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Year Course ID Course
2026-2027 INT 602

Practicum II

Provides an additional supervised practicum that builds on an initial ministry placement through continued mentored engagement in the same approved ministry context. The course emphasizes advanced theological reflection, ethical discernment, reflective practice, and communal learning.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 JAPA 101

Introduction to Japanese

An introduction to modern Japanese language and culture for students with no knowledge of Japanese. Basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills are taught, along with cultural components. Includes instruction on using computer software to produce Japanese scripts on an English keyboard.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Native Japanese speakers or students who have studied Japanese at this level may not take this course for credit. Higher levels may be offered by directed study. For more information, contact the instructor.
2026-2027 JAPA 102

Introduction to Japanese

An introduction to modern Japanese language and culture for students with no knowledge of Japanese. Basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills are taught, along with cultural components. Includes instruction on using computer software to produce Japanese scripts on an English keyboard.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JAPA 101
NB: Native Japanese speakers or students who have studied Japanese at this level may not take this course for credit. Higher levels may be offered by directed study. For more information, contact the instructor.
2026-2027 JAPA 201

Intermediate Japanese

In this course, students study modern Japanese, both oral and written, at the intermediate level. They continue to learn basic grammar principles through the study of increasingly complex sentence patterns and memorize Chinese characters, called 'Kanji' in Japanese. Classes include reading, conversational activities, and listening practice in the lab. Cultural components are also included.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JAPA 102 or instructor's consent
NB: Currently offered as a directed study.
2026-2027 JAPA 202

Intermediate Japanese II

In this course, students study modern Japanese, both oral and written, at the intermediate level. They continue to learn basic grammar principles through the study of increasingly complex sentence patterns and memorize Chinese characters, called 'Kanji' in Japanese. Classes include reading, conversational activities, and listening practice in the lab. Cultural components are also included.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JAPA 201
NB: Currently offered as a directed study.
2026-2027 JAPA 301

Intermediate Japanese III

in this course, students study modern Japanese, both oral and written, at the high intermediate level. They continue to learn essential grammar principles through the study of increasingly complex sentence patterns and memorize Chinese characters, called 'Kanji' in Japanese. Classes include reading, conversational activities, and listening practice in the lab. Cultural components are included.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JAPA 202
NB: Currently offered as a directed study.
2026-2027 JAPA 302

Intermediate Japanese IV

In this course, students study modern Japanese, both oral and written, at the high intermediate level. They continue to learn essential grammar principles through the study of increasingly complex sentence patterns and memorize Chinese characters, called 'Kanji' in Japanese. Classes include reading, conversational activities, and listening practice in the lab. Cultural components are included.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): JAPA 301
NB: Currently offered as a directed study.
2026-2027 JAPA 399

Japanese Religion & Spirituality

Investigates the complex and fascinating world of Japanese religions through experiential cultural and historical inquiry. Students are encouraged to analyze and reflect on the development of Japanese religious traditions up to the beginning of the twenty-first century, investigating the formation of a typically Japanese belief system which is based on Shinto Buddhism, and evaluating the development of doctrines and practices which have been most influential in Japanese history, including the relations between religious institutions and centres of political power, particularly during the Second World War.

Course Credits: 3
JAPA 399

Japanese Religion and Spirituality

Investigates the complex and fascinating world of Japanese religions through experiential cultural and historical inquiry. Students are encouraged to analyze and reflect on the development of Japanese religious traditions up to the beginning of the twenty-first century, investigating the formation of a typically Japanese belief system which is based on Shinto Buddhism, and evaluating the development of doctrines and practices which have been most influential in Japanese history, including the relations between religious institutions and centres of political power, particularly during the Second World War.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): None.
2026-2027 LATN 211

Latin I

An introduction to the Latin language. As Latin is the official language of the Roman Catholic Church, students will learn the religious, philosophical, and theological influences of Latin through texts, prayers, and hymns. Students will also acquire an understanding of the mechanics of Latin, learning Latin phonetics, morphology, and syntax.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
2026-2027 LATN 212

