This specialization is intended for learners new to leadership studies who are capable of navigating upper-level general education courses. The specialization includes three courses--The Ethical Leader, The Persuasive Leader, and The Creative Leader--which collectively include the history of the idea of leadership, leadership and artificial itelligence, and agile leadership. Students who successfully complete this course will be able to

Define leadership in general

Identify the elements of ethical, persuasive, and creative leadership.

Define agile leadership

Explain the challenges and opportunities that artificial itelligence offers leadership

Apply what is learned to practical issues that leadership faces in a variety of organizations

Praktisches Lernprojekt

There are 13 modules distributed across three courses. Each module ends with an exam that incorporates specific examples of recognized leaders or failed leaders--in the cotext of ethics, persuasion, or creativity. Learners refer to these exemplars in answering a series of objective questions that connects the theoretical to the practical.