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With locations in Tahlequah, Muskogee and Broken Arrow, NSU is Oklahoma’s immersive learning institution. Choose from in-person, blended or online learning options.

Scholarships

NSU is committed to assisting students in applying and earning scholarships. Whether you are an incoming freshman or a continuing/returning student, NSU has a wide variety of scholarship options for students to choose from.

Clubs and Organizations

From networking to leadership opportunities, NSU’s over 80 clubs and organizations allow our students to build lasting relationships while getting the full college experience.

Homecoming

In 1924, NSU hosted its first-ever homecoming. One hundred years later, NSU and the Alumni Association invite you to return to NSU for the centennial celebration - Forever Green.

Graduate College

Whether transitioning to graduate school or returning to higher education, NSU’s graduate college is your next step. Choose from over 25 master's degrees and several certificate programs.

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN LEADERSHIP

The degree program prepares graduates who have the professional knowledge and skills to be effective leaders who are committed to service, excellence, and collaboration and who inspire and empower individuals within their realm of influence to be caring, socially responsible citizens. 

Student Learning Outcomes - Professional Core

  1. Demonstrate ethical, socially-responsible decision-making.
  2. Demonstrate a solutions-based, collaborative leadership approach to organizational change.
  3. Serve as a leader informed by current trends and theoretical foundations.
  4. Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusivity.
  5. Conduct research to improve practice, empower communities, and serve others.
  6. Demonstrate a commitment to proactive, problem-solving relational leadership practice.

Student Learning Outcomes - American Indian Leadership Option

  1. Connect indigenous theory to practice.
  2. Develop a solution-based action plan that is effectively communicated to stakeholders.
  3. Engage in research to improve practice.
  4. Connect leadership theory to improve practice.

Student Learning Outcomes - College Teaching Option

  1. Analyze discipline-specific information to promote student success.

Student Learning Outcomes - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace Option

  1. Develop a diversity, equity, and inclusivity implementation plan.
  2. Develop cultural sensitivities required to communicate successfully in professional settings.
  3. Demonstrate openness to new perspectives.
  4. Reassess one’s own personal perspective when appropriate.
  5. Describe various elements inherent to one’s own culture and to other cultures.
  6. Recognize and critically reflect upon one’s own biases.
  7. Demonstrate ethical and professional behavior relating to diversity, equity and inclusivity.

 

Student Learning Outcomes - Higher Education Administration Option

  1. Describe concepts and practices in an organization’s financial environment.
  2. Interpret counseling and support strategies to enhance communication.
  3. Analyze issues to foster student participation and access to resources.
  4. Build an organizational program based on assessment, evaluation, and research.
  5. Develop a solution-based action plan that is effectively communicated to stakeholders.
  6. Engage in research to improve practice.
  7. Connect leadership theory to improve practice.

 

Student Learning Outcomes - Professional Studies Option

  1. Engage in research to improve practice.
  2. Connect leadership theory to improve practice.

 

Student Learning Outcomes - Training and Development Option

  1. Conduct a needs analysis to identify current and future training needs within an organization.
  2. Evaluate training methods and technologies that are appropriate for the organizational population as well as the training content
  3. Evaluation the success of training initiatives.
  4. Facilitate organizational training and development programs in a variety of settings.
  5. Design organizational training and development opportunities.

 

Leadership, M.S. - 36 hours


Options - 18 hrs


Select one option area.

College Teaching


  • 15 hrs 5000-level in the Teaching Content Area (Advisor Approved)
  • 3 hrs in a 5000-level Capstone Class in the Teaching Content Area (Advisor approved)

Professional Studies


Leadership Certificate

Location(s): Online, Tahlequah, Broken Arrow

OSRHE Program Code: 174
CIP Code: 130406
Certificate Code: 3612

Leadership, M.S. Embedded Certificate

The Leadership Graduate Certificate provides individuals with the theory, methods, and practice of leadership. The graduate certificate is embedded in the Master of Science in Leadership.

At least 25 percent of the coursework applied to this embedded certificate must be satisfactorily completed at NSU.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate ethical, socially-responsible decision-making.
  2. Demonstrate a solution-based, collaborative leadership approach to organizational change.
  3. Serve as a leader informed by current trends and theoretical foundations.
  4. Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusivity.

Certificate Requirements - 12 hrs


 

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Degree Available At

  • Tahlequah
  • Broken Arrow
  • Online

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Career Services

What Can I Do With A Master's Degree in Leadership?

  • Company Leader
  • All Levels of Management
  • Training and Development Manager
  • Corporate Trainer
  • American Indian Tribal Administrator
  • Tribal Employee

Program Chair:

Dr. Renee Cambiano

Dr. Renee Cambiano
918-444-3741

 

 

Program Requirements

  • GPA of 3.0 or 3.25 in last 60 hours
  • Leadership Philosophy
  • 3 References
  • Plan of Study 
  • Statement of Academic Integrity and Honesty

Application Deadline

  • Open Year Round

 

 

 

 

*Fees include: facility fee, student activity fee, infrastructure fee, cultural/scholastic lecturer fee, student ID fee, technology services fee and remedial course fee, if applicable. NSU courses taught at off campus locations or online might have additional fees assessed. These totals are tuition and fee estimations per program based on the current catalog year. Books, supplies and some fees may not be included.

47%

Minority Students

 

$48,195,863

Total Aid Disbursed in 2020-2021

 

1,471

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