CertificateLeadership
Application due date for October 4, 2021 term: October 1
Estimated time to completion: 9 Months
Take your career further.
The Certificate in Leadership is designed to prepare graduate students to contribute to their professional communities as highly effective leaders as well as develop in their personal leadership journey. Students from all disciplines – including education, nursing and other healthcare roles, administration and business – will learn how to address complex, real-world problems with evidence-based decisions. This is done through leadership frameworks, theories and philosophies.in the nation for most master's degrees awarded in education*.
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What you can expect.
- Flexible Design Study on your schedule. Our online format allows you to plan your coursework around your life.
- Applicable Skills Use what you learn, no matter what your career path is. Develop your skills in many facets of leadership: communication, collaboration, ethics, cultural responsiveness, strategic planning and innovation. Learn strategies for solving problems you encounter every day.
- Prepare for Your Future Strengthen your future marketability by demonstrating a commitment to effective leadership as a personal and professional journey.
A few of the classes you'll take.
- LEAD5073 The Art of Decision Making 3 semester credits
- LEAD5533 Developing and Distributing Leadership 3 semester credits
- LEAD5653 Leadership Theories, Frameworks, and Philosophies 3 semester credits
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Department Chair
Chair, Department of Leadership and Administration,
Department of Leadership and Administration
A Note About Licensure:
While this certificate provides a comprehensive understanding of the intended certificate outcomes, it does not lead to licensure, certification, or endorsement. ACE offers several programs that do provide a pathway to licensure, certification, or endorsement and they can be found here.
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Tuition
Certificate in Leadership
Total Tuition
18 semester credits
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$235 per credit
$4,230
Fees
$50 Application Fee
$720 Technology & Library Fee
($40 per credit)
$100 Program Conferral Fee
$870
Total Program Cost*
$5,100
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View Payment Options Talk to an Enrollment Counselor1This is an estimated value of the cost for tuition and fees. Amounts may vary depending on number of transfer credits applied to the selected program hours or program pathway credit hours, the pace and satisfactory completion of the selected program or program pathway credit hours, receipt of, or eligibility for, institutional or non-institutional scholarship and/or grant amounts, and adjustments to tuition or fees as described in the Catalog Right to Modify Tuition section.
State of California Student Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF)
It is a state of California requirement that a student who pays his or her tuition is required to pay a state-imposed assessment fifty cents ($0.50) per one thousand dollars ($1,000) of institutional charges, rounded to the nearest thousand dollars, for the California Student Tuition Recovery Fund. For more information and to see if you must pay the state-imposed assessment for Student Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF) click here.
Admission Requirements
Certificate in Leadership
ACE General Admission Requirements
- Complete and submit all application components including the admission application, the enrollment agreement, and the payment agreement.
- Submit the nonrefundable application fee.*
- Provide official transcripts from a regionally accredited institution indicating successful completion of the level of education required for entry to the program.**
*The application fee is valid for one year from date of submission.
**Additional evidence may be required to fulfill state requirements, including but not limited to verification of professional experience, test scores, or an interview.
Program Admission Requirements
Certificate in Leadership
- Bachelor's or Highest Post-Baccalaureate degree earned from a Regionally Accredited Institution
- Minimum grade point average cumulative 2.5 on a 4.0 scale for full admission
- Transcript
International Transcript Requirements
All applicants must submit to the Admissions Office official, sealed college transcripts from each institution attended.
- Transcripts that are international and/or not in English must be evaluated through an NACES-recommended agency.
- Texas applicants may only submit evaluations from agencies approved by the Texas Education Agency.
- International applicants must request the course-by-course evaluation. The evaluation report must show that the non-U.S. education is equivalent to the education/accreditation level required for the program.
English as a Second Language Applicants
All applicants whose first language is not English must demonstrate competence in the English language as demonstrated in one of three ways:
- Submission of an official transcript showing a degree from a United States secondary school or regionally accredited college/university.
- Submission of an official minimum score on the paper or internet-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exams.
- The minimum TOEFL score required for the internet-based version is 80, and the paper-based version requires a minimum TOEFL score of 20 for each of the three skills: Reading, Listening, and, Writing.
- The minimum IELTS score required is 6.5. Note: IELTS is not acceptable for Texas programs leading to certification.
- The testing agency must send test scores directly to American College of Education.
- Applicants to the Texas Educational Leadership program whose first language is not English must submit a minimum scaled score of 24 for speaking, 22 for listening, 22 for reading, and 21 for writing from the Internet-Based TOEFL (IBT) or evidence of an undergraduate or graduate degree earned at an institution of higher education in a country outside of the United States listed in Figure: 19 TAC §230.11(b)(5)(C).
Courses
Certificate in Leadership
Explore the classes you'll take to fulfill this program's 18 semester credit requirement. For more information, a complete list of requirements, and course options, see the College Catalog.