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Master of Arts
in Liberal and Professional Studies
Program of Study
updated 01 July 2008

AASU Graduate Catalog

Admission Information

Gender & Women's Studies

International Studies

Leadership Studies

PROGRAM ADVISORS
Ms. Peggy Williams
Dr. Richard Nordquist
Office of Liberal Studies
Solms Hall 211
(912) 344-2613


TRACK COORDINATORS

Gender & Women's Studies
Dr. Teresa Winterhalter
Gamble Hall 210C

International Studies
Dr. William Daugherty
University Hall 218


Leadership Studies
& Communication Studies
Dr. Richard Nordquist
Solms Hall 211
(912) 344 2613


GRADUATE & ENROLLMENT
SERVICES

Victor Hall 229



Students accepted into the Master of Arts in Liberal and Professional Studies will formalize a program of study with their major advisor, selecting a concentration in one of the following tracks:  Gender and Women's Studies, International Studies, Leadership Studies, or (beginning in fall 2008) Communication Studies.  The student, major advisor, and program coordinator will sign the program of study and submit it with the application for graduation two semesters prior to graduation.  If any change in the approved program of study is required, an amended program of study signed by the advisor and the student must be submitted and approved by the dean of graduate studies.  Fifty percent of the program must be completed at the 7000 - 8000 levels.

MALPS CORE COURSES (12 hours)

COMM 7200 Organizational Communication in Diverse Contexts

ENGL 7100  Professional Communication Strategies

PHIL 7100   Professional and Applied Ethics 

                S SOCI 7100   Critical Thinking Skills and Methods of Applied Research                 _______________                      

Students select a concentration of four courses from one of the following three tracks:

TRACK ONE: Gender and Women’s Studies (12 hours)

ARTS 5770G   Art and Identity

ARTS 5760G  History of Photography

ENGL 5340G    Literature by Women                                                                 

FILM 5025G    Popular Culture Theory & Criticism

GWST 5000G  Topics in GWST                                                

GWST 5500G  Topics in Women's Leadership

GWST 5700G  Perspectives in Feminist Theory

GWST 7990      Directed
Readings

HIST 5660G     Topics in the History of Women and Gender

PUBH 5570G    Women and Minority Health Issues

PUBH 5575G    Human Sexuality

 

TRACK TWO:  International Studies (12 hours)

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

POLS 5130G   Political Terrorism

POLS 5210G   International Law

POLS 5220G   International Relations Theory

POLS 5230G   Constitutional Law of Foreign Policy

POLS 5250G   International Organizations

POLS 5260G   Media & Politics in Latin America

POLS 5280G   Seminar in Global Politics

POLS 5290G   American Foreign Policy

POLS 5420G   Politics of the Middle East

POLS 5430G   Governments of Africa

POLS 5440G   Latin American Politics

POLS 5450G   Political Sociology of Nationalism

POLS 5460G    Governments of East Asia

POLS 5490G    Political Transformation/Former Soviet Union

POLS 5510G    Third World National Security

POLS 5535G    Public Leadership/Ethics in Theory & Practice

POLS 5560G    Comparative Foreign Policy

POLS 5720G    Intelligence & National Security Policy          

 

TRACK THREE: Leadership Studies (12 hours)

ADMT 7430   Principles of Financial Management/Effective Leadership

ADMN 7410   Organization Theory and Organizational Behavior

ADMN 7400   Human Resources Management

GWST 5000G Topics in Women's Leadership

LEAD 7100    Organizational Dynamics in Multicultural Societies                        

LEAD 7200     Leadership in the Public Arena: From Ideas to Action

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: Communication Studies (12 hours)

tba August 2008

Approved Elective (3 hours)

MALP 8200 Comprehensive Project (3 hours)

 
TOTAL: 30 semester hours

  
MALPS students must maintain a 3.0 overall average of all graduate courses completed, and they must complete all degree requirements within seven years.

   e-mail: richard.nordquist@armstrong.edu

updated 01 July 2008


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