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Master of Science in Leadership

Curriculum

REQUIRED COURSES (22 q.h.)
Please take courses in order listed below.
LDR 6100 Developing Your Leadership Capability 3 q.h.
LDR 6110 Leading Teams 3 q.h.
LDR 6120 Creating Leadership Capacity: Developing Bench Strength 3 q.h.
LDR 6125 Managing Organizational Culture 3 q.h.
LDR 6135 The Ethical Leader 3 q.h.
LDR 6140 Developing the Strategic Leader 3 q.h.
LDR 7995 Master's Project (recommended as last course in program) 4 q.h.

ELECTIVE COURSES
(3 q.h.)
Choose one of the following courses:
 
CMN 6010 Foundations of Organizational Communication 3 q.h.
CMN 6060 Negotiation, Mediation, and Facilitation 3 q.h.
CMN 6110 Group Dynamics and Interpersonal Conflict:
Meeting Management
3 q.h.
HRM 6005 Creating a High Performance Organization* 3 q.h.
LDR 6360 Dynamics of Change at the Community and Social Level 3 q.h.
NPM 6110 Legal and Governance Issues in Nonprofit Organizations 3 q.h.

 

OPEN ELECTIVES (0-6 q.h.)
Open electives must include at least 3 quarter hours of non-business electives (not ACC, FI, HRM, MIS, or PM prefixes).

SPECIALIZATIONS (12-16 q.h.)
Choose one or select any College of Professional Studies graduate certificate:

 
HEALTH MANAGEMENT SPECIALIZATION (12 q.h.)
Choose four of the following courses:
 
HMG 6110 The Organization, Administration, Financing, and History of Healthcare 3 q.h.
HMG 6120 Human Resource Management in Healthcare 3 q.h.
HMG 6130 Healthcare Strategic Management 3 q.h.
HMG 6140 Principles of Population-Based Management 3 q.h.
HMG 6160 Healthcare Information Systems Management 3 q.h.
HMG 6170 Health Law, Politics, and Policy 3 q.h.

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SPECIALIZATION
(12 q.h.)
Choose four of the following courses: 
HRM 6005 Creating a High-Performance Organization 3 q.h.
HRM 6010 Total Compensation 3 q.h.
HRM 6020 Strategic Recruitment, Training, and Performance Management 3 q.h.
HRM 6030 Employee Rights and Employer Obligations 3 q.h.
HRM 6040 High-Performance HR Systems and Development 3 q.h.

PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGEMENT SPECIALIZATION
(16 q.h.)
Choose four of the following courses: 
NEW Pharmacy Benefit Management: Operations and Practices 4 q.h.
NEW    Drug Marketing Distribution 4 q.h.
RGA 6110 Understanding the Healthcare Landscape 4 q.h.
NEW Healthcare Information Systems 4 q.h.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT SPECIALIZATION
(15 q.h.)
 
PJM 6000 Project Management Practices
3 q.h.
PJM 6010 Project Planning and Scheduling
3 q.h.
PJM 6015 Risk Management
3 q.h.

Choose two of the following courses:

PJM 6020 Cost and Budget Management
3 q.h

PJM 6135

Project Quality Management

3 q.h

PJM 6140

Managing Troubled Projects

3 q.h.

PJM 6145

Global Project Management

3 q.h.

PJM 6125 Project Evaluation and Assessment
(recommended as last course)
3 q.h

EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATION SPECIALIZATION
(15 q.h.)

CMN 6010 Foundations of Organizational Communication
3 q.h.
CMN 6020 Ethical Issues in Organizational Communication
3 q.h.

Choose three of the following courses:

CMN 6030 Professional Speaking (offered on-campus only)
3 q.h.
CMN 6050 Crisis Communication
3 q.h.
CMN 6070 Interviewing
3 q.h.
CMN 6080 Intercultural Communication in the Organization
3 q.h.
CMN 6090 Organizational Culture, Climate, and Communication
3 q.h.

NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT SPECIALIZATION
(12 q.h.)
Choose four of the following courses:
 
NPM 6110 Legal and Governance Issues in Nonprofit Organizations
3 q.h.
NPM 6120
Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations
3 q.h.
NPM 6125
Promoting Nonprofit Organizations
3 q.h.
NPM 6130
Fundraising and Development for Nonprofit Organizations
3 q.h.
NPM 6140
Grant and Report Writing
3 q.h.
NPM 6150
Human Resources Management in Nonprofit Organizations
3 q.h.

TOTAL QUARTER HOURS: 40-43

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