Master
Level Courses
Leadership
and Administration (LA)
LA 500 Personal and Professional
Growth Plan
1 Credit
The Personal and Professional
Growth Plan (PPGP) is addressed in detail in a separate
publication. The PPGP is an initial assessment assisting
the learner in the development of an individualized study program.
It provides the learner with a unique perspective of past experience,
present goals, and future professional growth potential, as
well as a first draft of a realistic study program and time
line leading to degree completion.
LA501
Leadership and Management
4 Credits
A presentation of the future
roles and relationships between leaders, managers, and workers
in both the public and private sectors, nationally and globally;
examination of the relationships between authentic leadership
and creative management including the challenge of followership
and what leadership is about; tools of the leader; servant-leadership.
LA502
Organizational Structure and Behavior
4 Credits
An examination of the major international agencies, their structural
configurations, and their roles in promoting international stability
and national integrity; discussion of the likely evolution of
organizations in the future and the impact of multinational
organizations, international organizations and trends in organizational
development and behavior.
LA503
Research Methodologies
4 Credits
An examination of numerous research methodologies and their
uses. An exploration of the principal forecasting and trending
instruments used to establish the parameters and simulations
of future events and behaviors, the use of risk analysis and
risk assessment to estimate impacts, and the capacity of Delphi
and scenarios to simulate and evaluate events.
LA511
The Challenges of Globality
4 Credits
An examination of the historical development of current globalization;
a description and analysis of demographics, economics, and diversity
of the global economy and competition; the commitment of multinationals
to world quality standards such as ISO 9000; and the prospects
in the future for international trade, global integration, and
joint venture.
LA512
The Challenges of Technology
4 Credits
An examination of the role of technology as a driving force
of social change, and the major technological breakthroughs
that are likely to occur in the next 25 years; the phenomenon
of social change; an estimate of the various orders of impacts
such technologies will have on world commerce and productivity;
the use of technology assessment as a form of technology risk
analysis.
LA513
Managing Change
4 Credits
An analysis of the management of change; the use of strategic
planning as a way of disciplining and monitoring change; the
development of communication strategies to insure that the innovations
are known, valued and shared; an appreciation of the role of
the change agent. Case studies will be cited to demonstrate
how different structures and organizations manage change.
LA514
Systems Thinking: Theory & Practice
4 Credits
An examination of the basic theories of systems thinking and
the uses of systems theory in practice, particularly in multi-disciplinary
studies and complex situations and problems.
LA515
Communications & Information Systems
4 Credits
An examination of the revolution in contemporary communications;
an analysis of the art and science of knowledge management,
the current and future state of information systems, the use
of distance learning and training via internet and satellite;
and the long range projections of the future of the World Wide
Web.
LA516
Sustainable Development: Illusion or Reality
4 Credits
An examination of the global environment and of environmental
organizations and groups; the linkage between environmental,
protection, and sustainable economic development; the limits
to growth; global simulation; the prospect for environmental
stability in the 21st century.
LA550
Major Paper/Project Research
5 Credits
The selection of a topic; working to complete the research and
to write up an acceptable purpose methodology, results and conclusions;
producing a satisfactory paper or project report.
Future
Studies (FS)
FS 500 Personal and Professional
Growth Plan
1 Credit
The Personal and Professional
Growth Plan (PPGP) is addressed in detail in a separate
publication. The PPGP is an initial assessment assisting
the learner in the development of an individualized study program.
It provides the learner with a unique perspective of past experience,
present goals, and future professional growth potential, as
well as a first draft of a realistic study program and time
line leading to degree completion.
FS501
Leadership and Management
4 Credits
A presentation of the future
roles and relationships between leaders, managers, and workers
in both the public and private sectors, nationally and globally;
examination of the relationships between authentic leadership
and creative management including the challenge of followership
and what leadership is about; tools of the leader; servant-leadership.
FS502
The Literature of Futurology
4 Credits
A discussion of the "history
of the future" and the rich heritage of literature dealing
with the future, prior to the creation of modern futurology;
the origins of futurology, its evolution, and current issues.
FS503
Futures Research Methodologies
4 Credits
An examination of the numerous futures research methodologies,
and their uses. An exploration of the principal forecasting
and trending instruments used to establish the parameters and
simulations of future events and behaviors, the use of risk
analysis and risk assessment to estimate impacts, and the capacity
of Delphi and scenarios to simulate and evaluate future events.
FS511 The
Challenges of Globality
4 Credits
An examination of the historical
development of current globalization; a description and analysis
of demographics, economics, and diversity of the global economy
and competition; the commitment of multinationals to world quality
standards such as ISO 9000; and the prospects in the future
for international trade, global integration, and joint venture.
FS512
The Challenges of Technology
4 Credits
An examination of the role
of technology as a driving force of social change, and the major
technological breakthroughs that are likely to occur in the
next 25 years; the phenomenon of social change; an estimate
of the various orders of impacts such technologies will have
on world commerce and productivity; the use of technology assessment
as a form of technology risk analysis.
FS513
The Future of Organizations
4 Credits
An examination of the major
international agencies, their structural configurations, and
their roles in promoting international stability and national
integrity; discussion of the likely evolution of organizations
in the future and the impact of multinational organizations,
international organizations and trends in organizational development
and behavior.
FS514
The Future of Social Systems
4 Credits
A discussion of the nature
of classic, current, and future theories of systems and their
capacity to explain and to some extent predict the behaviors
of large scale organizations; the possible scenarios for social
evolution beyond the decline of the welfare state and the changes
in the nation-state; the emergence of the "third sector;"
the decline of government power; the increasing obsolescence
of politics and future of capitalism.
FS515
Systems Thinking: Theory & Practice
4 Credits
An examination of the basic
theories of systems thinking and the uses of systems theory
in practice, particularly in multi-disciplinary studies and
complex situations and problems.
FS516
Communications & Information Systems
4 Credits
An examination of the revolution
in contemporary communications; an analysis of the art and science
of knowledge management, the current and future state of information
systems, the use of distance learning and training via internet
and satellite; and the long range projections of the future
of the World Wide Web.
FS517
Sustainable Development: Illusion or Reality
4 Credits
An examination of the global environment and of environmental
organizations and groups; the linkage between environmental,
protection, and sustainable economic development; the limits
to growth; global simulation; the prospect for environmental
stability in the 21st century.
FS550
Major Paper/Project Research
5 Credits
The selection of a topic; working
to complete the research and to write up an acceptable purpose
methodology, results and conclusions; producing a satisfactory
paper or project report
