The B.S. in Organizational Leadership degree program is for students who want to assume managerial roles in corporate or nonprofit settings. The program provides a foundation in leadership, interpersonal relationships, diversity, organizational ethics, and communications while examining work behavior at the individual, group, and organizational levels. It integrates knowledge of human relations with an understanding of the fundamental operations of a company.
The organizational leadership degree is a hybrid program that incorporates both classroom and online coursework. A completely online program is also available.
For more information, contact Elizabeth M. Stork, Ph.D., associate professor of Organizational Leadership at stork@rmu.edu or (412) 397-6879.
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Below is a typical four-year course of study, including major requirements and electives. Your own schedule will vary based on your own interests. This degree can be completed either on-ground with an online component or entirely online.
| FRESHMAN/Fall Semester | FRESHMAN/Spring Semester |
| Reading & Writing Strategies | Argument and Research |
| Organizational Communication | Global Perspectives |
| Art and Music | Elective |
| Principles of Sociology |
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| Elective |
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| SOPHOMORE/Fall Semester | SOPHOMORE/Spring Semester |
| General Psychology | Survey of Economics |
| Leadership and Ethics | Business Professional Communication |
| Public Speaking and Persuasion | Assessing Organizational Effectiveness |
| Reading and Literature | Elective |
| Elective |
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| JUNIOR/Fall Semester | JUNIOR/Spring Semester |
| Statistical Reasoning | American National Government |
| Organizational Leadership Skills I | Organizational Leadership Skills II |
| Elective | Science core elective |
| Elective | Elective |
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Elective |
| SENIOR/Fall Semester | SENIOR/Spring Semester |
| Virtual Teams and Organization | Capstone Seminar |
| Contemp. Issues in Org. Studies | Elective |
| Elective | Elective |
| Elective | Elective |
| Elective | Elective |
Members of a society conduct their daily lives intersecting with their established educational, political, cultural, religious, commercial, familial, community and governmental organizations. These organizations require effective and flexible leaders and followers to maintain a well-functioning society and enable members to adapt to inevitable change. Organizational Leadership is an interdisciplinary program emphasizing the analytical and practical skills necessary to effectively participate in a wide range of society's organizations. You will learn and practice how leaders recognize opportunity and motivate individuals and groups, and how followers choose leaders and why. You will learn to anticipate, plan, reflect, and act on problems and opportunities by using information, negotiating, organizing resources, and understanding human behavior.
School computing facilities include both PCs and Macs, geographic information systems and business intelligence software, the university VMware View Server, and remote access to five servers for web pages, database, and security programs.
In summer 2012, our school’s five departments will be housed in a new building on campus. The structure will include classrooms, computer labs, media arts studios, editing suites, a gallery, teleconferencing facilities, faculty and administrative offices, student meeting spaces, and a café.
Faculty members in the School of Communications and Information Systems, Department of Organizational Leadership, are dedicated to teaching and academic research, and they bring their own professional experience into the classroom. As guides and mentors, they inspire students to acquire the knowledge and skills they need to be successful in their academic pursuits and in their lives. Their professional experience and community involvement helps students apply what they’re learning in the classroom to real-world situations in the workplace and beyond.
Scholarships are available based upon academic achievement.
For freshmen, high school grade point average and ACT/SAT scores are used. For transfer students, the cumulative grade point average of all college courses is used. Scholarships range from $1000 per year up to full tuition. (To calculate your scholarship eligibility, click here.)
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