If you are an experienced professional not looking for a full degree but still seeking the rigor of a graduate academic program, MSLOC Graduate Certificate programs will meet your need to build specialized expertise without investing in an entire master’s program. Graduate Certificate program courses are offered in both the part-time evening and alternative schedule formats. Course credits count toward meeting MSLOC degree requirements if you later choose to apply and are admitted to the full-degree program.
The part-time evening schedule includes class sessions that meet weekdays from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. and is most suitable if you live within the Chicago area.
The alternative schedule format is a great option if you live outside of the Chicago area or if you live locally but your work or personal schedule precludes attending weekly evening classes. The alternative schedule option combines distance learning with on-campus classroom meetings delivered in full-day sessions over consecutive days. Each on-campus session is between two and six days in duration.
Three Graduate Certificate course options are offered:
- Graduate Certificate in Strategic Change Management
- Graduate Certificate in Coaching for Learning and Performance
- Graduate Certificate in Learning and Organizational Change
Graduate Certificate in Strategic Change Management
The Strategic Change Management Certificate is a good choice for working professionals who wish to deepen their understanding of organizational change and how to apply innovative approaches – including social network analysis -- to effect change.
You will explore the nature of organizational change and how to design successful strategic change efforts. You will also look deeply at the theory and practices behind learning, human performance and social networks in organizational settings – all of which provide levers for leading and managing change. Finally, you will learn consulting methods and tools that will help you be a more effective change leader.
The Certificate in Strategic Change Management requires completion of the following five courses:
- Accelerating Learning and Performance
- Transformational Consulting
- Designing Sustainable Strategic Change
- Executing Strategic Change
- Social Network Analysis in Learning & Organizational Change
Sample Program Plan - Alternative Schedule Option (Entry in Spring 2010)
The alternative schedule option combines distance learning with on-campus classroom meetings delivered in full-day residency sessions over consecutive days. Each residency session is between two and six days in duration.
| Courses | Coursework begins/ends |
On-campus residency sessions 1 |
| New student orientation | March 24, 2010 (virtual session) | |
| Accelerating Learning and Performance Transformational Consulting |
March 29/June 4, 2010 | Friday, April 30 to Wednesday, May 5, 2010 |
| Designing Sustainable Strategic Change Executing Strategic Change |
June 21/August 6, 2010 | Monday, July 19 to Saturday, July 24, 2010 |
| MSLOC Retreat 2 Applying Social Network Analysis in Learning & Organizational Change |
September 13/December 3, 2010 | Friday, September 10, to Tuesday, September 14 Friday, October 22, to Saturday, October 23 |
1 Final course schedules subject to change
2 MSLOC Retreat is recommended, but optional. Students attending only the Social Network Analysis course should arrive on Sunday, September 12.
Sample Program Plan - Part Time Evening Schedule Option (Entry in Fall 2011)
The part time evening option is a good choice if you live within commuting distance of the Chicago area and evening classes fits your professional or personal schedule. With the exception of Social Network Analysis in Learning & Organizational change, classes meet from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays. The Social Network Analysis course requires two on-campus sessions of two full days each.
| Courses | Coursework begins/ends |
Class Schedule 1 |
| MSLOC Retreat/New Student Orientation 2 | Friday, September 9 to Sunday, September 11, 2011 | |
| Accelerating Learning and Performance | September 20 to December 3, 2011 | Weekly 6-9 p.m. on the Evanston campus |
| Transformational Consulting | January 3 to March 9, 2012 | Weekly 6-9 p.m. on the Evanston campus |
| Designing Sustainable Strategic Change | March 26 to June 1, 2012 | Weekly 6-9 p.m. on the Evanston campus |
| Executing Strategic Change | September 24 to December 8, 2012 | Weekly 6-9 p.m. on the Evanston campus |
| Applying Social Network Analysis in Learning & Organizational Change |
September 17 to December 8, 2012 | September 17-18, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. October 26-27, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
1 Final class schedules subject to change
2 MSLOC Retreat is recommended, but optional. Students attending only the Social Network Analysis course should arrive on Sunday, September 12.
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Graduate Certificate in Coaching for Learning and Performance
The Graduate Certificate in Coaching for Learning & Performance is a good choice for senior practitioners who are responsible for developing high-potential talent within organizations or providing one-on-one professional coaching or mentoring to managers or leaders.
