The M. S. degree in Executive Leadership and Change curriculum is a highly integrated, carefully coordinated series of courses. This contemporary course of study is a sixteen-month program and requires 36 credits for graduation.
Students work closely with faculty and are encouraged to work in teams.
This set of courses aims to provide the student with the foundational knowledge necessary to develop a unique leadership style and effect creative change in organizational and community settings. Although the main theories and issues discussed in this module arise primarily from the social science and business arenas, other disciplines in the liberal arts will be used to broaden and extend students' perspectives on core ideas and issues raised by the theories. In addition, case studies and applications will be an integral part of the module, and will be used to assist students in finding ways to make important leadership decisions in their own organizations, communities, and on a larger plane, in a changing, global world. Finally, in keeping with the program's mission to promote transformational and change-oriented leadership, courses in the core foundation strive to translate more abstract theories of human behavior, organizational systems, and the inquiry process into socially conscious and ethically responsible leadership styles. This module focuses on the application of the material covered in the first module while continuing with the theme of transformational change-oriented leadership.