Graduate

Master of Science in Leadership

The 12-course graduate sequence provides students with leadership principles as a foundation and adds skill areas important for leading complex organizations in global and community contexts. Students pursue critical thinking and analysis skills to add to the leadership principles. The students will complete the Leadership program with leadership analysis projects requiring self-assessment and research skills.

The Master of Science in Leadership program seeks to create the following competencies:

• A clear understanding of the political, social, economic, and cultural environments in which a leader must operate
• An awareness of personal leadership strengths and weaknesses and strategies to improve deficits
• Strategic planning using resource allocation, sound research, data analysis and innovation
• Insight into international perspectives through the use of case studies of non-U.S. developed and developing countries
• The ability to make leadership decisions which are ethical, efficient, and informed by research, evaluation, and diagnoses of situations
• Effective leadership of diverse groups through the accurate use of supportive organizational mechanisms and the ability to identify and address forces that detract from effective diversity leadership
• The ability to apply leadership skills and behaviors to build the human, social, intellectual, and financial capital for the sustainability of their organizations
• The skills to lead groups and organizations in the design and implement ation of new paradigms, effectively utilizing leadership to enhance the reputation of organizations in domestic and global contexts

Course Requirements

(All courses are THREE CREDITS unless otherwise indicated)

Required Core Coursework:

Elective Coursework: