Master of Science in

Leadership

Thrive in a Changing Business World

You will learn leadership skills that are critical to harnessing and directing the talents of a diverse workforce — critical skills such as adaptive decision-making, designing and leading complex change, and leveraging business data — plus soft skills that help influence decisions, build emotional intelligence, and bring out the best performance in employees.

Online
San Francisco
Hybrid

1,090 /unit
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30 Total Units

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Yes

Do you plan to study on an F or J Student Visa?

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Gain Cutting-Edge Leadership Skills

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Golden Gate University’s breakthrough leadership programs are based on extensive input from corporate partners, industry groups, leading scholars, and leverage the university’s decades-long successes in developing high achieving leaders in the innovative crucible of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Learn From Instructors Who Teach What They Do

Courses are taught by instructors who also work in some of the Bay Area’s largest and most successful organizations. They bring cutting-edge knowledge from the field to the classroom, teaching skills that are immediately applicable to the real world.

Future-Proof Your Career

The pace of change across industries is quickening. New technologies are disrupting established businesses at an accelerated rate. We are operating in an ever interconnected global world. Jobs once performed by professionals will soon be automated or outsourced. What was certain today well may be uncertain tomorrow. Are you prepared for how management and leadership will evolve as a result?

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants should hold a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited US institution or the equivalent from a recognized foreign (outside the US) institution, and provide official transcripts.
Applicants whose native language is not English must meet the English Language Proficiency Admission Requirements.
Applicants are required to submit a statement of purpose and a resume.
Applicants should have at least 4 years of work experience.

PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS

Writing Proficiency

Students are expected to possess proficiency in writing to ensure they can be successful in their course of study. Students may meet this requirement by satisfying one of the screening criteria listed under Graduate Writing Proficiency Requirement.

TOTAL UNITS — 30

CORE COURSES — 18 UNITS

It is strongly recommended that students take the courses below in the following sequence:

LEAD 300: Management and Leadership
LEAD 301: Personal Leadership
LEAD 303: Teamwork in Organizations
LEAD 304: Leading Complex Change
LEAD 305: Adaptive Decision Making
LEAD 306: Integrated Leadership Mastery

CONCENTRATIONS

Individualized Concentration

Whatever the student’s goal in the field of leadership, the individualized concentration allows the student to tailor their MS Leadership program to their individual needs.

Note:

Graduates’ must contact the program director to have their individualized concentration titles added as footnotes to their transcripts.
Graduates’ individualized concentration titles will not appear on their diplomas.

ELECTIVE COURSES -- 12 UNITS

Select any four 3-unit 300/400 level courses.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students who graduate from the Master of Science in Leadership program will demonstrate the ability to:

Identify, understand, and differentiate between management and leadership.
Build and lead high performing teams.
Facilitate effective collaboration in the selection and application of appropriate business methods and tools.
Exercise emotional intelligence and implement adaptive leadership capabilities in dealing with diverse audiences and rapidly changing, complex, and chaotic organizational situations.
Identify ethical dilemmas and evaluate appropriate options using moral reasoning.
Identify and defend which decision-making methods to use in a variety of common scenarios.
Generate a thoughtful and rigorous self-assessment of their team, organizational leadership strengths, and areas of development.
Formulate a three- to five-year personal leadership / career / whole-life goal.
Integrate leadership and management knowledge, skills, and mindsets into an individualized leadership philosophy and toolkit.
Articulate benefits of their individualized specialization in a way that adds value to current and future employees.