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Nov 23, 2024
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Graduate and Pharmacy Catalog 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Leadership M.S.
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36 Credit Hours
Dynamic leadership is needed in today’s organizations. Organizations want leaders of integrity, capable of communicating a vision and empowering employees to achieve the organization’s vision. Recognizing that true leadership is a combination of education and God-given talent, the graduate degree major in leadership provides the educational foundation to enhance one’s leadership abilities.
The leadership program prepares the working professional to transform organizations and foster agents of change to meet the demands of the today’s fast-paced world. Through the use of collaborative learning, and application-based knowledge students will:
- Integrate the Christian faith and learning through critical thinking, research, writing, and learning from the normative base of a Christian worldview;
- Explore multi-disciplinary approaches for enhancing organizational culture and human development values-based leadership;
- Develop and exchange concepts relating to understanding and improving organizations around the world; and
- Experience innovative learning situations, which enable students to acquire the knowledge, dispositions and abilities required of organizational leaders.
Course Structure
Classes are designed for the convenience of the adult learner. Taught in seminar or workshop style, class content is centered on professional practice of leadership, research multicultural leadership, needs assessment, strategic planning, organizational change, critical thinking techniques, global leadership, and servant leadership. The 36-hour curriculum is taught during four-hour weekly evening class sessions.
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Program Learning Outcomes
“Expected student learning outcomes specify the knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes students are expected to attain in courses or in a program.” Page 69. Resource Manual for the Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), 2018.
1. Students will understand leadership theory and concepts and develop their own unique leadership philosophy to guide leadership practice.
2. Students will develop leadership competencies in areas of needs assessment, strategic planning, organizational change, multicultural competencies and the building of effective teams.
3. Students will experience personal, professional and spiritual transformation over the course of the LDR program.
4. Students will develop skills of effective communication by writing at the Master’s level using appropriate APA guidelines and making effective presentations
5. Students will demonstrate knowledge of Christian values and ethics in the leadership of organizations.
Leadership Degree Requirements
36 Credit Hours (37, 38 or 39 Credit Hours if Internship Required)
Internship Requirements
Students in this program are eligible to pursue a 37, 38 or 39-credit hour track, which adds a required internship course that can be taken at any time the student is in the LDR program (with proper approvals). Full-time international students with valid F-1 visa status must apply for Curricular Practical Training (CPT) authorization with PBA’s International Student Services office at least two weeks before beginning the internship course. The internship must be approved by a Designated School Official and must relate directly to the student’s major area of study. Once approved, students will be registered for the internship course BUSV 4711, Internship in Business, for one 1 Credit Hour. The internship course can be taken up to three times. Students should discuss all particular policies related to CPT and OPT with PBA’s International Student Services office.
Elective Course (Select One)
Note:
Remote students may enroll in the Leadership M.S degree. Courses may be offered online (asynchronous) or for remote synchronous attendance.
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