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MALPS Program of Study

 

A.   Core Courses (12 hrs) All core courses are required
        ENGL 7100      Professional Communication Strategies
        PHIL 7100       Professional and Applied Ethics
        COMM 7200    Organizational Communication in Diverse Contexts
        SOCI 7100      Critical Thinking Skills and Methods of Applied Research

 

B.   Specialization Tracks (select 4 courses from one of the following tracks)
      Track One – Communication  Studies (12 hrs.)
        COMM 5050G Interpersonal Comm in the Workplace
        COMM 5100G Communication Theory
        COMM 5200G Nonverbal Communication
        COMM 5500G Communication Between the Genders
        COMM 7500   Topics in Communication
        ENGL  5730G  Rhetoric
        PSYC 5150G Conflict Resolution
     
      Track Two – Gender & Women’s Studies (12 hrs.)
        Required Course:
        GWST 5700G  Perspectives in Feminist Theory
        Choose at least three:
        ENGL 5340G   Literature by Women
        ENGL 5355G   Black Women Writers
        FILM 5025G   Popular Culture Theory and Criticism
        GWST 5000G Topics in Gender and Women’s Studies
        GWST 5500G Topics in Women’s Leadership
        GWST 7900  Directed Readings
        HIST 5660G  Topics in the History of Women and  Gender In America
        PUBH 5570G  Women and Minority Health Issues
        PUBH 5575G  Human Sexuality
        SOCI 5600G  The Sociology of Gender
     
      Track Three – Leadership Studies (12 hrs.)
        ADMT 7400     Human Resources Management
        ADMT 7410     Organization Theory and Organizational Behavior
        ADMT 7430     Principles of Financial Manag. for Effective Leadership
        GWST 5500G  Topics in Women’s Leadership
        LEAD 7100      Organizational Dynamics in Multicultural Societies
        LEAD 7200      Leadership in the Public Arena
        LEAD 7300      Selected Issues in Leadership Studies
        MHSA 8500     Leadership Seminar
        POLS 5535G   Public Leadership and Ethics in Theory and Practice
        PSYC 5150G   Conflict Resolution
        PSYC 5200G   Industrial and Organizational Psychology
        PSYC 5300G   Leadership And Group Dynamics


      Track Four – International Studies (12 hrs.)
        ECON 5200G  International Trade
        ECON 5310G  International Finance
        HIST 5100G   Topics in Latin American History
        HIST 5200G   Topics in African History
        HIST 5250G   Topics in Asian History
        HIST 5300G   History of Russian/Soviet Foreign Policy
        HIST 5540G   Topics in US Foreign Relations
        POLS 5130G   Political Terrorism
        POLS 5210G   International Law
        POLS 5220G   Theory of International Relations
        POLS 5250G   International Organizations
        POLS 5260G   Media and Politics in Latin America
        POLS 5270G   Intelligence and National Security Policy
        POLS 5280G   Seminar in Global Politics
        POLS 5290G   American Foreign Policy
        POLS 5291G   Constitutional Law of Foreign Policy
        POLS 5420G   Politics of the Middle East
        POLS 5520G   Comparative Judicial Systems
        POLS 5430G   Governments of Africa
        POLS 5440G   Latin American Politics
        POLS 5450G   Political Sociology of Nationalism
        SOCI  5450G   Political Sociology of Nationalism
        POLS 5460G   Governments of East Asia
        POLS 5490G   Political Transformation of the Former Soviet Union
        POLS 5510G   Third World National Security
        POLS 5535G   Public Leadership and Ethics in Theory and Practice
        POLS 5560G   Comparative Foreign Policy
     

C.   Other Requirements (6 hrs.)
        MALP 8200    Comprehensive Project

        XXXX XXXX  Approved Elective

TOTAL 30 credit hours

Apply for graduation one semester before you intend to graduate

        Complete a graduation application with the MALPS Director
        Once the application is completed bring it to the Registrars Office
        Pay the graduation fee with the cashiers office
        Do this all before the end of the semester before you graduate

 


Program Director

Dr. John Kraft
John.Kraft@armstrong.edu
Science Center 223
912.344.3100

Track Coordinators

Communication Studies
Dr. Elizabeth Desnoyers-Colas Elizabeth.Desnoyers-Colas@armstrong.edu
Jenkins Hall 128
912.344.3190

Gender & Women's Studies
Dr. Teresa Winterhalter Teresa.Winterhalter@armstrong.edu
Gamble Hall 210C
912.344.3135

International Studies
Dr. William Daugherty William.Daugherty@armstrong.edu
University Hall 218
912.344.2920

Leadership Studies
Dr. John Kraft John.Kraft@armstrong.edu

Science Center 223
912.344.3100


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