Purpose Statement
The Graduate Program provides distinctive pathways of personal and professional development for servant leaders.
The Graduate Program’s Academic Goals
Graduates of WLC’s Masters programs:
- Lead by serving others in the home, workplace, and community;
- Apply analytic skills through collaborative inquiry, research, and reflection on personal experience;
- Achieve personal and professional goals through application of new learning.
Master’s Degree Learner Outcomes
Graduates of all Master’s programs:
- Lead with personal integrity and professional ethics to create a shared vision for results-oriented success;
- Mentor people and manage resources through collegial approaches that foster shared leadership;
- Engage in data-driven assessment practices to create high-performing academic programs measured by achievement in learning;
- Promote a learning community that engages in reflective practice and action research;
- Demonstrate content knowledge and implement appropriate instructional strategies that maximize learning for all students, regardless of their age or instructional environment;
- Integrate technology into the design, delivery, and assessment of learning environments and experiences;
- Foster an environment of culturally-responsive adaptive practice that values diversity for the realization of collective potential;
- Communicate through collegiate level writing and speaking skills and with transparency to engage students, parents, and others in the advancement of the school, community, and corporate learning environment.
The Master of Arts in Education (MA) Program
The Master of Arts in Education provides the graduate student an opportunity to experience a program of study centered on a particular focus or specialty that is in alignment with professional leadership goals for current or future careers. Wisconsin Lutheran College offers graduate degree specialties in High Performance Instruction, Leadership and Innovation, Instructional Technology, Transition to Teaching, and Special Education (Additional Teaching Licensure or Administrative Licensure).
Master of Science in Sport and Recreation Management (SPM)
The Master of Science in Sport and Recreation Management provides the graduate student an opportunity to develop the core skills required of any manager to be successful in a sport setting. The program prepares students for careers in a range of management professions in the sport industry including sports administration, sports marketing, sports communication, sports facilities, and sports entertainment. Graduates will be prepared for management and leadership positions in sports organizations at the local, collegiate, and professional levels.
Specialties
Sports Coaching: The Master of Science in Sport and Recreation Management offers students two specialty emphases, Sports Coaching and Sports Management. The Sports Coaching emphasis is designed to prepare a student for leadership in a coaching career. In the world of athletics, the difference between average and elite performance can hinge on the level of coaching an athlete receives. Premier coaches use cutting edge motivation and instructional techniques to maximize the performance of their athletes and their teams. In the Sports Coaching program, students will be given the education to meet the challenges coaches face on a day-to-day basis and to find practical solutions to everyday problems.
Sports Management: This emphasis is designed to give students the core skills required of any manager to be successful in a sport and/or recreation management setting. With specialized education at the graduate level, students will be prepared for management and leadership positions in sports organizations at the local, collegiate, and professional levels or to plan, organize, and administer recreation and leisure programs, services, and activities.
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