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Nov 15, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Academic Catalog
Organizational Leadership, BA (Online)
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| School |
Center for Leadership Studies, Center for Online and Extended Education |
| Academic Award |
Bachelor of Arts |
| Credits Required |
120 semester credits |
| Dean |
Jessica Herbison |
| CIP Code |
52.0213 |
| Available |
Online |
Degree Requirements
This program is designed to develop current and future leaders. With an emphasis in organizational leadership, students will develop an understanding of organizational behavior, ethics, leadership, management, and team dynamics. Students will learn practical skills to apply in today’s highly diverse and evolving workforce. Built upon several core leadership courses; students will gain the necessary tools and resources to lead in a broad range of organizational settings. This major challenges them to expand their professional potential within their unique calling and future leadership endeavors.
Graduates with a degree in Organizational Leadership will be able to:
- Analyze major leadership theories to develop a personal philosophy of leadership.
- Articulate principles related to building effective teams.
- Apply a decision-making model to resolve an ethical dilemma.
- Critique a leader’s ability to drive change using an evidence-based organizational change methodology.
Contact the Center for Online and Extended Education Enrollment Office for an information packet.
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Core Curriculum Requirements: 60
Bible and Theology: 6
Select 6 credits from the following:
Written and Verbal Communications: 9
Humanities: 9
6 credits in this area must be from Writing Practice courses* (see course descriptions for applicability)
- ENGL xxx3 Any Literature course 3 credits
- HIST xxx3 Any Course in History 3 credits
- 3 additional credits selected from the following 3 credits
Art (ARTE), Bible (BIBL), Drama (DRAM), English (ENGL), History (HIST), Language (LANG), Music (MUSI), or Theology (THEO)
Social Sciences: 9
6 credits in this area must be from Writing Practice courses* (see course descriptions for applicability)
- Select a minimum of two disciplines from the following:
Business Administration (BUSM), Communication (except COMM 1213), Economics, Education (EDUC), Exercise Science (EXSC), Geography (GEOG), Information Technology (INTC), Management (BMGT), Marketing (BMKT), Philosophy (PHIL), Political Science (PSCI), Psychology (PSYC), Sociology/Anthropology (SOCI), or User Experience Design (UXDE)
Science and Mathematics: 6
- MATH xxxx - College-level Mathematics 3 credits
- SCIE xxxx - Science course with Lab 3 credits
Core Electives: 18
Any college-level courses
Major Requirements: 36
Organizational Leadership Major Core: 24
Organizational Leadership Electives: 12
Students choose from courses that focus on leadership within their professional field. Suggestions include:
General Electives: 24
Any college-level courses
Total: 120 Semester Credits
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