Mindful Leadership Graduate Certificate Overview
This program is intentionally designed to bring mindfulness to the center stage of leadership development. Contemporary leadership requires people to be able to manage constant, competing commitments for attention. Mindfulness provides a means for people to focus, concentrate, and bring their attention onto the present moment. Mindful leaders, we believe, are more self-aware, better able to manage themselves, more emotionally aware, and better able to exemplify authentic leadership. Additionally, they seek to help cultivate mindful leadership in those with whom they work.
Program Objectives
- Examine the foundations of mindfulness theory through wisdom and faith traditions, and science.
- Create and implement a personal mindfulness practice applicable to multiple dimensions of one’s life.
- Examine and critique theories and principles of ethics and mindful leadership.
- Evaluate their own skills, strengths, and limitations as leaders and followers through self-reflection and mindfulness practices.
- Investigate and develop one’s philosophy
Key Features
- Graduate Certificate Credit Hours: 15 credit hours
- Course Delivery: Online, with four 12-week semesters per year
Key Content
We believe leaders who engage in mindfulness practice(s) develop skill sets and perspectives that allow them to handle demands associated with our ever-changing, contemporary society. Those who can embody attributes of mindful leadership are more self-aware and better able to regulate their inner landscape. Working from the premise that who we are impacts how we lead, this inner dimension is critical to our overall relational, strategic, organizational and outcome capacities. Additionally, mindful leaders are able to help cultivate the mindset, skill set and leadership strengths in those with whom they work.
Five Required Courses:
- MS5000 Foundations of Mindfulness Studies
- MS5001 Foundations of Mindful Leadership
- MS6130 Applied Mindful Leadership
Pick from two electives:
- MS5020/TP6305 Spirituality and Ethics
- MS6010 Decolonizing the Mind
- ML6100 Leading from the Inside Out
- MS6120 Leading People, Teams, and Organizations
- MS6110 Change, Conflict and Leadership
- MS6040 Contemplative Neuroscience
Application Requirements
Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. For applicants who have a lower GPA, supplemental materials such as additional recommendations or a higher score on the GRE may be requested. In addition to the academic requirements, we look for candidates who demonstrate a commitment to personal growth and a deep interest in their chosen area of study.
- Completed application
- Identification
- Transcripts
- Admissions essay
- Resume or CV for Mindfulness Studies degree and Mindful Leadership Graduate Certificate applicants
- Interview
- Full details are listed in the catalog.
Tuition
- Tuition per credit hour: $427
- Tuition per 3-credit course: $1,281
- Total Tuition, 15 Credit Hours: $6,405
(does not include textbooks or any additional costs, supplies, and fees)
Fees
- Application: $50
- Graduation Fee: $100
- Extension: $50
- Transcript: $10 each
- Returned Check: $35
- Withdrawal: $50
- Resource fee: $75 per semester
Course Calendar
Winter | Semester 1 | January 2–March 23, 2025
MS5001/TP5210- Foundations of Mindfulness Leadership
MS6040- Contemplative Neuroscience
MS6090- Capstone Project
Spring | Semester 2 | March 31–June 22, 2025
MS5000- Foundations of Mindfulness Studies
MS 5010- Research Methods
MS6130- Applied Mindful Leadership
Summer | Semester 3 | June 30–September 21, 2025
MS5001/TP5210 Foundations of Mindfulness Leadership
MS6000/TP5205 Mindful Communication
MS5010/TP5015-Research Methods
Fall | Semester 4 | September 29–December 21
MS5000-Foundation of Mindfulness Studies
MS5020/ML5020-Spirituality and Ethics
For more information on tuition policies, refunds, and other options, download the full catalog.
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