Medieval Ecclesiastical Latin

An introduction to Latin grammar and the basic vocabulary of medieval ecclesiastical Latin. The one-or two-semester program of study is designed to prepare the student for independent reading in Jerome's Latin Vulgate, the Summa Theologiae of Thomas Aquinas, and other medieval texts of moderate difficulty.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): LATN 211
NB: Taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
2026-2027 LATN 311

Advanced Readings in Latin

This course illustrates advanced topics in Latin grammar by allowing the student to study and translate advanced Latin texts. Some of the texts are chosen by the student in consultation with the instructor in order to become familiar with specialized study in a Latin author of choice.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): LATN 211 and 212
NB: Taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
2026-2027 LATN 312

Advanced Readings in Latin

This course illustrates advanced topics in Latin grammar by allowing the student to study and translate advanced Latin texts. Some of the texts are chosen by the student in consultation with the instructor in order to become familiar with specialized study in a Latin author of choice.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): LATN 311
NB: Taught at Catholic Pacific College, an approved TWU learning centre.
2026-2027 LDRS 211

Leadership: Self, Story & Service

Students will consider core questions about identity in both academic and professional contexts: "Who am I? What do I believe? and How do I live out what I believe?" They will develop self-understanding by exploring their values and unique strengths. Through this lens, they learn how leadership flourishes through authentic relationships, building a foundation for lifelong growth and positive change.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 LDRS 220

Leading with Numbers

Students develop confidence in using quantitative inquiry within organizational leadership contexts to understand how and when numbers are used to support positions people make.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 LDRS 300

Leadership as Service

This course is designed for students who wish to advance their understanding of leadership and enhance their personal leadership skills, attitudes, and behaviours in keeping with the mission of TWU. It introduces students to the literature of leadership, helps them design tools for assessing their own leadership abilities, and enables them to develop a Christian servant leadership model within the context of a Christian worldview. Team building and self-assessment exercises, leadership presentations, case studies, and field research are included.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Second-year standing or above
2026-2027 LDRS 301

Lifelong Learning Strategies in Leadership

An introduction to learning in the contexts of academic studies and personal growth for a lifetime of success as a leadership student and practicing leader. Emphasis is given to exploring three themes: (a) understanding the self as leader, (b) understanding the role of learning in leading, and (c) understanding leadership studies.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 LDRS 302

Historical Concepts & Theories in Leadership

An exploration of what leaders can learn from the past to understand contemporary leadership and to imagine future ways of leading. Students are provided with the opportunity to use the historical method, including primary sources, to understand past leaders and leadership thought. Emphasis is given to the social circumstances and philosophical ideas that led to the Classical and Scientific Management theories, and subsequent leadership theories emerging through to the 1980s.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing or instructor's consent
2026-2027 LDRS 303

Contemporary & Popular Approaches in Leadership

An overview of contemporary approaches in leadership from the 1990s to present day, including practices that focus on psychodynamics, individual and organizational values, ethical relations, teamwork, emotional and social intelligence, and other aspects that have helped define current interpretations of leadership.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing or instructor's consent
2026-2027 LDRS 310

Learning Systems

Examines leadership as systems of leading and following in various contexts. Multiple levels of analysis from self to society at large are considered. Core practices, such as, appreciative inquiry, systems thinking, and design thinking are investigated.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing or instructor's consent
2026-2027 LDRS 320

Ethical Decision-Making

An exploration of the leader's decision-making practice, including the relation to problem analysis, decision-making techniques, and ethical considerations. Emphasis is given to a critical examination of individual, organizational, and macro-level issues in ethics, and exploring the role of values and ethics in the leader's formulation of strategies for motivating, communicating, utilizing power, and developing followers.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing or instructor's consent
2026-2027 LDRS 330

