Graduate Certificate in Community Leadership at University of Texas at Arlington

Programme overview

The Community Leadership Certificate provides advanced education and training in social work community practice skills, including mobilizing neighborhood, community, and client groups to solve collective human problems, writing grants for financial support, and planning and conducting advocacy to affect social welfare policy decisions that affect local communities. Upon completion, students will be able to mobilize neighborhood, community, and client groups to solve collective human problems. Upon completion, students will be able to write grants for financial support.

Faculty: School of Social Work | Duration: 9 credit hours | Location: Arlington, TX, United States

What you will study

The programme totals 9 credit hours. Required courses listed include: Advanced Community Practice; Grant Proposal Development Seminar; Advocacy And Social Policy.

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Entry requirements

For students in the MSW program at the time of enrollment for the Certificate, the Admission requirement will be to be in good standing, as defined by the MSW program, which includes having a GPA of 3.0 or higher. For non-degree seeking students who wish to enroll in the Certificate Program, a bachelor’s degree in Social Work or a bachelor’s degree and two-years of related professional experience, with a GPA of 3.0 or higher is required.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Duration: 9 credit hours

Apply through the official page: https://www.uta.edu/admissions/apply

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