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Leadership Development

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus · University Park, PA

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Program
Award
Leadership Development
Total credits (published)
36
Credits (computed from items)
36
Catalog edition
2026
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
214777
CourseShelf checklist
CK_214777_8ead3a70
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Master of Leadership Development (M.L.D.)

0 items

    Required Courses

    0 items

      Leadership Cornerstone courses (9 credits) provide a foundation for leadership development studies. They include:

      3 items
      1. LEAD 501
        Leadership Across the Lifespan
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. BUSAD/LEAD 555
        Full Range Leadership Development
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. LEAD 557
        Leadership Models and Methods
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Leadership Competency courses (12 credits) build a foundation for effective leadership communication, creativity/innovation, and moral development. They include:

      12 items
      1. LEAD 561
        Dynamic Communication in Leadership Contexts
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. BUSAD/LEAD 556
        Diversity Leadership
        Not resolved to a course
        or: BUSAD 542 Global Intercultural Management
        3
      3. One of the following:
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. MGMT 873
        3
      5. SYSEN 550
        Not resolved to a course
      6. BUSAD/LEAD 519
        Developing Creative High Performance Organizations
        Not resolved to a course
      7. One of the following:
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      8. MBADM 815
        3
      9. LEAD 863
        Ethical Dimensions of Leadership
        Not resolved to a course
      10. PSY 833
        3
      11. STS 589
        Ethics and Values in Science and Technology
        Not resolved to a course
      12. Leadership Context courses (12 credits) provide an overview of the situations in which leadership processes are embedded. Students can choose 4 context-specific electives (12 credits). A list of courses that will fulfill this requirement is maintained by the program office.
        Not resolved to a course
        12

      Culminating Experience

      0 items

        All students must complete a capstone course that provides students with an opportunity to enact what they have learned in their course work in the context of promoting positive change in their organizations:

        1 item
        1. LEAD 862
          Strategic Leadership (Capstone Course)
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        Source. Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, catalog 2026 — https://bulletins.psu.edu/graduate/programs/majors/leadership-development/. Captured page pages/0742.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.