Concentration in International Enterprise Leadership

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Program Description

The Master of Liberal Studies (MLS) Program consists of four major parts: a ten-hour core, an 18-hour concentration (see the paragraph below), comprehensive exams, and a culminating experience.

All four core MLS courses have as their basic concern “the human being as knower.” IDS 801 (Introduction to Graduate Liberal Studies) introduces students to the MLS program requirements, introduces students to each of the four core MLS courses, aims to develop the practice of critical thinking, provides a consideration of the nature of studying liberally (how and why humans study), and provides a consideration of possible intrinsic and extrinsic benefits of liberal studies. The major foci of IDS 802 (Ways of Knowing in Comparative Perspective) are: how to know, whether knowledge is relative, and what knowledge is for. IDS 802 builds analytical skills, critical thinking skills, and moral reasoning skills by introducing students to a variety of epistemologies (in the ‘hard’ sciences, social sciences, and the arts and humanities), by offering an explanation and critique of the scientific method, and by introducing students to questions regarding knowledge and its purposes. IDS 803 (Origins and Implications of the Information Society) helps the student understand the context in which ‘humans as knowers’ live. IDS 804 (Information Literacy) helps ‘students as knowers’ acquire techniques and skills for getting and using knowledge.

The 18-hour International Enterprise Leadership (IEL) concentration will be a new concentration. It will be an interdisciplinary concentration, combining courses from leadership, management, and political science. Several of the courses in the IEL concentrations will have an explicit international or global focus.

The three-hour culminating experience will be a project. The project will be developed and carried out under the direction of the student's faculty advisor. The student's faculty advisory committee and faculty advisory will be involved in the approval and evaluation of the student's project.

Liberal Studies Core

IDS 801 Introduction to Graduate Liberal Studies (1 credit hour).
IDS 802 Ways of Knowing in Comparative Perspective (3 credit hours).
IDS 803 Origins and Implications of the Knowledge Society (3 credit hours).
IDS 804 Information Literacy (3 credit hours).

Concentration in International Enterprise Leadership

MGT 606 International Business (3 credit hours).
MKT 606 International Marketing (3 credit hours).
ECFI 645 International Finance (3 credit hours).
And three of the following courses
BCOM 601 Managerial Communication (3 credit hours).
ECFI 640 Money, Banking and Macroeconomy (3 credit hours).
GBUS 804 Financial Management (3 credit hours).
LDRS 650 Principles of Organizational Leadership (3 credit hours).
MGT 605 Intrepreneurship (3 credit hours).
MGT 611 Human Resource Management (3 credit hours).
MKT 609 Strategic Electronic Marketing (3 credit hours).

Culminating Experience

IDS 820 Projects in Liberal Studies (3 credit hours). Alternatives: IDS 890 Internship in Liberal Studies and IDS 899 Thesis in Liberal Studies (each three credit hours).

Contact information

Contact Dr. Art Morin at (785) 628-5578 for more information. Once you have been admitted to this concentration, please follow the MLS Checklist and carefully read The MLS Student Handbook.

 

For more information, contact: Art Morin, Director of the Master of Liberal Studies Program Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Wiest Hall B710 Fort Hays State University Hays, KS 67601 (785) 628-5950

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