Degree Requirements
Course Requirements
Students are required to complete a minimum of 52 graduate credit hours with a cumulative GPA of not less than 2.5.
Planning & Integration (8 credit hours)
Students, with the assistance of an academic committee, design individualized graduate learning plans. Once plans are approved, students pursue their plans and work to ensure that all parts link together.
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
AP 501 | PROFESSIONAL PLANNING PROSEMINAR | 4 |
AP 504 | RESEARCHING PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS | 4 |
Liberal Learning (16 credit hours)
The liberal learning seminars offer opportunities for unique and rich discussions with fellow professionals from diverse professional backgrounds. They are designed to challenge students’ thinking around topics relevant to working professionals as they enhance core skills in critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and problem solving.
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
LLS 410D | WRITING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS | 4 |
LLS 450B | APPLYING SYSTEMATIC INQUIRY (IN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE) | 4 |
LLS 410F | GENDER IN BUSINESS AND LEADERSHIP | 4 |
LLS 410G | ADVANCED LEADERSHIP THEORY & PRACTICE | 4 |
LLS 410H | EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IN A CHANGING PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT | 4 |
LLS 420D | APPLYING ETHICS IN THE PROFESSIONS | 4 |
LLS 420E | LEADERSHIP, CHANGE AND POSITIVE ORGANIZATIONS | 4 |
LLS 420F | LEADERSHIP MODELS FOR STRONG ORGANIZATIONS | 4 |
LLS 420G | EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AT WORK | 4 |
LLS 420H | LEADING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE | |
LLS 440A | UNDERSTANDING AND FLEXING MINDSETS | 4 |
ORGL 510 | EVIDENCED BASED DECISION MAKING (formerly LLS 410E)) | |
Tracks (24 credit hours): Individualized, Educating Adults, Organizational Leadership, or Social Change
Students design and implement learning strategies for enhancing their understanding and competence development in each of the following aspects of their track.
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
AP 510 | MAIN THEORIES AND IDEAS | 2 |
AP 520 | METHODS OF RESEARCH | 2 |
AP 530 | SPECIALIZED SKILLS | 2 |
AP 540 | COMMUNICATION MODES | 2 |
AP 550 | ORGANIZATIONAL AND/OR INTERPERSONAL DYNAMICS | 2 |
AP 560 | CHALLENGES FROM LARGER CONTEXTS | 2 |
AP 570 | ETHICAL ISSUES | 2 |
AP 574 | REFLECTION IN/ON PRACTICE | 2 |
AP 584 | SUPPLEMENTAL COMPETENCE I | 2 |
AP 585 | SUPPLEMENTAL COMPETENCE II | 2 |
AP 586 | SUPPLEMENTAL COMPETENCE III | 2 |
AP 587 | SUPPLEMENTAL COMPETENCE IV | 2 |
Program Culmination (4 credit hours)
Students culminate their graduate study through either four supplemental competencies or an integrating project (proposal and final artifact).
Course List Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
AP 588 | SUPPLEMENTAL COMPETENCE V | 2 |
AP 589 | SUPPLEMENTAL COMPETENCE VI | 2 |
AP 592 | GRADUATE CAPSTONE PROJECT | 4 |