Program Overview

The Certificate in Leadership is an online, part-time 6-credit program for working professionals. This certificate aims to provide students with an understanding of the leadership frameworks and behavioral processes at multiple levels of organizations.

Why Choose Keck Graduate Institute?

If you’re not familiar with KGI, we offer breakthrough approaches to education in healthcare, biotech, and applied life sciences. Our courses are taught by experts with real-world professional experience with some of the top names across healthcare and science organizations and companies.

Who Should Apply

Life science professionals with applied life science experience that have an interest in gaining leadership skills to manage others and move into supervisory positions.

What You’ll Gain

The leadership certificate will focus on skills needed to analyze organizational structure, gain management knowledge and assume leadership roles helping the organization to achieve strategic objectives for technical and business projects within the bioscience industry.  Topics and skills include:

  • Critically analyze, and describe main concepts of organizational behavior.
  • Recognize links between the foundational, conceptual, applied, and practical aspects that the of organizations.
  • Compare and contrast the use of leadership styles and power bases in motivating employees to be effective.
  • Develop a perception and develop an awareness of sources of power, influence tactics, and leadership styles.
  • Recognize and explain team dynamics and approaches to participative decision-making.
  • Critically examine the real-world implications of leadership in a corporate context.

Program Course Overview

Certificate is composed of three courses for a total of 6 credits and can be started in the Fall or Spring.

Certificate Course Descriptions

Fall Term

BUS 6400 Organizational Behavior
3 credits

Spring Term

BUS 6410 Leadership in Organizations
1.5 credits

Elective Completion

1.5 credits

Program Requirements

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