What You'll Learn
The Organizational Behavior Graduate Certificate helps you navigate the complexities of human dynamics in the workplace. You’ll explore the factors that drive individual and organizational performance — preparing you to lead, manage, and collaborate more effectively.
Through the graduate certificate, you’ll build:
- An understanding of human behavior in a variety of organizations through communication, motivation, group dynamics, leadership, power, performance management, technology, and organizational design and development.
- A foundation in interpersonal effectiveness, organizational conflict resolution, talent recruitment, training, labor relations, and legal issues.
- Knowledge in focused topic areas, such as change management, self-and-team management, and leadership communication.
Courses
The Organizational Behavior Graduate Certificate requires four courses:
- 1 organizational behavior course
- 1 conflict management course
- 2 elective courses
Searching and Registering for Courses
Available course options vary by term. You can browse options for fall, spring, or summer in the certificate course search within the DCE Course Search & Registration platform.
Our Community at a Glance
In this certificate, you gain insight into strategies and methods that cultivate and strengthen group performance, resource management, and organizational dynamics.
Download: Organizational Behavior Graduate Certificate Fact Sheet
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36
Average Age
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83%
Working Full Time
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29%
Students Outside the U.S.
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1.5 years
Average Time to Complete
Earning Your Certificate
Most of our certificates can be completed online and no formal application process is required to pursue a certificate.
To meet the requirements for the certificate, you must:
- Complete the four certificate courses for graduate credit.
- Earn at least a B grade in each course.
- Complete the courses within three years.
Learn more about pursuing a certificate and the process of requesting your certificate.
Build a Stackable Credential Pathway
Stackable credential pathways allow you to earn multiple credentials by completing courses that meet overlapping requirements. In the short term, you can earn a micro or graduate certificate. Once completed, those courses may count toward a master’s degree.
You can stack:
- The Advanced Negotiation & Conflict Resolution Microcertificate into the Organizational Behavior Graduate Certificate.
- The Organizational Behavior Graduate Certificate into either a master’s degree in management or a master’s degree in industrial-organizational psychology.
Stackable pathways offer an efficient, cost-effective way to earn short-term credentials to help fill immediate skill gaps and acquire specialized knowledge while building a foundation for long-term success that showcases your expertise in the field.
Learn how to plan a stackable credential pathway.
Cost
Affordability is core to our mission. When compared to our continuing education peers, it’s a fraction of the cost.
| Our Tuition (2025–26 rate) | $3,440 per course |
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| Average Tuition of Peer Institutions | $5,476 per course |
| Average Total Cost | $13,760 |
