Curriculum

The Certificate in Executive Leadership: Public Safety requires 12 semester credits, which are earned through a cohort learning community.

Cohort Learning Community

The cohort learning community offers a unique combination of on campus and online sessions, making it convenient for students from outside of the Twin Cities area to participate. The program starts with an intensive, introductory four days in January, followed by monthly Tuesday–Wednesday meetings from February through September.

PA 5057 Executive Leadership I (6 credits, spring semester)
Leadership theories, tools, and strategies in global context for the mid-career student. Integrate foundations of institutional leadership, management, inter-disciplinary studies, and emerging issues/public policy to develop executive leaders with enhanced ethical practice skills. Opportunities for practicing and reassessing leadership inside and outside the workplace. Field-based management issues specific to public safety sphere.
PA 5058 Executive Leadership II (6 credits, summer semester)
Continues PA 5057.

2013 Schedule

Introductory Week (daily, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.): January 14 - 17, 2013

Subsequent Monthly Sessions: Tuesdays and Wednesdays, approx. 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

February 12-13
March 12-13
April 23-24
May 14-15
June 11-12
July 16-17
August 13-14
September 17-18