Leadership Studies, M.A.

Vermont State’s online Master of Arts in Leadership Studies provides a unique approach to learning the strategies that mid-career, in-transition, or senior professionals across all sectors can use to shape the future of their organization and community. With an interdisciplinary curriculum of only six 5-credit courses that can be completed in one year, you can study innovative topics such as design and system thinking, diversity studies, social ethics, critical future studies, and scholar-practitioner inquiry. Our leadership degree program cultivates contemplative practice by developing awareness, connection, and wisdom through the integration of avant-garde content, personal development, and peer interaction in a multimodal asynchronous learning environment.

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Why Study Leadership Studies at Vermont State?

  • Future Impact: Gain the strategies, knowledge, and inspiration to shape the movements of the future, whether you are a mid-career or senior professional or are in the middle of a professional change. Students come from every sector, including education, business, public affairs, human and social services, healthcare, the arts, and civic affairs.  
  • Flexible Design: Complete the six-course program in one year through full-time enrollment (two concurrent courses per semester) or in two years with part-time enrollment (one course per semester). Courses can be completed in any sequence.   
  • Cutting-Edge Strategies: Courses use multimedia content, experiential projects, open education resources, peer study sessions, critical perspectives, creative expression, adult learning theory, and other engaging instructional strategies.  
  • Deep Study: 5-credit courses give you fewer courses to complete, fewer transitions, fewer (yet more captivating) assignments, and fewer readings, so you can absorb them more fully. 
  • Online: The courses are online in an asynchronous format, so you can arrange your own weekly schedule. The program is available to a global audience.

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Financial Aid for Leadership Studies Students

Vermont State University is providing a high-quality, affordable degree in leadership studies to students across Vermont and Beyond. Our financial aid team is here to help you explore all your options for funding your graduate education.

Sample Courses

  • Foundations of Leadership Studies: Social, Historical, Critical & Future Perspectives of Knowledge for the Practice of Leadership
  • Models of Leadership: Finding the Creative Self
  • Partnerships in Diversity

Meet Our Faculty

Dean, Graduate Programs

  • Johnson Campus

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Associate Professor

  • Lyndon Campus

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