Bring creativity and flexibility to organizations.
This hands-on certificate program provides you with real-world experience using innovation tools and processes. You’ll apply innovation methods to grow as a leader and facilitator of change.
A Learning Community
At Pacific, students learn with each other. The program begins with a three-day extended residency at our Sacramento Campus. This experience allows you to build the foundation for relationships that continue online.
Primarily Online
We designed the certificate program with the best of both worlds. After the one in-person residency, all coursework is online with two weekly evening classes and a once-a-month virtual Saturday workshop.
Real-World Projects
We believe that students learn by doing. Each course in the program has you apply what you learn in a real organization. Rather than learning how to do something in the future, you learn by doing now.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree (2.65 minimum GPA)
- Official Transcripts
Please send all official transcripts to:
Office of Graduate Admission
3601 Pacific Ave., Stockton CA 95211
Phone: 209.946.3929
Email: gradadmission@pacific.edu
2022 Cohort Student
Halea Waters
"I am so incredibly thankful that I found this program. I can confidently say that not only have I gained leadership skills for innovation, but I have also been able to cultivate my own personal self-growth journey. The professors truly do practice what they preach and are directly connected to all the fields that they teach, such as innovative and strength-based leadership. Using these tools have made me an even stronger leader and human."
What You'll Do
Over eight months, you’ll immerse yourself in real-world consulting situations to apply concepts, tools, and models in each course within this certificate program.
Fall
- Exercising Leadership (LEAD 200) — Apply leadership skills in dynamic, complex situations by experimenting with new approaches to leadership.
- Design Thinking (LEAD 255) — Facilitate a human-centered design process to create a user-centered solution to an organizational challenge.
Spring
- Leadership and Inquiry (LEAD 210) — Engage in cycles of inquiry to address leadership challenges and develop a more complete leadership identity.
- Change in Complex Systems (LEAD 256) — Partner with an internal or external client to apply innovation and change methods to address a problem in a complex or complicated system.
Program Logistics
The next cohort starts on Aug. 25, 2023:
- In-person Residency in Sacramento: Friday, Aug. 25 through Sunday, Aug. 27.
- Online virtual videoconferences most Tuesday and Wednesday evenings (7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Pacific Time).
- Virtual Saturday Residencies on Oct. 7, Nov. 4, Dec. 2, Jan. 20, Feb. 3, March 2, April 27 (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Pacific, with 1.5-hour lunch).
- Other activities occur asynchronously.
Apply Your Certificate to a Master's Degree
If you decide to continue your education, all 12 units in the certificate transfer into the MA in Leadership – Organizational Innovation and Change. The master’s program uses the same format, primarily online.
Tuition & Fees
For 2022-2023, certificate tuition and fees are $2744.40 per course. You'll complete four courses in two semesters. These costs are comparable to workplace training programs. Students often receive employer funding to cover all or part of the costs. Some other students use Financial Aid or the payment plan offered through Student Accounts.
Please note that the program and university reserve the right to modify or change tuition or fees without prior notice.
Instructors Who Change Organizations
Our faculty members are award-winning leaders, consultants, trainers, and educators. They transform students through their teaching and also have active leadership and consulting practices.
Take the Next Step
Connect with Us
For questions, please contact Benerd College's Leadership Programs at benerdsac@pacific.edu or 916.340.6155
