The concentration in Organizational Leadership is designed to (1) promote understanding of the nature of organizations and the fundamentals of administrative leadership; (2) allow students to reflect upon national and international organizational contexts and upon significant social and cultural issues raised in those contexts; and (3) promote skills in formal and interpersonal communication, including sensitivity to personal issues having an impact upon the quality of accomplishment in the work place.

General Education (35-41 hours)

See University General Education Program for the University General Education Program requirements. Students who have completed one year of American History in high school are exempted from the six credit-hour History General Education Program requirement; otherwise, students will have to meet the History requirement.

Coordinated Study (33 hours)

Many upper-division (3000/4000-level) courses have prerequisites that must be met prior to being permitted to register for those courses. You are responsible for knowing and satisfying all course prerequisites. Some (not all) prerequisites are listed below. For specific information about courses and the prerequisites they may have, please view course descriptions at: Course Descriptions

A course taken in one group will not be counted in another group of the Professional Core.

Administration and Supervision (3 hours)

MGMT 3110 - Organization and Mgmt Credit Hours: (3)

PADM 3601 - Public Admin Credit Hours: (3)

TECH 4381 - Principles of Supervision Credit Hours: (3)

Organizational Systems (3 hours)

MGMT 3215 - Management of Human Resources Credit Hours: (3)

MGMT 4420 - Organizational Behavior in Business Credit Hours: (3)

PADM 4226 - Intro Nonprofit Organizations Credit Hours: (3)

Statistical and Research Methods (3 hours)

EDPR 4541 - Fundmntl/Applied Stat Method Credit Hours: (3)

MATH 1530 - Prob/Statistics/Non Calculus Credit Hours: (3)

PADM 4101 - Political Statistics Credit Hours: (3)

SOCI 3311 - Social Statistics Credit Hours: (3)

Written Communications (3 hours)

ENGL 3601 - Technical and Profess Writing Credit Hours: (3)

ENGL 3604 - Persuasive Writing Credit Hours: (3)

PBRL 3421 - Intro to Strategic Writing Credit Hours: (3)

Team and Organizational Relations (3 hours)

COMM 4011 - Communication in Organizations Credit Hours: (3)

COMM 4341 - Interpersonal Communication Credit Hours: (3)

COMM 4342 - Small Group Communication Credit Hours: (3)

COMM 4373 - Interracial Communication Credit Hours: (3)

COMM 4375 - Intercultural Communication Credit Hours: (3)

COMM 4380 - Communication and Conflict Credit Hours: (3)

COUN 4621 - Human Interactions Credit Hours: (3)

Political and International Context (3 hours)

ACCT 3130 - Legal/Social/Political Environ Credit Hours: (3)

ACCT 3011 - Business Law Credit Hours: (3)

HIST 3212 - Latin American History since 1808 Credit Hours: (3)

HIST 3274 - Islamic History since 1405 Credit Hours: (3)

HIST 3291 - Modern Asia Credit Hours: (3)

HIST 3302 - Modern Europe 1800-Present Credit Hours: (3)

HIST 3881 - African American History Credit Hours: (3)

POLS 3213 - Intro to Public Policy Credit Hours: (3)

POLS 3302 - West Europe Govt/Politics Credit Hours: (3)