Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________	Bulletin: 2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: Public and Nonprofit Leadership Microcredential Minimum Credits Required:__________________
Public and Nonprofit Leadership Microcredential College of Liberal Arts >> Political Science, Public Administration, and Philosophy department 6 hours The undergraduate microcredential in Public and Nonprofit Leadership will strengthen your knowledge and leadership skills necessary in diverse organizational and community settings. You will improve your understanding of how managers can apply theories and concepts of organizational structure, culture, leadership, motivation, and performance toward improved decision making and performance. The microcredential is open to both USI and non-USI students who wish to advance their leadership skills. It provides a good fit for working professionals who pursue careers in public and nonprofit organizations. USI students do not have to be formally enrolled in the microcredential to take the courses. Credit hours for the microcredential must be earned at USI and may be applied toward another degree program, including the major and minors in Political Science and Public and Nonprofit Administration.
Undergraduate Microcredential Requirements The total number of credit hours required for an undergraduate microcredential may vary by academic discipline but must require a minimum of 6 credit hours and not more than 9 credit hours. At least 50% of the microcredential requirements must be earned at USI. Coursework taken more than 4 years before the microcredential is awarded cannot be applied. Credit hours earned for a microcredential may be applied toward another degree program. A microcredential, therefore, can be embedded within a larger (e.g. certificate, minor, or major) undergraduate degree program. Academic departments may determine whether coursework taken to complete a microcredential can also be applied to a degree program. Microcredentials may be stand-alone or linked to an existing degree program, allowing for stackability with other microcredentials and certificates toward a degree (i.e., certificate, minor, or major) program. Students earning an undergraduate microcredential are not eligible to participate in commencement exercises, but the credential will be added to their official transcript record.
Required Course (3 hours)
Course Name	Credits:	Term Taken	Grade	Gen Ed
POLS 351 - Public Leadership Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer	Credits: 3
Elective Course (3 hours) Select one course:
Course Name	Credits:	Term Taken	Grade	Gen Ed
POLS 323 - Public and Nonprofit Personnel Administration Term(s) Offered: Every other year	Credits: 3
POLS 363 - Public Organizational Behavior Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered	Credits: 3
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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________

Bulletin: 2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: Public and Nonprofit Leadership Microcredential Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Public and Nonprofit Leadership Microcredential

College of Liberal Arts >> Political Science, Public Administration, and Philosophy department

6 hours

The undergraduate microcredential in Public and Nonprofit Leadership will strengthen your knowledge and leadership skills necessary in diverse organizational and community settings. You will improve your understanding of how managers can apply theories and concepts of organizational structure, culture, leadership, motivation, and performance toward improved decision making and performance. The microcredential is open to both USI and non-USI students who wish to advance their leadership skills. It provides a good fit for working professionals who pursue careers in public and nonprofit organizations. USI students do not have to be formally enrolled in the microcredential to take the courses. Credit hours for the microcredential must be earned at USI and may be applied toward another degree program, including the major and minors in Political Science and Public and Nonprofit Administration.

Undergraduate Microcredential Requirements

The total number of credit hours required for an undergraduate microcredential may vary by academic discipline but must require a minimum of 6 credit hours and not more than 9 credit hours.
At least 50% of the microcredential requirements must be earned at USI.
Coursework taken more than 4 years before the microcredential is awarded cannot be applied.
Credit hours earned for a microcredential may be applied toward another degree program. A microcredential, therefore, can be embedded within a larger (e.g. certificate, minor, or major) undergraduate degree program. Academic departments may determine whether coursework taken to complete a microcredential can also be applied to a degree program.
Microcredentials may be stand-alone or linked to an existing degree program, allowing for stackability with other microcredentials and certificates toward a degree (i.e., certificate, minor, or major) program.
Students earning an undergraduate microcredential are not eligible to participate in commencement exercises, but the credential will be added to their official transcript record.

Required Course (3 hours)

Course Name

Credits:

Term Taken

Grade

Gen Ed

POLS 351 - Public Leadership
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

Credits: 3

Elective Course (3 hours)

Select one course:

Course Name

Credits:

Term Taken

Grade

Gen Ed

POLS 323 - Public and Nonprofit Personnel Administration
Term(s) Offered: Every other year

Credits: 3

POLS 363 - Public Organizational Behavior
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered

Credits: 3

Notes: