Master of Arts in Conflict Transformation Requirements
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- PAX 682 Practicum (in select cases a student can petition to complete PAX 683 Thesis in lieu of the practicum)
Master of Arts in Transformational Leadership Requirements
Degree: Master of Arts
Semester Hours: 36
The Master of Arts in Transformational Leadership (MATL) is awarded upon successful completion of 36 SH. This includes a 21 SH required core, required skills courses, and electives. To enroll in this degree, the student will need to have been working in a professional setting (paid or volunteer) for at least five years. Additionally, the student must have a location (work or community) where they are able to apply what they are learning.
To graduate the student must meet all course requirements, earn a minimum GPA of 3.00, and obtain formal approval of the faculty for graduation
Core Courses (21-22 SH)
- PAX 533 Analysis (3 SH) AND PAX 532 Formation for Peacebuilding Practice (3 SH) - on-campus summer intensives
OR
PAX 534 Foundations of Justice and Peacebuilding 1 (6 SH) - residential fall class - PAX 535 Research Methods for Social Change (3 SH) - hybrid
- OLS 510 Leadership for the Common Good (3 SH) - online
- MBA 560 Stewardship, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (3 SH) - online
- PAX 568 Transformational Leadership for Creating Change (3 SH) OR MOL 620 Transformative Leadership in Dynamic Contexts (3SH) - online
- Praxis courses
- PAX 507 Praxis: Personal & Community Formation (1 SH)
- PAX 508 Praxis: Project (1-2 SH)
- PAX 509 Praxis: Integrative Capstone (1 SH)
Skills Electives (at least 6 SH)
A variety of courses focusing on leadership skills are available. Topics include:
- Group facilitation and designing facilitated processes
- Mediation and negotiation
- Program evaluation
- Circle processes
- Finance and accounting
- Project management and grant writing
- Ministering in times of trauma
- Pastoral care
Focus-Area Electives (8-9 SH)
These will be selected from CJP course offerings through consultation with program mentors to help students meet their professional development goals. Courses may include, but are not limited to:
- PAX 571 Restorative Justice
- PAX 677 Restorative Justice Whole Systems Change
- PAX 615 Leading Organizational Change
- OLS 530 Organizational Behavior
- CM 631 Churches and Social Transformation
- CM 654 Race and Religion in America
- CM 724 Racial Healing and the Blue-Eyed Soul
- Currently, other OLS and MOL courses, or courses from Eastern Mennonite Seminary, can be completed upon request and with departmental permission.