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• Master of Professional Studies

Emily Smith, Assistant Provost, Online Learning
Ted Meyer, Associate Dean of Enrollment
Greg Carpenter, Assistant Professor
Michael Cauley, Associate Professor
Carolina Santiago-Stranahan, Assistant Professor

Online At Lipscomb

Online at Lipscomb offers a fully online learning experience. If you are seeking one of the many completely online graduate degrees, please visit https://www.lipscomb.edu/online/admissions for an electronic copy of the Online at Lipscomb catalog. Visit our complete website at https://www.lipscomb.edu/online.

What is Online at Lipscomb?

Online at Lipscomb is a part of Lipscomb University that was created to provide an exceptional education experience for students who need or desire flexibility in their learning schedule. Online at Lipscomb offers flexible degree and certificate programs fully online, designed to advance the student’s academic career and nurture the student’s faith. With the guidance of our caring, experienced faculty and the Online at Lipscomb student success coaches, students will have the support and resources needed as they complete their online learning experience.

Our classes are offered entirely online so that students can have the flexibility they need to fit our classes in their schedule around their on-ground classes, work schedules and personal time. Online at Lipscomb programs feature a mix of innovative learning methods, encouragement from support staff, and one-on-one relationships with faculty. With our asynchronous online model, students can access the course content, complete assignments, and initiate or respond to interactions with professors anytime night or day.

Academic Standing

See graduate academic standing policy.

Financial Information

Tuition and Fees for 2024-25

*Program Trip Fee (see program information for details)*

The following graduate programs are offered by Online at Lipscomb:

Master of Professional Studies (composed of two graduate certificates)

• Competency-Based Education Design
• Business Leadership
• Global Leadership
• Leadership Coaching
• Performance Coaching*

*The Performance Coaching program requires in-person weekend intensives.

The Master of Professional Studies graduate degree is a flexible 30 to 36-hour program. The degree is designed for individuals who want to improve their job-related leadership skills at the advanced and strategic competency levels. Many of the certificates include an initial skills assessment (OGLD 5403) accompanied by a stackable certificate in varying concentrations listed below. Two or more certificates may be combined with the Master of Professional Studies core to complete a Master degree. Graduate students work with a faculty advisor to select complementary certificates, create a research plan, and complete a capstone project integrating the content of the two academic certificates.

Master of Professional Studies Core (for students pursuing two or more certificates)

In order to complete the Master of Professional Studies graduate degree, learners will select their two stackable certificates (below) along with a research core consisting of the following courses:

OGLD 5101 Research Methods
OGLD 5992 Capstone

Business Leadership Certificate

This certificate is designed for students who wish to combine learning about leadership with their desire to learn more about the inner workings of business.

Students will take the following courses:

PSBL 5013 Strategic Leadership

PSBL 5023 Market Based Management

PSBL 5033 Accounting for Leaders

PSBL 5043 Financial Management for Leaders

Competency-Based Program Design Certificate

The Certificate in Competency-Based Program Design is designed for higher education faculty and staff and other educational or training professionals who wish to learn how to create and design a competency-based program in their educational organizations.

OGLD 5303 Defining Competencies and Identifying Assessments

OGLD 5313 Designing Staff and Faculty Roles in CBE Programs

OGLD 5323 Financial Models and Business Processes for CBE Programs

OGLD 5343 Accreditation and Continuous Improvement for CBE Programs

OGLD 5403 Leadership Skills and Assessment

Global Leadership Certificate

The Certificate in Global Leadership is designed to prepare individuals to see their leadership role in a global context. This certificate will help students develop a global perspective that will strategically benefit their organization. Students will evaluate plans and determine global acceptance and impact. They will gain experience that results in understanding and appreciation of foreign and domestic cultures and markets. More specifically, students will be prepared to look beyond their own borders for opportunities and threats, set goals and cast vision based on that perspective, and have the transnational skills needed to manage across those borders.

OGLD 5403 Leadership Skills and Assessment

OGLD 5153 International Trends and Cultural Diversity

OGLD 5413 Individual and Socio-cultural Skills

OGLD 5013 Leading Across Cultures

OGLD 5623 Talent Development and Coaching for Leaders     

Leadership Coaching Certificate

Lipscomb University’s graduate certificate program in Leadership Coaching is recognized by the International Coach Federation (ICF) for Approved Coach Specific Training Hours, which, upon completion, allow you to apply for your ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential. With courses in active listening, somatics, ethics and self-as-leader, you’ll learn to use coaching for the transformation of self and your organization. Advance your leadership capability with direction from top coaches and management experts to develop your leadership potential, giving more deeply from yourself to others.

LECO 5023 Active Listening and Somatics

LECO 5033 Foundations of Ethical Coaching

LECO 5633 Applied Coaching Skills

OGLD 5413 Individual and Socio-cultural Skills

OGLD 5613 Leadership Seminar

Performance Coaching Certificate

The Certificate in Perforrnance Coaching is designed to prepare individuals to use coaching in either a leadership role or a coaching practice. Cognitive coaching, transformational coaching and other approaches and methods will be studied so that students may develop their own coaching approach for their workplace setting. Coaching skills and professional ethics, as identified by the Intemational Coaching Federation, will be developed and demonstrated. Graduates may achieve and use International Coaching Federation certification that can be applied in a variety of fields (ministry, non-profit, executive or life coaching, private practice,

OGLD 5023 Active Listening and Somatics

OGLD 5011 Mentoring 1

OGLD 5033 Foundations of Ethical Coaching

OGLD 5021 Mentoring 11

OGLD 5633 Applied Coaching Skills

OGLD 5031 Mentoring 111

OGLD 5643 Structures and Models

OGLD 5041 Mentoring IV

Strategic Leadership Certificate

The Certificate in Strategic Leadership is a graduate professional certificate designed for individuals who want to improve their core job-related skills at the advanced and strategic levels. The certificate includes a battery of initial skills and personality preferences assessments, reflections, action planning, goal setting and executive coaching as well as leadership seminars. This certificate is for students who already possess the content knowledge needed for their profession but want to advance to an executive level in their organization. This certificate also provides a core base of professional competencies for students who wish to focus on one content area or certificate in their master’s program.

OGLD 5403 Leadership Skills and Assessment

OGLD 5243 Mission Focused Leadership

OGLDS613 Leadership Seminar
 

Two (2) of the following three-credit hour competencies required:

CORE 5053 Communication Strategies

CORE 5123 Leading in High Performance Environments

CORE 5263 Organizing and Planning

CORE 5293 Problem Solving and Decision Making

CORE 5303 Relationship Building and Influence

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