Leadership, Master of Arts in Leadership
The Master of Arts in Leadership (M.A.L.) degree program is designed for individuals working in a wide variety of professional sectors including for-profit, non-profit, health care, government, education, or service, who would like to improve their ability to lead—locally and globally. You will learn to solve every day organizational challenges and achieve your goals by combining motivational and interpersonal skills, coaching skills, ethical decision making, social and environmental responsibility, innovative thinking, technology, diversity, organizational politics, team building, and global insight.
The Master of Arts in Leadership will prepare students to:
- Analyze the internal and external environment to implement ethical community and globally-minded decisions.
- Assess an organization’s internal and external challenges to apply sustainable leadership strategies.
- Assess self and employee professional development with organizational vision.
- Employ change management theories and models to achieve sustainable organizational objectives.
- Examine effective team building, coaching, and training strategies that model optimal global employee performance.
- Integrate multiple leadership theories that formulate effective business strategy.
Total Required Credits (36 Credits)
Leadership Introductory Core (18 Credits)
| MAL 505 | Discovering Leadership | 3 |
| MAL 510 | Ethics in Leadership | 3 |
| MAL 530 | Adaptive Leadership | 3 |
| MAL 532 | Thought Leadership and Creativity | 3 |
| MAL 535 | Leading Change in Diverse Organizational Cultures | 3 |
| MAL 538 | Social and Environmental Change | 3 |
Leadership Practice Core (6 Credits)
| MAL 558 | High-Performing Global Teams | 3 |
| MAL 592 | Applied Leadership Analysis | 3 |
Leadership Mastery Core or Emphasis (12 Credits)
Electives - Choose two 3 credit graduate level elective courses (or)
Choose Emphasis Area from Master of Business Administration Program (or)
Nonprofit Leadership Emphasis
| MAL 561 | Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector | 3 |
| MAL 563 | Philanthropy and Strategic Fund Development | 3 |
| MAL 566 | Board Governance and Leadership | 3 |
| MAL 568 | Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations | 3 |