Leadership, MA

30-36 credit hours

The Master of Arts in Leadership is offered online.

Students are required to have an undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited college or university.

Requirements

Foundation Coursework

0-6 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

A Master of Leadership student may be required to take the following Foundation courses if the student has not completed sufficient prior academic undergraduate coursework from a regionally accredited institution or students have not earned a grade of B or better in courses previously taken from a regionally accredited institution. Students must have received a grade of B or better in order to waive these requirements. Alternatively, students wishing to waive foundation course requirements may attempt to do so by achieving a score of 70 percent or better on a diagnostic exam prior to the start of the business program. To schedule an appointment to take this exam, contact the Plaster College of Business and Entrepreneurship. The Academic and Professional Writing for Business Students I and II may be required for any international student whose first language is not English dependent on the results of their academic writing placement exam taken prior to the start of the business program. The writing prerequisite course(s) must be taken during the student’s first term of the program. The foundational courses or their equivalents, if required, must be completed during the student’s first 18 credit hours of the MBA graduate program.

EPB 50101Academic & Professional Writing for Business Students I

3

EPB 50102Academic & Professional Writing for Business Students II

3

Major Coursework

21 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

HRM 56510Strategic Human Resource Management

3

MGMT 56030Management Practices

3

MGMT 56035Organizational Behavior

3

MGMT 56037Organizational Change and Development

3

MGMT 56056Leadership Theory

3

MGMT 56057Leadership Strategies

3

MGMT 56058Contemporary Issues in Leadership

3

Elective Coursework

6 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

HRM 56530Employee Training and Development

3

HRM 56545Employment and Labor Law

3

MGMT 56010International Business Operations

3

MGMT 56020Organizational Communications

3

MGMT 56055Group and Team Dynamics

3

MGMT 56060Business Law and Ethics

3

MGMT 56085Operations Management

3

MGMT 66058Leadership Research

3

Financial Management Coursework

3 credit hours of coursework from the following options: 

FIN 52005Fundamentals of Financial Management

3

FIN 52010Financial Policy

3