Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Bulletin 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Bulletin

Community and Organizational Leadership Certificate


Dr. Melissa Kates
Chair and Professor
Email: katesm@apsu.edu
931-221-7188
 

Dr. Kathryn Woods
Graduate Coordinator
Professor
Location:  Clement Building, Office 217A
Phone:  931-221-1419
Email: Woodsk@apsu.edu
 

 

 

This 12-hour online program is designed for professionals who would like to earn a graduate credential in Community and Organizational Leadership.   The Certificate can be completed in under a year.  Completion of this certificate will allow students to transition directly into the Master of Science in Leadership, if desired.  The certificate classes will count as four of the ten courses needed for the MSL degree.

Admission Requirements

Listed below are the required application materials and the associated scores (if necessary) for each.

  • Application for admission
  • Application Fee:  $45 domestic or $55 international
  • Official transcripts from all colleges attended
  • Bachelor’s degree, conferred in any field, from a regionally accredited institution showing a minimum cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.5
  • Choose ONE of the following:
    • Admissions Portfolio:  Applicants may submit a portfolio in lieu of the GRE. The portfolio must include a current resume, a personal essay detailing the student’s personal/professional goals as they relate to completing the certificate program, and two letters of professional and/or academic reference.  Applicants must upload or submit the portfolio to the Office of Graduate Admissions.
    • Minimum GRE revised General Test scores of: Verbal - 140, Quantitative - 140, and Analytical Writing - 2.5
  • Military documents (if applicable)
  • Admission decision by department

For more information about the application process, please visit apsu.edu/grad-studies.

Program CIP Code


42.2803

Program Modality


  • On-Ground
  • Online

Program Student Learning Outcomes