Master of Arts in Executive Coaching & Consulting

The Master's in Executive Coaching and Consulting will take between 1 year and 19 months for a total of 33 credits. Students will take one or two 7-week courses at a time. Learning activities will involve approximately 10 to 12 hours of the student’s time investment each week. It is suggested that students working full time take only one course at a time.

Through successful completion of the Masters of Arts program, participants will earn 163 hours of coach-specific training and mentor coaching required for the International Coaching Federation’s (ICF) Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential.

Core Courses

• EXCC 600: Personal Development Skills Process Group (3 units)
• EXCC 602: Building Healthy Culture and Performance (3 units)
• EXCC 604: Leading Change and Motivation (3 units)
• EXCC 612: Executive Coaching and Character Development (3 units)
• EXCC 613: Developing the Executive Coaching Relationship (3 units)
• EXCC 614: Advanced Executive Coaching (3 units)
• EXCC 603: Mindful Leadership, Neuroscience, and Emotional Intelligence (3 units)
• EXCC 616 or 611: Presentation and Training Skills or Establishing Your Coaching & Consulting Business (1 unit)
• EXCC 617: Consulting Skills (3 units)
• EXCC 618: Practicum: Executive Coaching and Consulting I (1 unit)
• EXCC 619: Practicum: Executive Coaching and Consulting II (1 unit)
• EXCC 620: Executive Coaching and Consulting Capstone (3 units)

Elective Courses - Choose one course

• EXCC 607: Group Coaching (3 units)
• ORGL 615: Servant Leadership (3 units)
• ORGL 605: Team Building, Conflict Management (3 units)
• ORGL 616: Essential Communication Strategies (3 units)
• ORGL 611: Effective Strategy and Execution (3 units)

For course descriptions, please see the Academic Catalog.

All courses are conducted in English.

The Townsend Institute takes a different approach to academics. We know it’s the time you spend with people who have legitimate on-the-ground experiences and have accomplished their goals that has the greatest impact. That’s why we provide students with the opportunity to personally learn from Dr. John Townsend, our Institute Fellows and faculty. Together, they cultivate a relational learning experience, addressing the head and the heart through science and data.

We believe there is great value in frequent, real-time interaction with fellow students and your instructors. Our graduate programs launch with a 4-Day Residency where you will meet Dr. Townsend personally as he and our Townsend Institute Fellows conduct a series of trainings. You will also go through 8 process-focused growth groups – you will not leave the same person.

To learn more about the Institute’s 4-day Residency, attend a Townsend LIVE info session.

The Townsend Institute is housed within Concordia University Irvine, a private, Lutheran university. Located in Southern California, Concordia serves over 4,000 students annually, on campus and online. Centered by a Christian worldview, and guided by the Great Commission, Concordia is home to a thoughtful and caring community of learners.

• Leaders who want to increase their value to their organization by adding the skill of coaching, which often provides opportunities for advancement. When you integrate coaching knowledge and skills into your leadership style, you learn how to have powerful coaching conversations that increase trust, initiative, and increase the performance of your team members.
• Consultants and executive coaches who want to learn the Townsend Competence & Character coaching and consulting model while earning a graduate academic degree.
• Those transitioning to a career in executive coaching and consultation in response to the emergence of executive coaching as an established and distinct profession within the international field of individual and organizational development.