• Read more about MSLS 518 Leading Strategy Development

This course approaches strategic management from a practical perspective. Students develop an understanding of business strategies, formulation and implementation of major goals to better identify organizational initiatives. Real world examples communicate important stages, components and major roles of exceptional managers to gain and sustain a competitive advantage. 000155 MSM Single Course 10 1.00 Leadership Master's Degree Program Advanced Career Professional No No 0001552 0

• Read more about MSLS 513 Law, Compliance, Benefits,and Social Responsibility

Increasingly, leadership of business organizations is intertwined with local, national and international legal and ethical frameworks that define, regulate and support the business enterprise. The effective, successful business leader must understand the basic components and operations of those frameworks as well as the basic policy assumptions that emanate from that legal framework and influence business decisions. Those policies affect what products are produced, how they are priced, marketed and distributed, as well as who works for the enterprise and how the workplace and its work processes are configured. The extent to which a leader effectively manages or mismanages the human resources of the company will determine the company’s success, and therefore the leader’s own success. This course investigates the basic legal and socio-ethical framework within which companies operate today. 000154 MSM Single Course 5 1.00 Leadership Master's Degree Program Advanced Career Professional No No 0001542 0

• Read more about MSLS 511 Dynamic Organizational Leadership

This course is designed to help leaders understand and influence human behavior on an individual, interpersonal, and institutional level. The foundation is a knowledge of individual differences and how those unique characteristics affect each person’s thoughts, actions, and motivations. However, it is not enough to simply understand people on their own, separate from others and their environment. Teams and groups have a powerful impact on their members and people behave differently around others than they do alone. Similarly, organizational structures, systems, and cultures have a strong, but seemingly invisible, effect on what people believe, what people say, and what people do. Effective leaders know how to analyze and manage all these complex factors in order to achieve the organization’s objectives. 000153 MSM Single Course 3 1.00 Leadership Master's Degree Program Advanced Career Professional No No 0001532 0

• Read more about MSLS 517 Classic and Contemporary Leadership Studies

This course examines a wide range of leadership research and theories using a practical perspective. Students apply and practice different approaches of leadership using case studies and questionnaires to gain knowledge and measure the individual’s leadership style. Students are then challenged from their prospective as the leader, to determine how the theory contribute or fail to contribute to the leadership process or organization. 000152 MSM Single Course 9 1.00 Leadership Master's Degree Program Advanced Career Professional No No 0001522 0

• Read more about MSLS 515 Personal and Interpersonal Leadership Skills

Teamwork is an essential element of effective leadership. However, it is rarely taught and frequently overlooked in both academic and professional training for leaders. This course Focuses on leading and managing teams, thereby creating teamwork throughout the Organization. There are several dysfunctions of a team to include absence of trust, fear of Conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability and inattention to results. Through Various exercises, students learn to plan, prepare, practice, review, analyze, assess, and Strategize for expected and unexpected events as a team. 000151 MSM Single Course 7 1.00 Leadership Master's Degree Program Advanced Career Professional No No 0001512 0

• Read more about MSLS 510 Leadership Development Experience Project

This course examines two tracks. The first track is a foundational understanding of leadership and provides the student with information to begin their journey into leadership. The second track is a review of the challenges of graduate student work and studies, which includes graduate work versus undergraduate work, time management, research challenges and basics, technology skills for the graduate student, and a discussion of academic integrity/plagiarism. 000150 MSM Single Course 2 1.00 Leadership Master's Degree Program Advanced Career Professional No No 0001502 0

• Read more about MSLS 514 Communications and Leadership

This course is designed to help leaders communicate effectively by developing the credibility necessary to persuade and influence others. Successful managers need to demonstrate competence in verbal communication in a variety of situations, such as individual conversations, small group meetings, and large presentations, both face-to-face and virtually, as well as written communication using text, instant messaging, email, social media, letters, proposals, and formal reports. They also must have emotional intelligence, a willingness to listen, and the courage to tackle crises and difficult conversations. 000149 MSM Single Course 6 1.00 Leadership Master's Degree Program Advanced Career Professional No No 0001492 0

• Read more about MSFP 536 Behavioral Finance

This course provides an overview of the research and theory into the field of behavioral finance and how it is applicable to financial service professionals. Student will first learn the theory of rational choice and then go through a series of examples of where people deviate from one might consider a rational decision. They will then learn how to use behavioral biases to help improve client’s financial well-being. 000389 MSFP MSFPP Single Course 10 1.00 Financial Planning Master's Degree Program Advanced Career Professional No No 0003892 0

• Read more about MSFP 557 Retirement Planning

This course covers retirement planning and employee benefits. Retirement planning addresses accumulation and distribution phases and covers the various types of retirement plans, including employer-provided retirement plans (pension, profit-sharing, stock bonus, ESOP, 401(k), 403(b), 457, SEP and SIMPLE plans as well as nonqualified deferred compensation and stock option plans), Social Security, and IRAs. Employee benefits covers medical plans, group term life and disability plans, cafeteria plans and flexible spending plans. This course explores the advantages and disadvantages of the various types of plans and provides the understanding and skills necessary to assess the costs and benefits of such plans from the perspective of clients, whether employers or employees. This highly participative course will help students evaluate client-specific goals, identify key issues, and recommend appropriate solutions. 000387 MSFP MSFPP Single Course 6 1.00 Financial Planning Master's Degree Program Advanced Career Professional No No 0003872 0

• Read more about MSFP 559 Fundamentals of Estate Planning

This course explores the application of estate planning methodologies and policies to personal financial planning. Introduces estate planning tools and strategies to assist a client in developing, maintaining, and transferring their wealth consistent with their objectives. Topics include professional role differentiation between financial advisers, CPAs, and estate-planning attorneys; writing disclaimers in a financial plan; gift and estate taxation; ownership of personal and real property issues; wills; letter of last instructions; trusts; trustees/personal representatives and their fiduciary responsibilities; probate strategies; implications for individuals; general/limited partnerships; closely held businesses; corporations; life insurance funding; post-mortem planning; creative estate planning strategies consistent with client goals and values; charitable giving strategies. 000386 MSFP MSFPP Single Course 3 1.00 Financial Planning Master's Degree Program Advanced Career Professional No No 0003862 0