3
  • OLS 477 Conflict Management, CR. 3