Credit Distribution
I. Core Course Sequence (15 Credits)
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LAP-5000
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LAP-5000 Liberal Arts and Professional LifeThis course seeks to define the liberal arts and explore their relevance in today's world. Proceeding from the past to modern times, the course provides a broad overview of the liberal arts throughout the world, including history, the arts and sciences, literature, the social sciences, and philosophy/religion. With graduate mentor guidance, students will conduct independent research and will relate their findings to workplace or community experiences. As its major objective, this course examines the content, meaning, and interrelationship of the liberal arts and their direct relevance to the intellectual and moral formation of the working professional. Students will explore a selection of texts that illuminate fundamental issues outside of the workplace, in which professionals exercise their responsibilities. As part of the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) curriculum, this course provides a basis for subsequent courses by encouraging an appreciation of the liberal arts as a formative influence in Western history and culture and establishing a common understanding of the implications of the professions and professionalism. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Offered in May 2026, Jul 2026, Sep 2026, Jan 2027, May 2027 Preview the Online Syllabus | Liberal Arts and Professional Life | 3 |
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CCR-6100
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CCR-6100 Change, Conflict, and ResolutionThis graduate-level course examines change, conflict, and resolution in both historic and contemporary contexts and invites students to apply these concepts to personal and professional lives while reflecting on their local, national, and global significance. Through assigned texts and readings, class discussions, and independent research in interdisciplinary subject areas, students will develop an understanding of change, conflict, and resolution as they relate to diverse cultures and eras, including the civil rights movement, women's rights, civil disobedience, working within the system, and revolution. The course will provide students with practical insights culled from a deep understanding of global change and will empower them with tools to steer and manage change in their lives and communities. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Preview the Online Syllabus | Change, Conflict, and Resolution | 3 |
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SIC-5200
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SIC-5200 The Species, the Individual, and CommunityIn this interdisciplinary course, students explore "human nature" using theories and tools from biology and from many of the social sciences, including archeology, economics, political science, psychology, and sociology. Students will learn the theories by reading both classic texts and recent scholarly works, including a novel about human evolution set in the Ice Age, and by watching videos, visiting websites, and writing several short papers. Ultimately, students will be asked to formulate their own understanding of "human nature" and to apply their insights to social situations at home, school, work, or the wider community. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Preview the Online Syllabus | The Species, the Individual, and Community | 3 |
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THC-6250
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THC-6250 Technology and the Human Community: Challenges and ResponsesTechnology and the Human Community: Challenges and Responses looks at technology historically and philosophically. The course focuses on technological issues affecting contemporary and emerging professional, public, and private structures. A central issue is the role of the citizen in dealing with political, economic, and social pressures related to technology. A key purpose of this course is for students to exchange views by engaging in and discussing serious social and technological issues with a view toward their resolution. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Offered in May 2026, Sep 2026, Jan 2027, May 2027 Preview the Online Syllabus | Technology and the Human Community: Challenges and Responses | 3 |
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MSM-6200
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MSM-6200 Leading Strategic ChangeManaging organizational change is challenging at the best of times. In today's dynamic fast-paced global environment, change is a constant component of organizational life. Whether the change is simple or complex, organizations must constantly change or die. Leaders need to act as change agents to envision necessary change and effectively lead an organization through a change initiative. This course prepares participants to lead change within a variety of organizational settings. Models for the creation and communication of change plans are examined to develop an understanding of the specific challenges associated with change. The theory and methods for effective implementation of change plans are used to examine the practical realities of change implementation in modern organizations. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Offered in Mar 2026, May 2026, Jul 2026, Sep 2026, Nov 2026, Jan 2027, Mar 2027, May 2027 Preview the Online Syllabus | Leading Strategic Change | 3 |
II. Concentration (12 Credits)
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COM-6100
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COM-6100 Professional Communications TheoryThis course provides an overview of major communication theories with an emphasis on communication styles and approaches operative in today's workplace environment. Strategic planning, analysis, and critical thinking in light of contemporary trends and issues will be studied. The focus will be the application and evaluation of theories through case analysis and discussion. Students will have the opportunity to engage in self-assessment of communication competence and learn strategies for enhancing their abilities. Problems in the context of professional communication will be identified and theory-based solutions generated. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Preview the Online Syllabus | Professional Communications Theory | 3 |
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COM-6200
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COM-6200 Advanced Professional and Business WritingThis course is a comprehensive study of professional and business writing. The focus is to develop documents appropriate to audience and purpose that are well-argued and conform to standards of professional and business writing. It will examine such topics as the formation of professional communication as a discipline, business ethics, new media platform for business, and intercultural business and professional communication. The course will also explore the context, purpose, audience, style, organization, format, results, and strategies for persuasion in typical workplace messages. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Offered in Mar 2026, Sep 2026, Mar 2027 Preview the Online Syllabus | Advanced Professional and Business Writing | 3 |
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DHM-6200
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DHM-6200 Social Media and Social ChangeThis course gives an investigation of the role of social networking technologies in creating communities in digital and physical spaces. Students will examine how social networking and peer collaboration technologies have engendered participation in campaigns and movements for social change in the digital information age. Students will thoroughly explore the concept of "social change" itself by identifying the values embedded in dominant cultural narratives of progress and decline. Students will then turn their attention to the ways individuals and groups implement social media technologies to support or forestall social, political, and cultural changes. There will be particular focus on the social media tools that communities use to disseminate and preserve valuable cultural information and knowledge when freedoms of expression are limited by external controls. Students will analyze and apply concepts of network theory to create a project that traces the presence and function of social media in relation to a particular community campaign or movement. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Offered in May 2026, Nov 2026, May 2027 Preview the Online Syllabus | Social Media and Social Change | 3 |
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MSP-6620
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MSP-6620 Practical Grant WritingIn this course, students will practice researching, writing, budgeting, and evaluating successful grant proposals. Grant writing ethics are stressed throughout the course. While the concepts covered can be applied to business, individual, and government proposals, this course focuses on philanthropic grants to nonprofit organizations from charitable foundations. Within one week of starting class, students will be required to identify a charitable or government entity and project to serve as a subject for their own proposal. To successfully complete the course, each student will create a proposal that he or she may wish to submit to grantmaking organizations, engage in the process of identifying funders and translating technical program objectives to a lay audience, create meaningful evaluation criteria or program process, and demonstrate how his or her program matches the funder's mission. Credits: 3 Delivery Methods: Online Offered in May 2026, Sep 2026, Mar 2027 Preview the Online Syllabus | Practical Grant Writing | 3 |
III. Electives (3 Credits)
Select any 5000-6000 graduate level course TESU offers that does not require prerequisites or is not exclusive to a specific degree program.
Total Credit Hours: 30