The ultimate goal of the Master of Arts in Leadership cohort program is for the students to utilize critical thinking skills to integrate their real-life experiences with their studies to prepare themselves for leadership roles in their homes, organizations, communities, and society. Students typically enter the program because they have an interest in the human side of the organizational equation and have a desire to acquire the knowledge and skills that will enable them to lead, coach, and mentor others in a variety of settings.
Throughout the 16 month program students study leadership theories current leadership issues, historical and modern day leaders, organizational behavior, team and group dynamics, strategic leadership, organizational change, human development, ethics, and leadership for the 21st century. Each course provides multiple opportunities for a practical application of knowledge from assignments including the leadership project, which students design to explore topics related to their own personal and/or professional interest.
Ranked by Leadership Excellence as one of the Top 20 Leadership programs from accredited universities (2006, 2007), Bellevue University’s leadership programs were recognized along with Northwestern, MIT, and Harvard Business School!
With this degree, you’ll develop and recognize your own unique style, roles, and general philosophies of leadership, and thus be prepared to accept expanding leadership roles.
The curriculum delves deeply into leadership philosophies derived from great leaders, theoretical models of organizational leadership, theories and principles of management, and social psychology.
The Master of Arts in Leadership is a 36-credit hour program that includes a directed leadership project. It is offered in a cohort format, which means you move through the program with the same class, completing it in 16 months. Work experience is an integral part of the program, providing actual workplace problems, future objectives, and research questions for the immediate application of current concepts.
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