Leadership and Managerial Skills

The Leadership and Managerial Skills Graduate Certificate is designed to help participants improve their skills relating to decision making, communicating, negotiating, working in teams, and leading. In addition to learning theoretical aspects of these areas, the courses in the certificate also provide opportunities for students to improve their “soft skills” relating to working with other people and organizations. 

Curriculum

The certificate requires 8 credits of study, comprised of the following four courses.

This Graduate Certificate Program in Leadership and Managerial Skills is delivered by North Dakota State University (NDSU) College of Business and has been operating since the fall semester of 2018.  The program requires 8 credits, made up of any four of the following five 2- credit courses.  The courses are offered online and / or face to face.  This certificate program is designed to complement the NDSU Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree by providing MBA students the opportunity to obtain a certificate in a specific area of concentration.  It also provides the opportunity for other NDSU graduate students and non-degree seeking professionals in the community to gain relevant skills and knowledge for business practice.  The courses that make up the certificate provide students with knowledge of theory and an opportunity to improve their “soft skills” relating to working with other people and organizations.  These skills are important for businesses and non-for-profit organizations operating in North Dakota.  Interviews with employers in the Fargo metro area have underlined the need for soft skill development in the pool of potential managers.  This certificate will help those completing the program to address this skill shortage and compete in the labor marketplace.