Master in Management in Professional Leadership

Converse’s MiM in Professional Leadership consists of nine 3-hour classes, plus one 3-hour experiential project/capstone. Each semester, students will attend virtual classes. Versatile and competitively priced, built around a cohort model for collegial support, the Converse Master’s in Professional Leadership will enhance credentials in a variety of fields and venues.

You will begin to expand your view of leadership through an examination of multiple contexts while expanding your writing and research skills. Converse’s MiM in Professional Leadership will prepare you to communicate with stakeholders in all leadership roles. Upon completion of the program, you will develop time management and quantitative skills and be prepared to move forward as a well-rounded leader in the community.

Converse’s Master in Management in Professional Leadership coursework includes 30 total credit hours of coursework in core and advanced areas.

Your degree path for the MiM in Professional Leadership will begin in the fall of the academic year, five semesters (Fall, Spring, Summer, Fall, Spring) of six credit hours per academic semester. Courses will be paired in focus each semester, with one meeting virtually one night a week per course.

Tentative Course Work Sequence

Fall Semester One:

• PLP 700  Leadership Theory & Identification – A basic review of the major theories of leadership, which will include identifying leadership styles in place in current professional context.
• PLP 705  Legacies in Leadership Application – An opportunity to research a prominent leader of the student’s choice and to apply leadership theory analysis to the leader’s accomplishments.

Spring Semester One:

• PLP 720  Current Issues in Leadership Application – Identifying and exploring different leadership issues in a variety of community contexts (industry, health care, education, law enforcement).
• PLP 740 Financial Resources Management – The course analyzes financial resources management in commercial, not-for-profit, and private industries, explicitly focusing on revenue sources, branding, budgeting, and the allocation of resources.

Summer:

• PLP 710 Organizational and Personnel Theory  – Basic overview of two useful schools of theory for those in or aspiring to leadership roles.
• PLP 730 Cultural Awareness Application – Similar to Current Issues in Leadership, looking at cultural awareness and its application and uses in a variety of contexts in the larger community.

Fall Semester Two

• PLP 775  Project Management – Preparing students to take on their Capstone project while maintaining optimal performance on the job.
• PLP 745  Introduction to Data Analytics – An overview of how to interpret and then use statistics for on the job decision making and goal setting.

Spring Semester Two:

• PLP 760  Communication, Technology, and Speaking – An overview of presentation skills necessary for presenting projects and new ideas to stakeholders.
• PLP 790 Master’s Capstone – Students undertake a project in their professional context and present to the cohort and external audience on the outcome.

Visit the graduate catalog for current course descriptions.

For consideration for admission to the Master in Management in Professional Leadership program, applicants must:

1. Complete the Converse Graduate Application Form including the $40 application fee.
2. Official degree-granting undergraduate transcript and graduate transcripts from all colleges attended.
3. Undergraduate degree from an accredited institution.
4. Send two professional letters of recommendation.
5. Submit a personal statement. Your personal statement should be approximately one page (250 – 300 words). Describe either an experience that prompted you to seek entrance into the degree program to which you are applying OR your reasons for wanting to enter the degree program. In keeping with the Honor Tradition at Converse, your essay must be entirely your own work and must indicate by proper documentation any ideas or words that come from another source. Organize your essay clearly, proofread and spell-check your essay carefully. Your essay should include your personal reflection on the value of a degree in your field and more specifically, the MIM in Professional Leadership program at Converse.
6. Personal Insight Questions may be required.

International Students

F-1 Student Visa

The F-1 Visa (Academic Student) allows you to enter the United States as a full-time student at an accredited college, university, seminary, conservatory, academic high school, elementary school, or other academic institution or in a language training program. You must be enrolled in a program or course of study that culminates in a degree, diploma, or certificate, and your school must be authorized by the U.S. government to accept international students.

You may enter the F-1 visa category provided you meet the following criteria:

• Students must be enrolled in an “academic” educational program, a language-training program, or a vocational program
• Converse University is approved by the Student and Exchange Visitors Program, Immigration & Customs Enforcement
• Students must be enrolled as a full-time student at the institution (for the MiM program, that is 6 credit hours per term)
• Students must be proficient in English or be enrolled in courses leading to English proficiency
• Students must have sufficient funds available for self-support during the entire proposed course of study
• Students must maintain a residence abroad and have no intention of giving up.

EDUCATION

While studying in the United States, students must:

• Attend all classes, and maintain normal academic progress.
• Maintain a full course of study each term. For the Masters in Management (MiM) program, each term requires two courses that are 3 credit hours for a total of 6 credit hours per term. Contact your Designated School Official (DSO) immediately if you cannot study full-time.

*The MiM program is online (asynchronous and synchronous). Students with an F1 visa must take at least one course (3-hour credit) per term in person (face-to-face). The MiM program offers a hybrid format to allow one class virtually (online) and one face-to-face class to accommodate the F1 Visa requirements. Please speak with the Director of the Masters in Management Program for more details.

To learn more about the Graduate Admissions for International Students, please contact:

Graduate Admission Office (MAT, MIM, MM, MEd, MLA, MMFT, EdD, EdS)
864.596.9040
graduate@converse.edu

See our graduate tuition and fees here.*

*Tuition and fees subject to change

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