Master of Arts in Leadership Program
Curriculum
The curriculum is composed of nine required 3-credit
courses, plus two 1-credit courses (there are no electives
in the program, outside of the customizable individual
and team capstone assignments within the designed
courses) and a 4-credit Capstone course, that are
all housed within three conceptual sections: (1) Concepts
for Understanding Leadership and Organizational Character;
(2) The Practice of Leadership in a Pluralistic Context;
and (3) Imagining and Affecting the Future & The
Capstone.
The cluster of courses that comprise the Concepts
for Understanding Leadership and Organizational Character
elements of the program have been designed to address
fundamental concepts of leadership. These courses
are designed to help participants understand leadership
as a process, emphasizing the development and enhancement
of participant’s skills and qualities in the
ethical, relational, and empowerment elements of the
process. Courses in this cluster will address general
research methods and discuss the scientific research
and knowledge generation process in the context of
organizations and systems thinking.
The cluster of courses that comprise the Practice
of Leadership in a Pluralistic Context elements of
the program have been designed help participants understand
the challenges of leadership in a pluralistic, diverse
world. These courses emphasize the development and
enhancement of participant’s skills and qualities
in the inclusion and diversity, relational, empowerment,
and common purposes elements of the leadership process.
Courses in this cluster will explore the uses of both
quantitative and qualitative research designs in explaining
and understanding issues related to diversity, human
resources and conflict resolution.
The cluster of courses that comprise the Imagining
and Affecting the Future and The Capstone Course elements
of the program have been designed to emphasize the
development and enhancement of participant’s
skills and qualities in the purposeful, empowerment,
relational, and ethical elements of the leadership
process. Courses in this cluster will emphasize the
application of appropriate qualitative and/or quantitative
research methods in the development and execution
of the comprehensive capstone project.
Students may register for courses in whatever sequence
they choose with the exception of the following: Students
entering the program will begin their studies with Leadership
in Practice (LDR
500); this 3 week course introduces learners to some
seminal theories of leadership and to the online component
of the blended program.
When students are approximately 2/3 of the way through
their coursework they will take LDR 600, a 1 credit,
3 week course titled Team Building and Leadership,
which is where they begin to conceptualize the capstone
project and develop project teams.
Students will complete their studies in the Master
of Arts in Leadership by finishing their coursework
with LDR 604, Strategic Leadership in a Changing
Society. This is where their capstone project
is completed and formalized. Each module a rotation
of courses will be offered so that participants can
complete their coursework in 2 years.
Outline of the Curriculum
| Introduction |
Credits |
| Leadership in Practice |
(1) |
| Concepts for Understanding Leadership & Organizational Character |
| Cultural Anthropology & Leadership: Organizations as Culture |
(3) |
| Moral Leadership: Defining the Character of Individuals in Organizations |
(3) |
| Servant Leadership |
(3) |
| The Practice of Leadership in a Pluralistic, Diverse Context |
| Human Resource Management in a Changing Environment |
(3) |
| Leadership & Diversity |
(3) |
| Resolving Conflict Through Dialog |
(3) |
| Special Topics in Leadership |
(3) |
| Team-Building & Leadership |
(1) |
| Capstone Sequence: Imagining and Affecting the Future |
| Leadership, Imagination & Communication |
(3) |
| Leadership & the New Science: Research Design and Methods to Understand Leadership |
(3) |
| Final Capstone Course: |
| Strategic Leadership in a Changing Society |
(4) |
| Total Credit Hours |
33 |
|
