As today’s workforce continues to be faced by new challenges, leadership tasks and responsibilities have become more important as well as more complex. The Master of Science in Organizational Leadership uses a practical, experiential learning approach to help students examine and develop their individual leadership styles while building skills that inspire and drive productive activity in all kinds of professional environments. Graduates are well able to perform at a higher level regardless of their position within the organization, demonstrate readiness for promotion, start their own business or consulting practice, take on global strategic and management challenges, and drive organizational change and innovation.
- Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality.
- Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality.
Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.
Required Courses
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| LDR 6100 | Developing Your Leadership Capability | 3 |
| LDR 6110 | Leading Teams Strategically in a Global Environment | 3 |
| LDR 6115 | Developing Strategic and Authentic Leadership Communication | 3 |
| LDR 6120 | Developing Organizational Success through Leadership Development | 3 |
| LDR 6135 | Ethical Leadership | 3 |
| LDR 7980 | The Capstone: Demonstrating Leadership in Action | 4 |
Concentration or Electives
The remaining quarter hours may be completed by a combination of completing a concentration and additional electives or selecting any courses listed in the concentrations and elective list.
Concentrations
Electives
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| |
| Negotiation, Mediation, and Facilitation | |
| Foundations of Developing Cultural Awareness | |
| Cultural Communications Lab | |
| Interdisciplinary Foundations | |
| Strategic Workforce Planning | |
| Employee Engagement | |
| Global Human Resources Management | |
| Global Talent Acquisition and Mobility | |
| International Field Study Experience | |
| Leadership Challenge Lab | |
| Leadership Strategy, Design, and Practice | |
| Developing Sustainable Global Leadership | |
| Innovation and Organizational Transformation | |
| Leadership Coaching for Purpose and Performance | |
| Topics | |
Program Credit/GPA Requirements
45 total quarter hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required
Coaching
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| LDR 6190 | Leadership Coaching for Purpose and Performance | 3 |
| LDR 6195 | Advanced Leadership Coaching: An Interdisciplinary Approach | 3 |
| 9 |
| Negotiation, Mediation, and Facilitation | |
| Foundations of Developing Cultural Awareness | |
| Employee Engagement | |
| Innovation and Organizational Transformation | |
Health Management
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| HMG 6110 | Organization, Administration, Financing, and History of Healthcare | 3 |
| HMG 6130 | Healthcare Strategic Management | 3 |
| HMG 6140 | Principles of Population-Based Management | 3 |
| HMG 6160 | Healthcare Information Systems Management | 3 |
| HMG 6170 | Health Law, Politics, and Policy | 3 |
Human Resources Management
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| HRM 6015 | Introduction to Human Resources Management | 3 |
| HRM 6025 | Workforce Analytics | 3 |
| 9-12 |
| Creating a High-Performance Organization: Strategic Organizational and HRM Choices | |
| Compensation and Benefits | |
| Talent Acquisition and Onboarding | |
| The Employment Contract | |
| Strategic Workforce Planning | |
| Managing the Employee Life Cycle | |
| Employee Engagement | |
| Organizational Design | |
| Global Human Resources Management | |
Leading and Managing Technical Projects
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| PJM 5900 | Foundations of Project Management 1 | 4 |
| PJM 6205 | Leading and Managing Technical Projects | 3 |
| PJM 6210 | Communication Skills for Project Managers | 3 |
| PJM 6215 | Leading Remote Project Teams | 3 |
| PJM 6810 | Principles of Agile Project Management | 3 |
Organizational Communication
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| CMN 6000 | Introduction to Organizational Communication | 3 |
| CMN 6020 | Ethical Issues in Organizational Communication | 3 |
| CMN 6050 | Crisis Communication | 3 |
| CMN 6090 | Organizational Culture, Climate, and Communication | 3 |
| CMN 6110 | Group Dynamics and Interpersonal Conflict: Meeting Management | 3 |
| INT 6000 | Writing Lab | 1 |
Project Management
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| PJM 5900 | Foundations of Project Management 2 | 4 |
| PJM 6005 | Project Scope Management | 3 |
| PJM 6015 | Project Risk Management | 3 |
| PJM 6025 | Project Scheduling and Cost Planning | 3 |
| Experiential Learning Projects for Professionals | |
| Integrative Experiential Learning | |
| Project Finance | |
| Project Evaluation and Assessment | |
| Managing Troubled Projects | |
| Global Project Management | |
| Project Resource Management | |
| Project Stakeholder Management | |
| Leading and Managing Technical Projects | |
| Communication Skills for Project Managers | |
| Leading Remote Project Teams | |
| Introduction to Program and Portfolio Management | |
| Topics | |
Sales Management
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| LDR 6100 | Developing Your Leadership Capability | 3 |
| SMT 6010 | Building Business Acumen | 3 |
| SMT 6020 | Managing the Customer Experience | 3 |
| SMT 6060 | Decision Support and Sales Analytics | 3 |
| 6 |
| Consumer Behaviors in the Online Environment | |
| Leveraging Digital Technologies: Strategy, Assessment, and Governance | |
| Negotiation, Mediation, and Facilitation | |
| AI System Technologies | |
| Leading Teams Strategically in a Global Environment | |
| Ethical Leadership | |
| Foundations of Project Management | |
| Communication Skills for Project Managers | |
| Managing Innovation Projects | |
| Topics | |
