Advance your career and your organization with a bachelor's degree in organizational leadership.
What industries can I work in with a BS in Organizational Leadership?
Earning a B.S. in Organizational Leadership provides graduates with valuable core business skills to enter or advance in virtually any industry from Business, Government and non-profit sectors.
Organizations in the 21st century require leaders who demonstrate a broad knowledge base of varied business disciplines and leadership skill sets, utilized for purposes of achieving the organization's mission in a highly competitive and changing global environment. This requires leaders to be able to drive high levels of performance at the individual, team, and organizational levels. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding individual and team motivation, team dynamics, ethical behavior, and organizational change processes.
What jobs can I apply for with a BS in Organizational Leadership?
In addition to the potential of advancement in your current role, graduates holding a B.S. in Organizational Leadership may qualify for positions such as Operations Manager, Branch Manager, Office Manager, General Manager, Sales Manager, Non-Profit Executive Director, Program Director, Development Manager, Community Relations Specialist and more.
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- 100% Online
- Program emphasizes understanding individual and team motivation, team dynamics, ethical behavior, and organizational change processes.
- Learn Real World skills that can be applied immediately in your current job
- Program teaches recognized 21st century methodologies including Lean, Agile
- On ramp to valuable Industry Certifications including Six Sigma Yellow Belt, Six Sigma Green Belt, Scrum Master Certification
- Fast Track option allows qualified students to earn graduate level credit at the bachelor's degree rate leading to our M.S. Organizational Leadership degree
- Part-Time or Full-Time you Set the Pace
- One Low Flat Rate for In-State and Out-of-State Students
Plus, CT State Community College Graduates! You may qualify to complete your bachelor's degree at the Community College rate.
- ACC 101: Financial Accounting3 credits
- ACC 102: Managerial Accounting3 credits
- BUS 120: Business Law3 credits
- BUS 250: International Business 3 credits
- FIN 210: Financial Management3 credits
- MGT 101: Principles of Management3 credits
- MGT 315: Organizational Behavior3 credits
- MKT 220: Principles of Marketing3 credits
This major requires a minimum of 24 credits in the Business Core and 39 credits in Major Requirements. All major requirements must be completed with a grade of 'C' or higher.
- Choose one of the following:
BUS 201: Business Statistics
MAT 105: Statistics
PSY 216: Psychology Statistics3 cr - Choose one of the following:
ECO 103: Macroeconomics
ECO 104: Microeconomics3 cr - MGT 326: Organizational Theory3 cr
- Choose one of the following:
MGT 327: Organizational Change
*OEL 530: Organizational Development3 cr - MGT 330: Diversity & Inclusion in Workplace3 cr
- Choose one of the following:
Lean Management
Agile Development & Management3 cr - Choose one of the following:
MGT 450: Leadership Practices
*OEL 520: Team Dynamics & Processes in Modern Work Teams3 cr - Choose one of the following:
MGT 451: Team Leadership
*OEL525: Team Dynamics & Proc in Modern Work Teams3 cr - MGT 460: Fundamentals of Project Management3 cr
- MGT 467: Training & Development3 cr
- Strategic Management3 cr
- PHL 485: Business Ethics & Individual Values3 cr
- LDR 495:Organizational Leadership Major Capstone3 cr
*These courses must be approved as part of the Fast-Track Undergraduate to Graduate Degree Program.
Students who graduate with a BS in Organizational Leadership will be able to:
Broad Based Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will acquire the relevant ethical and disciplinary knowledge and competencies appropriate to their programs of study.
- Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the global environment in which business operates.
- Students will be able to demonstrate and apply critical thinking and decision-support tools and apply them to management decision making.
- Students will be able to demonstrate well-developed, professional oral and written communication skills
Intended Student Learning Outcomes - BS in Organizational Leadership
- Students will demonstrate and utilize the concepts, theories, and relationships across the various leadership disciplines and practices including leadership theory, motivation theory, group dynamics, team building, organization theory, strategic management, and change management theory and practices.
- Students will be able to explain the global environment of business including the political, social, and intercultural sensitivities that exist in society that are important to the development of meaningful relationships and success in business and in life.
- Students will understand and demonstrate professional business behavior, social responsibility, and ethical decision making and conduct.
- Students will be able to demonstrate well-developed and effective critical thinking, decision making, problem solving, organizational leadership, teamwork; oral and written communication skills utilizing tools such as the internet, research databases, and other tools as required.
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- Credit for credentials
- Six (6) start dates
- Expert Faculty