Leadership in Teams

A practical examination of leadership in the team context and its relevance to organizational flourishing. Emphasis is given to shared leadership in facilitating collaborative work, problem-solving, learning, and sustainable performance.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing
2026-2027 LDRS 375

Culture & Christianity

This course examines important aspects of Christianity's involvement in global culture. Alternative models and historical examples of this involvement are considered as well as the engagement of Christianity with specific current social and cultural issues.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): LDRS 301 or instructor's consent
2026-2027 LDRS 391

Supervised Leadership Experience

This course is designed to provide a critical examination of a leadership topic or area through one's personal involvement in leadership practice. Readings emphasize leadership theory, personal reflection, and the application of leadership principles. The course involves both a critical examination of leadership and an investigation of one's personal strengths. Leadership practice is structured to provide a context to apply leadership theory, personally reflect on the theory and application, and learn how to be a more effective leader through interaction with a leadership facilitator.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Instructor's consent
2026-2027 LDRS 392

Supervised Leadership Experience

This course is designed to provide a critical examination of a leadership topic or area through one's personal involvement in leadership practice. Readings emphasize leadership theory, personal reflection, and the application of leadership principles. The course involves both a critical examination of leadership and an investigation of one's personal strengths. Leadership practice is structured to provide a context to apply leadership theory, personally reflect on the theory and application, and learn how to be a more effective leader through interaction with a leadership facilitator.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Instructor's consent
2026-2027 LDRS 393

Supervised Leadership Experience

This course is designed to provide a critical examination of a leadership topic or area through one's personal involvement in leadership practice. Readings emphasize leadership theory, personal reflection, and the application of leadership principles. The course involves both a critical examination of leadership and an investigation of one's personal strengths. Leadership practice is structured to provide a context to apply leadership theory, personally reflect on the theory and application, and learn how to be a more effective leader through interaction with a leadership facilitator.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Instructor's consent
2026-2027 LDRS 394

Supervised Leadership Experience

This course is designed to provide a critical examination of a leadership topic or area through one's personal involvement in leadership practice. Readings emphasize leadership theory, personal reflection, and the application of leadership principles. The course involves both a critical examination of leadership and an investigation of one's personal strengths. Leadership practice is structured to provide a context to apply leadership theory, personally reflect on the theory and application, and learn how to be a more effective leader through interaction with a leadership facilitator.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Instructor's consent
2026-2027 LDRS 400

Interpersonal Leadership: Negotiation & Conflict Resolution

Students learn to identify conflict sources within and outside organizations related to personal differences, real and imagined levels of power, and stakeholder interests. Forms of dispute resolution are discussed including professional arbitration and alternative methods of mediation, with recognition that conflicts can be beneficial.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing or instructor's consent
2026-2027 LDRS 410

Communication: Methods & Mediums of Persuasion & Positive Influence

Communication within an organization impacts directly/indirectly and internally/externally in four directions: colleagues, subordinates, superiors, and current and potential customers. All successful leaders are competent communicators and seek ways to develop their skills. This course provides a broad overview of communications and offers learners practical tools to improve their rapport with various audiences.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing or instructor's consent
2026-2027 LDRS 420

Leading Change

Leaders need to understand change in order to lead change. This course enables students to understand the impact of change, develop a better sense of leading complex change, and learn about various change process models, frameworks, and engagement principles to gain commitment and involvement. Students also develop an understanding of how to coach in the midst of change. Using a nine-phase change process model, students apply their learning to a change project or initiative.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing or instructor's consent
2026-2027 LDRS 431

Building Leaders I: Developing Intergenerational Leaders

An examination of the universal process of human development from a psycho-social perspective in order to understand personal responses to leadership and the perspective-taking requirements of the leader in leading others. This course provides an overview of different generations (Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials) and both their approach and responses to leadership challenges with a view to increasing the emotional intelligence of emerging leaders.

