MA (Leadership) Program
The University of Guelph offers an online, 20-month MA (Leadership) degree. Through study, self-reflection, interaction and practice, leadership knowledge and skills can be acquired and acted upon.
The MA (Leadership) allows participants to enhance their leadership potential without having to interrupt their lives and careers. Aside from brief residential stays in Guelph, the program is conducted in an innovative and interactive online learning environment supplemented by two week long residential stays at the University of Guelph.
The program begins annually in May and is especially convenient for working professionals who are interested in being able to continue to work while at the same time advance their academic credentials.
WHY THE MA (LEADERSHIP) IS FOR YOU
As a participant in the program you will:
- Study leadership through a broad, multidisciplinary approach
- Develop your leadership knowledge, skills and competencies through our comprehensive program of theoretical study backed by practical experience and analysis
- Gain insight into your own strengths and weaknesses thereby allowing you to draw more effectively on your leadership abilities
- Enhance your understanding of the issues faced by a range of organizations and their leaders, enabling you to strategically confront and solve challenges
- Approach leadership as both a personal skill and as a complex process to achieve organizational objectives
- Confront leadership in a variety of contexts – leadership is not solely a political or entrepreneurial phenomenon: other spheres such as the community, public service, and not-for-profit sectors present their own unique leadership challenges
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH
Receiving over $140 million annually in research funding from government agencies and private sector partners, the University of Guelph is one of the most research-intensive universities in Canada and is internationally renowned for its broad spectrum of research. Approximately twelve percent of more than 18,000 students enrolled at the University are graduate students who are drawn to Guelph's constantly growing and innovative programs.
Maclean's magazine, the Globe and Mail and the National Post consistently rank the University of Guelph among the top comprehensive universities in Canada.
The University of Guelph MA (Leadership) program is administered and managed by the College of Management and Economics through the College's Executive Programs Office.
