Certificate program

Leadership skills for any field, any future

The Certificate in Leadership Studies is designed for students who want to build practical leadership skills that can strengthen any degree.

Through leadership courses at the School of Leadership Studies, you will learn how to work with others, understand complex issues, build strong relationships and contribute to positive change in your community, workplace or field of study.

Leadership is not limited to one profession or career path. It is a set of concepts, approaches, and practices that can help you adapt, communicate, collaborate and lead with purpose in any sector you choose to work or volunteer in.

The certificate is open to UNB students in any faculty and is also a required component of the Bachelor of Integrated Studies program.

What you’ll learn

The Certificate in Leadership Studies helps you develop the mindset, confidence, and practical skills to lead in diverse and continually changing environments.

Students learn conventional and newly emerging approaches to leadership, and strengthen their ability to think critically, make ethical decisions, work across differences and understand the social systems that shape communities and organizations.

Why add leadership studies to your degree?

Adding leadership studies to your degree can help you connect your academic interests to the people, communities and issues you care about.

Students in the certificate program build skills they can apply in class, at work and in community settings, such as:

communication and collaboration
ethical decision-making
innovation and problem-solving
project and community leadership
understanding diversity, complexity and change

Every organization needs people who can listen well, bring others together and move ideas into action. The Certificate in Leadership Studies helps you expand your options and prepare for leadership roles in any field.

Program requirements

Students completing the Certificate in Leadership Studies must complete 15 credit hours of courses with a minimum grade of C, including:

LEAD 1001 - Leadership Foundations
At least one of:
- LEAD 1011 - Worldviews, Religion & Culture
- LEAD 1062 - Citizenship & Community
- LEAD 2001 - Practicing Leadership in Community Projects
At least 3ch of LEAD courses at the 3000 or 4000 level chosen from electives such as Ethics and Leadership, Gender and Leadership, Science and Society, Leadership and Foresight, and Program Evaluation for Systems Change.
At least 6ch of additional LEAD credits

With approval from Advising, up to 3ch of courses from other faculties with relevant leadership content may also be counted toward the certificate.

Who can enrol?

The Certificate in Leadership Studies is available to:

UNB students in any faculty
Non-UNB students registering in the certificate as a standalone program
Students in the Bachelor of Integrated Studies program
Students taking individual LEAD courses for credit toward their degree

To plan your certificate, contact the School of Leadership Studies at leadershipstudies@unb.ca.