AMSL - Leadership

Program Directors: Linda Ratsep, Toni Raftery.
 

The Leadership (M.S.) program provides a relevant educational experience to graduates who positively impact their organizations and communities as leaders or future leaders. The program's vision is to develop graduates capable of addressing organizations’ toughest leadership challenges with character, integrity, and distinction.

Mission

The Leadership program delivers a graduate educational experience to adults around the world teaching them how to leverage human capacity to achieve strategic results. We do this through a blend of academic excellence and rigorous application in our students’ practical worlds using the engaged interaction of our online classroom and faculty.

Program Strategy and the Role of Student Engagement

The Leadership (M.S.) program has a strong application/demonstration component that allows students to not only learn about leadership but also synthesize course content and demonstrate understanding through both academic assignments and professional practice.

The marketplace and global economy require an understanding of strategy and strategic communication for the contemporary leader. Contemporary leaders also must understand how to lead change within their organizations or support change efforts made by others—often in an environment that is continually transitioning. Realities of the global economy have created what is now commonly called the “knowledge-based economy” and the Master of Science in Leadership is structured to provide students with tools, understanding, and vision to address the leadership challenges of our time.

The program will rely upon the quality of our engagement in our students’ practical lives to differentiate our offerings and strive toward our vision—translating theory into our students’ real-world practices every day, online, and on the fly.