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If you have an undergraduate degree and are a mid-career professional looking to advance their current career or start a new one in the field of business, we see you. Our graduate certificate in Diversity and Women鈥檚 Leadership is a part-time, 12-credit program offered entirely online with some optional onsite meetings. This certificate can be applied toward either the MBA or Master of Professional Studies degrees, or can be earned on its own.

The goal of the certificate program is to provide students with the ability to:

  • Develop ethical and effective strategies for business and nonprofit leadership on the personal, workgroup and organizational levels.
  • Appreciate and leverage diversity within organizations and develop positive organizational policies, practices and cultures directly supporting equity and inclusion.
  • Understand and address the unique agency and advancement challenges gender roles present in the workplace, including challenges faced by women leaders, male allies and those with other gender identities.
  • Develop strategies for working across cultural boundaries, language barriers, national borders and time zones to form effective intercultural business and organizational relationships.
  • Assess and enhance a personal career trajectory culminating in the potential for serving in an organizational leadership role supporting gender, diversity and cultural equity.

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Program Requirements

Courses Required

HRM 640 Diversity and Inclusion Leadership (3 credits)
MBA 501 Women in Leadership, Men as Allies (lecture, 2 credits)
MBA 502 Women in Leadership, Men as Allies (project, 1 credit)
MBA 622鈥擨ntercultural Communication and Global Perspectives (2 credits)
MBA 623鈥擨ntercultural Communication and Global Perspectives (project, 1 credit)
MBA 624 Gender in Communication and Negotiation (lecture, 2 credits)
MBA 640: Career Mentoring Workshop (1 credit)

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Accreditation

The 暗网禁区 business program is accredited by the (ACBSP).
ACBSP Current Graduation Data
ACBSP Historical Graduation Data
Nov. 2019 Report

Faculty & Staff

Who鈥檚 teaching you is as important as the curriculum you choose.
Let鈥檚 put a face to some of the names you鈥檒l be seeing on the course listings!

Michael Zalot, Ph.D, MBA

Michael Zalot

Chair of Business, Director of the Master of Professional Studies program, and Associate Professor
Curtis Hall 200
Phone: 610.606.4666 (x4453)
Selma Chehouri Abi-Daher

Selma Chehouri Abi-Daher

Assistant Professor of Accounting
Curtis 216
Phone: 610.606.4666
Scott V. Bartkus

Scott V. Bartkus

Director of the MBA Program, Assistant Professor
Curtis 214
Phone: 610.606.4666 (x3743)
Nina Patel

Nina Patel

Assistant Professor of Business
Curtis 202
Phone: 610.606.4666
Languages Spoken

Nina Patel

Languages Spoken
  • Gujarati
Beverly Magda

Beverly Magda

Founding Director of the Elaine and John Harmon Center
Curtis Hall 215
Phone: 610.606.4666 (x4563)
Bridgette Nassar

Brigitte Nassar

Administrative Assistant
Curtis 216
Phone: 610.606.4666 (x3405)
Languages Spoken

Brigitte Nassar

Languages Spoken
  • Arabic
  • English
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