Community Leadership, M.P.S.

The Community Leadership coursework includes a core consisting of courses designed to provide a broad understanding of the leadership, ethical and quantitative skills needed to excel as a community leader. Upon completing the core, students are asked to take courses in the critical topics of policy, race/gender/class, education, urban studies, environment, and communication.

The program draws upon courses in the Graduate Certificate in the Non-Profit Sector currently offered through the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health and the Social Entrepreneurship pathway of the MPS in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Leadership.

Core Courses

One course in Leadership, Management & Communication; one course in Quantitative & Analytic Methods; one course in Law & Ethics; and one Capstone course:

Pathway Courses

In addition to the 18 credits of required core courses, students will take 12 credits of electives. The students will consult with the Program Director on appropriate groupings of electives or select one of the predesigned pathways below.

Urban Studies (choose any 4 courses)

In this pathway, students will learn how to understand and address the unique problems confronting cities today, as well as tools that can bring about change to improve urban life.

PUBL 644 - Urban Theory [3]
PUBL 645 - The U.S. City [3]
PUBL 648 - Cities and Environmental Issues [3]
Additional electives as deemed appropriate by the Graduate Program Director.

Non-Profits/Public Organizations

In this pathway, students will get an understanding of the roles of nonprofit organizations in American society, their methods of operation, research methods used to evaluate nonprofit programs, and substantive areas in which many nonprofits provide services. Completion of these courses, along with the SOCY 600 course that is a core requirement, will result in an additional Certificate in the Nonprofit Sector.

PUBL 613 - Managing Public Organizations [3]
SOCY 652 - Healthcare Organization and Delivery [3]
OR
SOCY 658 - Sociology of Mental Health and Illness [3]
SOCY 681 - The Social and Institutional Roles of Nonprofit Organizations in American Society [3]
SOCY 685 - Structure and Function of Nonprofit Organizations [3]
Additional electives as deemed appropriate by the Graduate Program Director.

Social Entrepreneurship

In this pathway, students will learn to apply innovative entrepreneurial practices to the development of solutions to social, cultural, or environmental issues.

ENTR 601 - Developing the Entrepreneurial Mindset [3]
ENTR 605 - Learning Organizations [3]
ENTR 608 - Design Thinking [3]
ENTR 610 - Intrapreneurship [3]
ENTR 611 - Project Management Approaches [3]
ENTR 612 - Creative Problem Solving and the Socialpreneur [3]
Additional electives as deemed appropriate by the Graduate Program Director.

Student Pathway

Design your own pathway with the focus of your current or anticipated community work and what you need to study. You will develop a plan for this individual pathway with the Director.