Organizational Leadership - Adult Studies, B.O.L.

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Adult Studies Program for Working Adults

Course Requirements (120 Cr. Hrs.)

The purpose of the Bachelor of Organizational Leadership program is to provide leadership skills based on Christian principles, increase interpersonal skills and employee relations skills that are required of leaders, enhance communication skills needed by leaders, and expand skills in one’s chosen career path. The curriculum will have two options. One is a degree completion option for those with an associate’s degree. The other is for those without a degree. The program is intended to supplement one’s technical skills and work experience with leadership and people skills.

Degree Completion Option - General Education And Degree Requirements

Completion of associate’s degree ( a maximum of 64 semester hours transferred as “block” credit); a minimum of 56 semester hours from a senior college or university; a minimum of 45 semester hours of upper division course; a minimum of 36 semester hours from Anderson University; a minimum of 36 semester hours of general education courses to include MAT 101 - College Algebra or MAT 106 - Algebra with Business Applications , and at least three semester hours from each of the following areas: Humanities/Fine Arts, Social/Behavioral Sciences (Note: PSY 101 and SOC 101 are prerequisites for several required upper level courses), Communication (Note: This includes ENG 101 and ENG 102 ), and Natural Science; CHR 105 and CHR 305

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Option For Non-Degreed Students - General Education Requirements (36 Cr. Hrs.)

Skills

Communication (6 Cr. Hrs.)

ENG 101 - Composition and Communication I 3 Cr. Hrs.
ENG 102 - Composition and Communication II 3 Cr. Hrs.

Mathematics (3 Cr. Hrs.)

MAT 101 - College Algebra 3 Cr. Hrs.
MAT 106 - Algebra with Business Applications 3 Cr. Hrs.
(Students should have earned an acceptable score on a math placement test before enrolling in MAT 101 or MAT 106 )

Areas of Inquiry

Humanities: Christian Studies (6 Cr. Hrs.)

CHR 105 - Introduction to the Bible 3 Cr. Hrs.
CHR 305 - Christian Worldview and Contemporary Application 3 Cr. Hrs.

Humanities/Fine Arts (3 Cr. Hrs.)

Literature (3 Cr. Hrs.)

Natural Sciences (3 Cr. Hrs.)

Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 Cr. Hrs.)

Additional Requirements in Humanities/Fine Arts and Social/Behavioral Sciences (9 Cr. Hrs.)

Organizational Leadership Core (36 Cr. Hrs.)

CIS 120 - Introduction to Information Processing Systems 3 Cr. Hrs.
ENG 301 - Business Communications 3 Cr. Hrs.
MAT 108 - Finite Probability and Statistics 1 3 Cr. Hrs.
MGT 341 - Principles of Management 3 Cr. Hrs.
MGT 343 - Management of Human Resources 3 Cr. Hrs.
MGT 410 - Employment and Labor Law 3 Cr. Hrs.
MGT 443 - Leadership 3 Cr. Hrs.
PSY 318 - Industrial/Organizational Psychology 3 Cr. Hrs.
SOC 310 - Race and Ethnic Relations 3 Cr. Hrs.
OLS 450 - Critical Thinking in Organizations 3 Cr. Hrs.
OLS 479 - Quality Management 3 Cr. Hrs.
OLS 490 - Senior Seminar in Organizational Leadership 3 Cr. Hrs.

Major Electives Requirements (12 Cr. Hrs.)

Choose from:

OLS 310 - Accounting/Budgeting Concepts for Managers 3 Cr. Hrs.
OLS 420 - Compensation 3 Cr. Hrs.
OLS 440 - Training and Development 3 Cr. Hrs.
OLS 495 (3-6 Cr. Hrs.)
CIS 352 - Management of Information Systems 3 Cr. Hrs.
MGT 469 - Service Quality Management 3 Cr. Hrs.
PSY 301 - Social Psychology 3 Cr. Hrs.
SOC 315 - The Individual in Society 3 Cr. Hrs.

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