As today’s workforce continues to diversify, leadership tasks and responsibilities have become more complex. The Master of Science in Leadership seeks to prepare you to meet these evolving challenges by helping you cultivate a personal leadership philosophy. Leveraging students’ interdisciplinary backgrounds, this master’s degree in leadership combines real-world lessons with an action-learning approach that is designed to build and strengthen your leadership capabilities.
In September of 2009, the Master of Science in Leadership with a Concentration in Project Management received accreditation by the Project Management Institute’s Global Accreditation Center (GAC), the world’s leading association for project management professionals. Accreditation is achieved by meeting the GAC’s rigorous standards, which include an assessment of program objectives and outcomes, a review of on-site and online resources, evaluations of faculty and students, and proof of continuous improvements in the area of project management.
Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.
Required Courses
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
LDR 6100 | Developing Your Leadership Capability | 3 |
LDR 6101 | Leadership Challenge Lab | 1 |
LDR 6110 | Leading Teams Strategically in a Global Environment | 3 |
LDR 6120 | Developing Organizational Success through Leadership Development | 3 |
LDR 6135 | Ethical Leadership | 3 |
LDR 6140 | Leadership Strategy, Design, and Practice | 3 |
LDR 6145 | Developing Sustainable Global Leadership | 3 |
LDR 6150 | Innovation and Organizational Transformation | 3 |
LDR 7980 | The Capstone: Demonstrating Leadership in Action | 4 |
Concentration
Complete one of the following seven concentrations:
Electives
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
| Interdisciplinary Foundations | |
| 4 |
| Introduction to Organizational Communication | |
| Developing Strategic and Authentic Leadership Communication | |
| 4 |
| Foundations of Developing Cultural Awareness | |
| Personal and Career Development | |
| Writing Lab | |
| International Field Study Experience | |
Program Credit/GPA Requirements
45 total quarter hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required
Health Management
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
HMG 6110 | Organization, Administration, Financing, and History of Healthcare | 3 |
HMG 6130 | Healthcare Strategic Management | 3 |
HMG 6140 | Principles of Population-Based Management | 3 |
HMG 6160 | Healthcare Information Systems Management | 3 |
HMG 6170 | Health Law, Politics, and Policy | 3 |
Human Resources Management
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
HRM 6015 | Introduction to Human Resources Management | 3 |
HRM 6025 | Workforce Analytics | 3 |
| 9 |
| Creating a High-Performance Organization: Strategic Organizational and HRM Choices | |
| Compensation and Benefits | |
| Talent Acquisition and Onboarding | |
| The Employment Contract | |
| Strategic Workforce Planning | |
| Managing the Employee Life Cycle | |
| Employee Engagement | |
| Organizational Design | |
| Global Human Resources Management | |
Leading and Managing Technical Projects
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
PJM 6000 | Project Management Practices | 3 |
PJM 6205 | Leading and Managing Technical Projects | 3 |
PJM 6210 | Communication Skills for Project Managers | 3 |
PJM 6215 | Leading Remote Project Teams | 3 |
PJM 6810 | Principles of Agile Project Management | 3 |
Nonprofit Management
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
NPM 6110 | Legal and Governance Issues in Nonprofit Organizations | 3 |
NPM 6120 | Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations | 3 |
NPM 6125 | Promoting Nonprofit Organizations | 3 |
NPM 6130 | Fundraising and Development for Nonprofit Organizations | 3 |
NPM 6140 | Grant and Report Writing | 3 |
Organizational Communication
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
CMN 6000 and INT 6000 | Introduction to Organizational Communication and Writing Lab | 4 |
CMN 6020 | Ethical Issues in Organizational Communication | 3 |
CMN 6050 | Crisis Communication | 3 |
CMN 6090 | Organizational Culture, Climate, and Communication | 3 |
CMN 6110 | Group Dynamics and Interpersonal Conflict: Meeting Management | 3 |
Project Management
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
| |
PJM 5900 | Foundations of Project Management | 4 |
PJM 6000 | Project Management Practices | 3 |
PJM 6025 | Project Scheduling and Cost Planning | 3 |
PJM 6015 | Project Risk Management | 3 |
| 3 |
| Project Evaluation and Assessment | |
| Project Quality Management | |
| Managing Troubled Projects | |
| Introduction to Program and Portfolio Management | |
Sport and Social Change
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
LDR 6410 | Leadership and Organization in Sport | 3 |
GST 6102 | Global Corporate Social Responsibility | 4 |
HSV 6120 | Social Inequality, Social Change, and Community Building | 3 |
LDR 6360 | | 3 |
LDR 6427 | Gender and Diversity in Sport | 3 |