The specialization is designed for those who want to prepare themselves for leadership positions within the non-profit sector.

The Non-Profit Sector specialization can serve people working at all levels in all areas, including:

To earn a master's degree in leadership studies, students must complete 36 hours of course work.

Leadership Studies Core Courses (18 credits)

Class Name	Course Title	Credit Hours
LEDR 6000	History and Theory of Leadership and Ethics*	3 credit hours
LEDR 6005	Self-Leadership	3 credit hours
LEDR 6010	Conflict Resolution, Negotiation and Team Leadership	3 credit hours
LEDR 6025	Research Methods	3 credit hours
LEDR 6015	Influence of Leadership on Behavior in Organizations --- OR ---	3 credit hours
LEDR 6020	Leaders as Worldly Citizens	3 credit hours
LEDR 6030	Qualitative Research and the Social Impact on Leaders' Decisions --- OR ---	3 credit hours
LEDR 6035	Applied Quantitative methods in Leadership Studies	3 credit hours
	*Prereq for all LEDR course work

	Leadership Studies Course Descriptions

Non-Profit Sector Specialization Courses (12 credits)

Class Name	Course Title	Credit Hours
NPSE 6520	Non-profit Organizations: Trends in the Third Sector	3 credit hours
NPSE 6525	Financial Matters in the Non-profit Sector	3 credit hours
NPSE 6530	Social Justice and Social Activism	3 credit hours
NPSE 6535	Legal Aspects of the Non-profit Sector	3 credit hours

Professional Project

Six (6) credits of a professional project. This course is taken three credits at a time, preferably in two consecutive semesters. The professional project courses are not offered during summer.

There are basically three (3) options for a professional project.

Work independently with a faculty advisor and possibly an organization to produce a research based service or product.
Enroll in Future Milwaukee as a professional project option, using the assigned agency work as the basis of the professional project, which must be begin in fall, concurrent with Future Milwaukee membership.
Submit for publication to a peer reviewed journal the findings from a research study, which has been supervised by a faculty member.

Comprehensive Exams*

Thirty-six (36) credits of course work followed by a comprehensive examination. Students will take: 12 required credits, 3 credits from constrained core electives, 15 credits from specialization courses, and the final 6 credits should be approved by the program advisor.