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Leadership Ph.D.
The purpose of the Doctor of Philosophy in Leadership degree program is to provide advanced education in the theory, practice and research of leadership across a broad range of organizational and community settings.
The program serves the needs of candidates already in leadership roles and those aspiring to leadership both from the constituency of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the southwestern United States and from other organizations interested in a Christian perspective in leadership studies.
The program focuses on the development of fresh, innovative ways to think about models, issues and challenges in the field of leadership, and on adding to the body of research-based knowledge in the field.
Programs Offered
Educational Administration
Doctor of Philosophy
Quick Facts
Level
Graduate
Location
La Sierra Campus
Accreditation
WASC
Description:
The program may typically be completed over a period of 4-5 years of study with candidates undertaking a minimum of two courses each quarter, and two courses during two 2-week intensive summer sessions.
Educational Psychology
Doctor of Philosophy
Quick Facts
Level
Graduate
Location
La Sierra Campus
Accreditation
WASC
Description:
Students customize their programs further through the use of their 9-unit electives to support some diversification in their degree program. These courses are to be taken from an area other than the one chosen by the student to meet their own specialization requirements.
These may also be taken from appropriate graduate courses in the School of Business and the Divinity School. The goal of this segment is to provide yet another lens for understanding the study of leadership.
Instructional Leadership
Doctor of Philosophy
Quick Facts
Level
Graduate
Location
La Sierra Campus
Accreditation
WASC
Description:
The core develops depth and breadth in the student’s understanding of leadership, with a focus on leadership theory, research and applications.
Research courses introduce the student to the understanding of and critical skills required for effective research, undergirding not only the student’s success in critically reading research literature, but also their success in pursuing their own scholarly research.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the PhD in Leadership degree, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to address complex topics systematically, creatively and critically and in oral and written communication support a sustained argument to communicate ideas, issues, and conclusions clearly and effectively to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
- Demonstrate a conceptual understanding and methodological competence in research and the ability to work both collaboratively and independently in developing new understanding and knowledge in the field of leadership
- Demonstrate an understanding of resource management principles and a self-awareness of strengths and weaknesses and strategies for the acquisition and enhancement of the personal skills necessary for the practice of successful leadership.
- Demonstrate a high cultural competence in interacting effectively with people of diverse cultural and international backgrounds.
- Be critically conversant with the literature, theories, concepts and current research findings and generally regarded best practices in the disciplines related to leadership and the underlying philosophic foundations of a socially just society.
- Understand and critically reflect on the moral/ethical dimensions of the practice of leadership and management theory in a global environment.
- Demonstrate an understanding of research design through the ability to frame a major original research question, develop an appropriate methodology of research inquiry, implement the inquiry and write an extended report on the findings in a document of publishable quality to advance the field of leadership
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