Course Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing or instructor's consent
2026-2027 LDRS 432

Building Leaders II: Vocation & Career Planning

An examination of leaders' vocation discernment and career planning in the context of both modeling and mentoring. Emphasis is given to the leaders' identification of personal calling and the creation of their career development plans and how they use their self-development knowledge as life mentors to those they lead, bringing others toward personal and professional clarity and growth.

Course Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing or instructor's consent
2026-2027 LDRS 433

Building Leaders III: Resilience in Leadership

An examination of everyday challenges and weaknesses leaders face, and how to cope effectively. This course focuses on approaches and attitudes related to leadership aspects such as criticism, failures, successes, personal attacks, weaknesses, and persistence.

Course Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing or instructor's consent
2026-2027 LDRS 440

Developing Administrative Competence

Students learn key principles and methods beyond general strategies of leadership, which lead to successful administration of private and public organizations. This course provides the student with an opportunity to apply learned leadership principles of the program in the context of a management application, thus demonstrating an understanding of both management and leadership, and acknowledging that a good leader is also a good manager. Topics include preparing strategic plans, modifying strategies, designing the organization to fit objectives, organizational governance, staffing the organization, budget building and defending, risk management and due diligence, and effective implementation of plans.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 LDRS 450

Critical Perspectives in Leadership

Examines leadership as a socially constructed process shaped by identity, power, and systemic forces. Drawing on critical social theory, students will explore how leadership practices can reinforce or transform unjust systems. Key themes include race, gender, colonialism and decolonization, Indigenous reconciliation, and the evolving impact of the digital age, including artificial intelligence and algorithms. Students will critically engage with the legacies of leadership and formulate biblically grounded approaches to equity, justice, reconciliation, and restoration.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): LDRS 302.
2026-2027 LDRS 490

Leading in the World

Students are invited to use the discipline of leadership as a mode of inquiry to explore the relation between the leader as a person and the social world where the leader seeks to intervene. Emphasis is given to how a leader's awareness of human uniqueness and interconnectedness is practically expressed in, and informed by, social ways of relating respectfully to all others in order to create positive transformations in the workplace and society, locally, nationally, and globally.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing or instructor's consent
2026-2027 LDRS 491

Leadership Practicum I

Students are engaged in an experiential learning opportunity within a practical setting to apply knowledge and skills they have gained in their B.A. in Leadership studies. Applied projects are developed within the supervised environment of a business, non-profit agency, social service agency, or other institution related to the student's personal interests and future plans.

Course Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing or instructor's consent
2026-2027 LDRS 492

Leadership Practicum II

Students are engaged in an experiential learning opportunity within a practical setting to apply knowledge and skills they have gained in their B.A. in Leadership studies. Applied projects are developed within the supervised environment of a business, non-profit agency, social service agency, or other institution related to the student's personal interests and future plans.

Course Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing or instructor's consent and the completion of at least 3 leadership courses
2026-2027 LDRS 493

Leadership Practicum I

Students are engaged in an experiential learning opportunity within a practical setting to apply knowledge and skills they have gained in their B.A. in Leadership studies. Applied projects are developed within the supervised environment of a business, non-profit agency, social service agency, or other institution related to the student's personal interests and future plans.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing or instructor's consent
2026-2027 LDRS 494

Leadership Practicum II

Students are engaged in an experiential learning opportunity within a practical setting to apply knowledge and skills they have gained in their B.A. in Leadership studies. Applied projects are developed within the supervised environment of a business, non-profit agency, social service agency, or other institution related to the student's personal interests and future plans.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing or instructor's consent and the completion of at least 3 leadership courses
2026-2027 LDRS 499

Applied Leadership Project

The applied leadership project provides students with an opportunity in which to test and apply the skills learned in their practicum placement as well as to reflect on their own personal development as professionals. Students conduct their applied leadership project in a supervised business, nonprofit agency, social service agency, or institution related to their personal interests and future plans (preferably in the same setting as they completed their practicum). This self-directed, but practicum-facilitated project helps the students reflect on and integrate their knowledge with practical experience.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Completion of at least 75 percent of the major coursework and practica
2026-2027 LDRS 500

