Graduate
The Master of Public Administration degree offers an emphasis in Leadership Studies.
Courses
These are classes designed for graduate students in the M.A. and M.P.A. programs and are taken to complete the Civic Leadership option (12 credit hours).
Leadership Theory & Practice
LDR 501, 3 credit hours
Fast-paced course designed to include content of LDR 101-Leadership Theory and Practice I and LDR 202- Leadership Theory and Practice II.
Leadership Communication and Conflict Resolution
LDR 504, 3 credit hours
This course focuses on public speaking skills, composition skills, small group discussion skills, reasoned communication, use of modern technology tools of communication, principles of conflict resolution and mediation.
The Skills of Leadership
LDR 506, 1-3 credit hours
This course will feature a series of workshops on such crucial leadership skills as parliamentary procedure, the moderating of democratic forums, dispute mediation, lobbying, media relations, strategic planning, and rational decision-making.
Politics & Leadership in Literature
LDR 564, 3 credit hours
This course will seek answers to two of the most fundamental political questions: who should rule and for what ends? Its concentration on certain major works of literature will also focus on related political issues as the inherent tensions between equality and inequality, religion and the state, rich and poor, democracy and aristocracy, and natural and conventional leaders. (Also POLS 564.)
Service Learning Experience in Civic Leadership
LDR 580, 3-6 credit hours
This course is a field internship or research project related directly to a real local, state, tribal, national, or international public issue and supervised by a practicing civic leader. Intended to be a means of better identifying, addressing or solving the public issue. Culminates in the presentation of a formal leadership report to other Center students which serves to integrate the Center curriculum issues, themes, skills, and the student's service learning experience.