Prepare to Lead in a Changing World
The Bachelor of Arts degree in Leadership and Professional Studies (LPSt) prepares you to serve as an informed leader and responsible citizen who can effectively foster change for the benefit of others.
The Program’s interdisciplinary curriculum helps you acquire a knowledge of the social and technological forces that shape society; a grasp of issues related to diversity and culture; and effective communication, team-building, conflict resolution, and problem-solving skills.
If you are already a professional serving in a leadership role, the LPSt program offers knowledge-based courses in the social and behavioral sciences designed to improve current work environments.
Career Opportunities
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What You’ll Study
The interdisciplinary core curriculum prepares you for work in professional settings through a focus on leadership from liberal arts perspective. In the leadership courses, for example, you’ll cover topics like:
- Defining self in terms of leadership, including a renewal of personal abilities.
- Authenticity and credibility in leadership.
- Ordinary people leading in the real world.
- Raising trust, resolving conflicts, and achieving workable unity.
- Affirming ideas, encouraging positive values, and motivating others.
- Leadership as responsible citizenship.
A supervised, professional internship—tailored to your career goals—supplies the capstone course for this degree program. This internship may be completed in the Spokane metropolitan area, or at any approved training site in the United States or abroad.
Value of the Program
"I have been delighted at the personal renewal I have experienced through this thoughtfully developed program. The social science classes are contemporary and deal with real social and workplace issues, as well the larger social contexts in which we all must operate, whether we acknowledge it or not.
The liberal arts approach to leadership training is far more beneficial for developing the critical thinking skills necessary to lead teams and organizations through a constantly changing work environment than the more traditional management training I have received in the past.
The blending of social sciences and leadership topics is giving me a more coherent view of the world in general, helping me to use my natural talents more effectively and mitigating my weaknesses, building my confidence and creativity, and making me more useful to my organization and more effective with my staff and the public."
—Mary Kate Martin, Building Official, City of Spokane Valley