Courses numbered 500–899 for graduate students. Courses numbered 500 are typically offered to post-baccalaureate degree and master degree students and courses numbered 600 are for more advanced master degree courses. Those numbered 700 are typically offered to post-master degree and doctoral students. Courses offered at the 800 level are for doctoral level work.
Wisdom and Leadership
Wisdom, the most important attribute of a successful leader, involves understanding how the world works and motivating others. This course explores philosophical writings on wisdom and how those writings connect with…
Building Community
Understanding the why and how of community is essential for any leader to develop and maintain an organization. This course starts with the basic concepts of community, then allows students to engage with the practical…
Rituals and celebrations form our core identities and connect us to our community. This course encourages contemplation in the creation and facilitation of rituals that celebrate important moments in community.
Servant Leadership in a Global Age
The challenges communities and organizations face often reflect, refract, and interact with a range of global forces. This course analyzes and evaluates contemporary servant-led social change through exploring how…
Prophetic leaders call upon others to examine the social, economic, and political realities of the communities they serve. This course exposes students to prophets throughout history and explores using foresight in…
Leadership in Organizational Culture
Organizational culture is shaped by those with formal and informal leadership positions. This course examines how various forms of power and levels of trust in leadership influence the culture of an organization.…
Serving, Leading, Healing
Healing is an understudied dimension of servant leadership, despite being recognized as a vital activity of individuals and institutions committed to serving others. This course examines the critical role of servant…
One of the chief responsibilities of any servant leader is caring for what has been passed down and then passing it along to the next generation. This course looks at the best practices in environmental and…
Clinical Pastoral Education 1
Complete level one outcomes including 100 hours of didactic instruction and 300 hours of practice in clinical pastoral education with a certified education partner. Students will explore active listening, relational…
Independent Study
The MA in Servant Leadership seeks to meet the needs of adult learners. All students will participate in the core courses described above, and while some students program may include mostly elective course work taken…
Portfolio
Colloquium
As a culmination of their program, students will complete an extended literature review on a specific topic in the field of servant leadership. Themes from the literature and recommendations for implementation will be…