Leadership Foundations

This introductory course provides an understanding of the philosophical and theoretical basis for leadership, including the participant’s stage of development. Major historical models for leadership are examined with special attention to servant leadership. Participants also examine ways of improving their own leadership skills through practical interactive group exercises.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 LDRS 501

Strategic Leadership

The student gains an appreciation of practical visioning and strategic leadership with an emphasis on understanding strategic leadership framework, integrating new leadership knowledge, using different strategic perspectives, appreciation of strategy-making process and factors, developing workplace application skills, acquiring development tools and the integration of transformational servant leadership skills throughout.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 LDRS 502

Team Leadership & Conflict Resolution

This course prepares those currently in leadership positions to assess and develop their abilities to coach and develop teams, manage conflict by building relationship, and turning confrontation into cooperation, as well as explore and experience teamwork. Participants understand conflict theory teamwork development, motivation, and management strategies. As leaders and agents of change, candidates analyze and formulate key knowledge and skill areas that enable them to construct the competencies of self-renewal, communication, and understand how they interact in a team. Development of these competencies increase participants' abilities to value people, and thereby, increase the effectiveness of their negotiation, intervention, and impact in a team environment. The course is facilitative, participatory, and experiential. Candidates complete this course having experienced personal change, and having the confidence and competence to influence others through building relationship, cooperative negotiation, and a greater trust in a team environment.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 LDRS 503

Results Based Leadership

An analysis of organizational development and operation in a leadership-based system for performance results measurement and reporting: terminology, concepts, and skill needs; the role of a Christian perspective on financial accountability, concepts and principles; specific stakeholder interests in defining data/ information needs; key elements and factors for quality business plans and budgets; governance, financial leadership, performance results measurement and reporting strategies.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 LDRS 504

Leadership Values & Ethics

This course focuses on enhancing ethical awareness and practicing ethical leadership from a Christian worldview perspective. Students critically evaluate ethical frameworks and apply dilemmas and cases to leadership. Participants assess personal values, purpose and vision in relation to leadership and construct a personal decision-making framework.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 LDRS 591

Scholarly Inquiry

This course provides an overview of the process, critical analysis, and associated skills required for scholarship and research. This course is designed for learners who may have little experience in the area of research, and provides introduction to scholarly inquiry and various research approaches being used in the field of leadership to the end that learners may become discriminating consumers of research.

Course Credits: 3
NB: This course is a prerequisite for LDRS 697. The aim of this course is to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary for the completion of an ePortfolio, which serves to integrate practical MA in Leadership program curriculum content.
2026-2027 LDRS 611

Organizational Behaviour

This is a graduate-level introduction to the social theory and analysis of organizations. Process of individual behaviour in organizations is examined, including attitudes, motivation, satisfaction, stress, perception, and attribution. Social behaviour studies include group formation and structure, socialization, organizational culture, and gender dynamics. Attention is given to the evolution of organizations along with the scaling or organizational processes during growth, and the consequent demands upon leaders as organizations change.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 LDRS 612

Leading Change & Innovation

This course is designed to deepen student's understanding of how transformational servant leaders can and must survive and thrive while leading change initiatives, leading for innovation, and promoting new ways of being in twenty-first century organizations. This is a time of uncertainty and opportunity. Change and innovation is about understanding and predicting reality; it is about new strategic and operational paradigms. Leading innovation requires different ways of engaging people around issues, and new personal, team and organizational responses to today's world.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 LDRS 614

Mission, Marketing & Quality

An examination of marketing models and frameworks including an initial exploration of Christian worldview perspectives. The course explores marketing as it is practised by North American organizations (tools, techniques, and frameworks used in market analysis and planning); and engages in the marketing discipline through the eyes of faith.

Course Credits: 3