Depth and Breadth of Knowledge
- This degree is awarded to students who have demonstrated understanding of:
- Differences between leadership models grounded in diverse theoretical and disciplinary perspectives
- Multiple conceptions of advocacy, policy, community, program design, organizational culture, social justice and innovation
- How context influence leadership, policy, program design and interpretation, communities, and advocacy
- Recognize relationships between theory, research, and practice
Research and Scholarship
- This degree is awarded to students who have demonstrated the ability to:
- explain differences between approaches to research, data collection, and analysis commonly used in community- based research
- determine methods and techniques appropriate for answering particular research questions
- design original research studies to inform organizations and communities
- create proposals for grants to fund research in organizations and communities
Application of Knowledge
- This degree is awarded to students who have demonstrated the ability to:
- analyze leadership and policy enactment using diverse frameworks
- synthesize implications from research for professional practice, community engagement, and advocacy
- identify challenges and opportunities for leading community engagement and advocacy
Professional Capacity/Autonomy
- This degree is awarded to students who have demonstrated the ability to:
- Enact and analyze leadership in professional organizations and communities
- Facilitate democratic policy processes
- Design, implement and evaluate sustainable programs for community engagement and initiatives for change
- Foster cross sector relationships to enable innovative solutions to community needs
- Prepare proposals for funding to support programs in organizations and communities
Communication Skills
- This degree is awarded to students who have demonstrated the ability to:
- Communicate ideas clearly using a variety of types of media for a range of purposes to diverse audiences.
- Facilitate and engage productively in collaborative dialogues
- Translate and mobilize research to diverse audiences
Awareness of Limits of Knowledge
- This degree is awarded to students who have demonstrated the ability to:
- Synthesize experiential and academic knowledge to construct personal conceptions of leadership and community engagement
- Analyze dilemmas in leadership, program design, advocacy and research in and for organizations and communities