how to
Choose Courses
Freshman Year
Review your academic goals and speak to your advisor. Enroll in a Learning Community for the Leadership Certificate. Or, enroll in two foundation courses of your choice.
Sophomore Year
Complete the Emerging Leaders Program and two foundation courses. Visit the Office of Experiential Learning to get advice about internship and service for Leadership for your Junior Year. Declare.
Junior Year
You may be able to complete your internship over the summer, and your service during the winter or spring breaks. Also complete two foundation courses.
Senior Year
Complete your last foundation course. Take the Senior Leadership Seminar in the fall and in the spring. Graduate.
Get Advice
Your Academic Advisor
Some courses in the Leadership Certificate might co-fulfill other of your requirements.
A&S students can meet up to seven general education requirements. You should also ask your
advisor about using the Leadership Certificate to fullfill your related area requirement.
Dr. Regina Schulte-Ladbeck
Academic advice for Leadership students. Note she will be on leave during the 2007-2008 school year, but she will be in e-mail contact; rsl at phyast.pitt.edu
Dr. Margaret Heely
Practical advice for Leadership students: internship, service, the seminar, and other leadership opportunities at Pitt or in the City. Contact the Office of Experiential Learning
Declare
Dean's Office
Please visit the Office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies for the School of Arts and Sciences in 140 Thackeray Hall.
Yes, you can graduate in four years with your Baccalaureate degree and the Leadership Certificate. Four hundred students in A&S alone add value to their Pitt education every year by graduating with a major and a certificate.
(Photo courtesy of Pitt Chronicle)
Graduate
Re-visit the Office of the Associate Dean
for Undergraduate Studies for the School of Arts and Sciences in 140 Thackeray Hall.
You need to file a graduation application by the deadline for graduation
applications one term before the term in which you plan to graduate.