This Certificate program is designed to help you develop individual skills in the practice of coaching as well as a broad understanding of coaching within the larger context of organizational performance and change. You will look deeply at the theory and practices behind learning and human performance in organizational settings, explore the factors that contribute to successful strategic change and learn consulting methods and tools that will help you be a more effective change leader. Coaching is a common theme developed throughout these studies.
The Coaching for Learning and Performance Certificate is based on completion of five courses:
Three required courses:
- Accelerating Learning and Performance
- Transformational Consulting
- Coaching for Learning and Performance
- Designing Sustainable Strategic Change
- Executing Strategic Change
- Cognitive Design
- Social Network Analysis for Learning & Organizational Change
Sample Program Plan - Alternative Schedule Option (Entry in Spring 2010)
The alternative schedule option combines distance learning with on-campus classroom meetings delivered in full-day residency sessions over consecutive days. Each residency session is between two and six days in duration.
| Courses | Coursework begins/ends |
On-campus residency sessions 1 |
| New student orientation | March 24, 2010 (virtual session) | |
| Accelerating Learning and Performance Transformational Consulting |
March 29/June 4, 2010 | Friday, April 30 to Wednesday, May 5, 2010 |
| Designing Sustainable Strategic Change Executing Strategic Change |
June 21/August 6, 2010 | Monday, July 19 to Saturday, July 24, 2010 |
| Cognitive Design 2 | June 21/August 6, 2010 | Friday, July 16 to Sunday, July 18, 2010 |
| MSLOC Retreat 3 | September 13/December 3, 2010 | Friday, September 10, to Sunday, September 12, 2010 |
| Coaching for Learning & Performance | September 13/December 3, 2010 | Sunday, October 24 to Tuesday, October 26, 2010 |
| Applying Social Network Analysis in Learning & Organizational Change 2 |
September 13/December 3, 2010 | Monday, September 14 to Tuesday, September 15, 2010 Friday, October 22 to Saturday, October 23, 2010 |
1 Final course schedules subject to change
2 Either Cognitive Design or Applying Social Network Analysis in Learning & Organizational Change may be substituted for one of the two required strategic change courses: Designing Sustainable Strategic Change or Executing Strategic Change
3 MSLOC Retreat is recommended, but optional.
Sample Program Plan - Entry in Fall 2011
The part time evening option is a good choice if you live within commuting distance of the Chicago area and evening classes plus occasional weekday and weekend classes fits your professional or personal schedule. Evening classes meet from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays.
| Courses | Coursework begins/ends |
Class Schedule 1 |
| MSLOC Retreat/New Student Orientation 2 | Friday, September 9 to Sunday, September 11, 2011 | |
| Accelerating Learning and Performance | September 20 to December 3, 2011 | Weekly 6-9 p.m. on the Evanston campus |
| Transformational Consulting | January 3 to March 9, 2012 | Weekly 6-9 p.m. on the Evanston campus |
| Designing Sustainable Strategic Change | March 26 to June 1, 2012 | Weekly 6-9 p.m. on the Evanston campus |
| Cognitive Design 3 | June 18 to August 11, 2012 | Distance learning throughout the quarter Residency session (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.): Friday, July 13 to Sunday, July 15, 2012 |
| Executing Strategic Change | September 24 to December 8, 2012 | Weekly 6-9 p.m. on the Evanston campus |
| Coaching for Learning & Performance | September 24 to December 8, 2010 | Distance learning throughout the quarter Residency session (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.): Sunday, October 28 to Tuesday, October 30 |
1 Final class schedules subject to change
2 MSLOC Retreat is recommended, but optional. Students attending only the Social Network Analysis course should arrive on Sunday, September 12.
3 Cognitive Design may be substituted for one of the two required strategic change courses: Designing Sustainable Strategic Change or Executing Strategic Change
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Graduate Certificate in Learning and Organizational Change
The Graduate Certificate in Learning and Organizational Change is the right choice for experienced professions who wish to develop additional expertise across the MSLOC program’s three core areas of study: learning and performance, strategy and knowledge, and strategic change. Your Certificate in Learning and Organizational Change can be customized both in terms of courses and the schedule option you can choose -- either the evening schedule course options or our alternative schedule, which combines distance learning with on-campus classroom meetings delivered in full-day residency sessions over consecutive days.
The Certificate in Learning and Organizational Change requires completion of any five of the following courses:
- Accelerating Learning and Performance
- Advancing Learning and Performance Solutions
- Creating and Sharing Knowledge
- Leading with Strategic Thinking
- Executing Strategic Change
- Designing Sustainable Strategic Change
- Social Network Analysis in Learning and Organizational Change
- Cognitive Design
