Supervisory Leadership Certificate

Program: Certificate
Department of Organizational Leadership and Supervision
College of Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science

Neff Hall 288 ~ 260-481-6420 ~ ipfw.edu/ols

The student learning outcomes for the degree are as follows:

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of contemporary issues and theories in the areas of leadership, human resources systems and team design and facilitation.
• Students will demonstrate an understanding of organizational behavior at the individual, group and organizational levels of analysis using theories derived from several behavioral sciences. 
• Students will be able to apply theories to real organizational and leadership problems.
• Students will demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills. 

This certificate program helps you prepare for supervisory leadership positions in any industry. The classes can later be applied toward an associate degree and bachelor’s degree with a major in organizational leadership and supervision. Interested individuals must apply for the program before completing 9 hours of applicable course work.

The certificate option is available to community members who enter as non-degree seeking students and to students in good academic standing who are enrolled in non-OLS plans of study. OLS-degree-seeking students are not eligible to enter the certificate program.

To earn the certificate, you must fulfill the requirements of IPFW (see Part 8 ) and the College of Engineering Technology and Computer Science, Department of Organizational Leadership and Supervision (see Part 4 ), complete the following courses, and earn a grade of C- or better in each course.  OLS courses taken more than 10 years ago will not count towards the certificate requirements.