Organizational Leadership, B.A.

Innovative Leadership Education

Organizational Leadership is an interdisciplinary field of study that focuses on the human side of organizations and the application of leadership theory to practice.  The degree prepares students for careers in management and leadership in corporate, not-for-profit, and community organizations.  The program starts with a strong liberal arts core, and then incorporates coursework in leadership, business, and human resources.  

Program Features

You will learn to apply cutting edge research and practices from leadership, psychology, and business to innovate, drive results, and lead change.  Through your coursework, you can set yourself apart with competencies in:

• Change leadership
• Conflict management
• Evidence-based and ethical decision making
• Strategic communication
• Critical thinking

Career Opportunities

When you enter the Organizational Leadership program, you can create a major with an emphasis in the area that most interests you such as business, psychology, communication, sociology, industrial/organizational psychology, fine arts, humanities, or applied sciences – to name just a few.

You will be uniquely prepared for careers in one of the fast growing areas of:

• General management and leadership
• Non-profit leadership
• Human resource leadership
• Public relations leadership
• Learning and development
• Organization development
• Talent management

Transform your leadership skills to become an effective change agent in your organization with a degree in organizational leadership. 
 

Program Mission

The Mission of the Organizational Leadership program is to prepare students for careers in management and leadership in corporate, not-for-profit, and community organizations.  Building upon a liberal arts foundation, we want students to learn and transform their leadership skills to become effective change agents in their organization.

 

Consistent with this mission, the Organizational Leadership program is committed to providing students

 

1. an active learning environment to develop the needed knowledge base in the fields related to organizational leadership be an effective change agent. 
2. hands-on research opportunities to understand the field of organizational leadership.
3. opportunities to develop an understanding of diversity, broadly defined, as it impacts the field of organizational leadership.
4. opportunities to develop communication skills applied to the field of organizational leadership.
5. professional development opportunities related to organizational leadership.
6. opportunities to develop the critical thinking skills required to thrive in our world today.

 

Note: Some courses in the Organizational Leadership program are only available in the online format.