A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- Master of Arts
- Credential class
- ceterms:MasterDegree
- Catalog edition
- 2025-2026
- Checklist type
- degree-program
- Description
- is a view of leadership as an interactive process between leaders and followers working together to accomplish desired outcomes. The MAL program explores both the nature and practice of leadership in a wide variety of organizational and community settings. To be effective, a leader should possess an understanding of the contexts in which leadership occurs as well as an array of competencies. The program is designed to help individuals formulate and communicate a shared vision, navigate changing environments, understand the impact of cultural competence on leaders and followers, and enhance self-awareness and the capacity to be reflective practitioners. Program Learning Outcomes Graduates should be able to: ● Identify and analyze multiple theories of leadership in dynamic organizational and community settings; ● Analyze and navigate complex changing environments in which leaders and followers function; ● Enhance the capacity to be reflective practitioners; ● Develop a personal understanding of one’s philosophy of leadership; ● Articulate an understanding of cultural competence and its impact on effective leadership and followership; and ● Formulate and communicate a shared vision to inspire achieving desired goals. Curriculum Foundational Courses The study of leadership requires an understanding of 1) a basic body of knowledge in leadership studies, 2) competence in understanding qualitative and quantitative research for the purpose of informing evidence-based practice, and 3) an ability to function and lead in an environment that is diverse and inclusive. To this end, the following three required courses are intended to lay a consistent foundation for the program:
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 173045
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_173045_3fd01871
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Requirements
3 items
- As published: “– Foundations of Leadership”
- As published: “– Evaluating Empirical Research”
- As published: “– Cultural Competence and Effective Leadership”
Source. Augsburg University, catalog 2025-2026 — https://web.augsburg.edu/registrar/catalog/2025-2026-Graduate-Catalog.pdf. Captured page MN/173045-augsburg.edu/pdf/173045-2025-2026-graduate-augsburg.edu.pdf#page=66. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.