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Leadership, MS

2021-2022 Edition

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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 6100Developing Your Leadership Capability3
LDR 6101Leadership Challenge Lab1
LDR 6110Leading Teams Strategically in a Global Environment3
LDR 6120Developing Organizational Success through Leadership Development3
LDR 6135Ethical Leadership3
LDR 6140Leadership Strategy, Design, and Practice3
LDR 6145Developing Sustainable Global Leadership3
LDR 6150Innovation and Organizational Transformation3
LDR 7980The Capstone: Demonstrating Leadership in Action4

Concentration

Complete one of the following seven concentrations:

  • Health Management
  • Human Resources Management
  • Leading and Managing Technical Projects
  • Nonprofit Management
  • Organizational Communication
  • Project Management
  • Sport and Social Change

Electives

Course List
Code Title Hours
EDU 6184
Interdisciplinary Foundations
Complete at least one of the following:4
CMN 6000
Introduction to Organizational Communication
LDR 6115
Developing Strategic and Authentic Leadership Communication
Complete at least one of the following:4
CMN 6095
Foundations of Developing Cultural Awareness
COP 6940
Personal and Career Development
INT 6000
Writing Lab
INT 6900
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 6110Organization, Administration, Financing, and History of Healthcare3
HMG 6130Healthcare Strategic Management3
HMG 6140Principles of Population-Based Management3
HMG 6160Healthcare Information Systems Management3
HMG 6170Health Law, Politics, and Policy3

Human Resources Management 

Course List
Code Title Hours
Required Courses
HRM 6015Introduction to Human Resources Management3
HRM 6025Workforce Analytics3
Electives
Complete three of the following. (Students waived out of HRM 6015, complete four of the following).9
HRM 6005
Creating a High-Performance Organization: Strategic Organizational and HRM Choices
HRM 6010
Compensation and Benefits
HRM 6020
Talent Acquisition and Onboarding
HRM 6030
The Employment Contract
HRM 6042
Strategic Workforce Planning
HRM 6047
Managing the Employee Life Cycle
HRM 6050
Employee Engagement
HRM 6060
Organizational Design
HRM 6070
Global Human Resources Management

Leading and Managing Technical Projects

Course List
Code Title Hours
PJM 6000Project Management Practices3
PJM 6205Leading and Managing Technical Projects3
PJM 6210Communication Skills for Project Managers3
PJM 6215Leading Remote Project Teams3
PJM 6810Principles of Agile Project Management3

Nonprofit Management 

Course List
Code Title Hours
NPM 6110Legal and Governance Issues in Nonprofit Organizations3
NPM 6120Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations3
NPM 6125Promoting Nonprofit Organizations3
NPM 6130Fundraising and Development for Nonprofit Organizations3
NPM 6140Grant and Report Writing3

Organizational Communication 

Course List
Code Title Hours
CMN 6000
and INT 6000
Introduction to Organizational Communication
and Writing Lab
4
CMN 6020Ethical Issues in Organizational Communication3
CMN 6050Crisis Communication3
CMN 6090Organizational Culture, Climate, and Communication3
CMN 6110Group Dynamics and Interpersonal Conflict: Meeting Management3

Project Management 

Course List
Code Title Hours
Required Courses
Note: Students with project management experience are not required to take PJM 5900:
PJM 5900Foundations of Project Management4
PJM 6000Project Management Practices3
PJM 6025Project Scheduling and Cost Planning3
PJM 6015Project Risk Management3
Electives
Complete one of the following. (Note: Students who are not required to take PJM 5900 complete two of the following).3
PJM 6125
Project Evaluation and Assessment
PJM 6135
Project Quality Management
PJM 6140
Managing Troubled Projects
PJM 6710
Introduction to Program and Portfolio Management

Sport and Social Change 

Course List
Code Title Hours
LDR 6410Leadership and Organization in Sport3
GST 6102Global Corporate Social Responsibility4
HSV 6120Social Inequality, Social Change, and Community Building3
LDR 63603
LDR 6427Gender and Diversity in Sport3
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