Organizational Leadership
What is Organizational Leadership?
- Private sector, public service, non-profit or other agencies are constantly in need of individuals who demonstrate management and leadership skills. While career opportunities are wide-ranging and varied, the qualifications required are similar.
What can I do with an Organizational Leadership degree?
- This degree provides a foundation in written and oral communications skills while enhancing critical thinking, problem solving and decision making that lead to management roles in all types of organizations.
- Career Opportunities in Organizational Leadership
- Concentration Curriculum
Bachelor of Science in Professional Studies with a concentration in Organizational Leadership
Course Outline
120 Credit Hours
Professional Core (21 hrs)The student will complete their General Education core of 41 hours and a series of Professional core classes that will prepare them to move on to their major selection concentration.
General Education courses (41 hours)
English Composition - 6 hours
Oral Communication -3 hours
Mathematics - 3 hours
Literature - 3 hours
American History - 6 hours
Humanities - 6 hours
Natural Science - 8 hours
Social/Behavioral Science - 6 hoursProfessional Core
Select 7 courses from the following (21 hours)
BMGT 3510 - Management & Organizational Behavior (3)
BMGT 3720 - Business Communication I (3)
COMM 3000 - Computer-Mediated Communication (3)
COMM 3030 - Principles of Event Planning (3)
COMM 3560 - Intercultural Communication (3)
ENGL 3250 – Professional Communication (3)
LIST 3093 - Service Learning (3)
LIST 3100 - Critical Thinking/Problem-Solving (3)
LIST 3300 – Workplace Etiquette (3)
LIST 3410 - Team Building/Workplace Dynamics (3)
LIST 3500 - Non-Profit Leadership (3)
LIST 4050 - American Sign Language I (3)
LIST 4090 - American Sign Language II (3)
LIST 4093 – Special Topics & Leadership (3)
LIST 4200 - Professional & Personal Integrity (3)
LIST 4710 - Workplace Conflict/Resolution (3)
LIST 4850 - Topics in Organizational Development (3)
MATH 3070 - Statistical Methods I (3)
PM 4120 - Organizational Leadership (3)
RELS 3420 - Religious Diversity/Workplace (3)
SPAN 3550 – Latin America: Countries & People (3)
SOC 3910 - Intro to Social Research (3)Major Selection Concentration Core
Select 5 courses from the following (15 hours)- BMGT 3600 – International Management (3)
- BMGT 3630 – Human Resource Management (3)
- BMGT 3720 - Business Communication I (3)
- BMGT 4520 - Organizational Leadership (3)
- COMM 3560 – Intercultural Communication (3)
- LDSP 3000 – Leadership Development (3)
- LIST 3215 - Introduction to Project Management (3)
- LIST 4220 - Proj Mgmt Process/Development Strategies (3)
- LIST 4250 - Proj Mgmt Schedule and Finance (3)
- LIST 4260 - Proj Mgmt Risk Mitigation, Assessment and Quality Assurance (3)
- LIST 4280 - Proj Mgmt for IT Professional (3)
- LIST 4290 - Proj Mgmt for Healthcare Administration (3)
- LIST 4850 - Topics in Organizational Development (3)
- LIST 3300 - Workplace Etiquette (3)
- LIST 4850 - Ethics and Leadership (3)
- LIST 4200 - Professional & Personal Integrity (3)
- LIST 3100 - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving (3)
- MGMT 4800 – Corporate Etiquette (3)
- PADM 4401 – Comparative Public Administration (3)
- PBRL 3400 – Introduction to Public Relations (3)
- PBRL 3409 – Public Relations Case Studies (3)
- PRST 4831 - Special Topics Navigating the Future of Work (3)
- PRST 4835 - Special Topics Ethics & AI The Good, Bad, and Unknown (3)
- PSY 3590 – Psychology of Personality (3)
- PSYC 3210 – Abnormal Psychology (3)
- SOC 3300 - Occupational Sociology (3)
- SOC 4210 - Race/Ethnicity/Multicultural (3)
- SOC 4430 - People in Organizations (3)
- SW 3200 – Cultural Diversity (3)
Electives (40 hours)
Students will complete 34 hours of any level electives and 6 hours of upper division electives
PRST 4995 Culminating project (3 hours)
The Culminating project is a final research paper or real world project in the student’s area of study
Select a Minor from the following (15-18 hours)
Leadership*
Criminal Justice*
Business Management*
Social Science*
Caregiving
Project Management for Professionals
Event Planning*
Communication Studies*
Religious Studies**completed on campus
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