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Organizational Leadership Degree Requirements

Core Curriculum Areas A-E (See VSU Core Curriculum) – 42 hours

Area F: Courses Appropriate to the Major – 18 semester hours

Lower-division coursework as approved by advisor for Areas C - F, including, but not limited to ACED 2400 (3 hrs) or CS 1000 (3 hrs) and PSYC 2500 (3 hrs). Course examples are:

• ACED 1100 – Introduction to Business . . . 3 hours (PLA available)
• ACED 2000 – Beginning Keyboarding . . . 3 hours (exemption exam available)
• ACED 2400 – Computer Technology for the Workplace . . . 3 hours (exemption exam available)
• CRJU 1100 – Introduction to Criminal Justice . . . 3 hours
• CS 1000 - Introduction to Microcomputers & Applications. . . 3 hours
• LEAS 1100 – Introduction to Paralegalism . . . 3 hours
• MDIA 2000 – Introduction to Mass Media . . . 3 hours
• PSYC 2500 – Fundamentals of Psychology . . . 3 hours (CLEP available)
• SOC 1101 – Introduction to Sociology . . . 3 hours (CLEP available)
• Foreign Language Courses (Optional)

Major Course Requirements – Totaling 60 semester hours

Common Core for the Organization Leadership Major (30 hours)

• ACED 2050 – Communications for the Workplace . . . 3 hours (PLA available)
• ACED 3400 – Applied Computer Technology . . . 3 hours (PLA available)
• ACED 4820 – Project Management for Technical Professionals . . . 3 hours
• ENGL 3030 – Professional Writing . . . 3 hours
• POLS 3600 – Introduction to Public Administration  . . . 3 hours
• POLS 4610 – Public Personnel Administration . . . 3 hours
• POLS 4620 – Public Finance Administration . . . 3 hours
• PSYC 3800 – Industrial/Organizational Psychology . . . 3 hours
• ORGL 3000 - Reflective Seminar I: Self as Learner. . . 1 hour
• ORGL 3050 - Reflective Seminar II: Self in Context. . .1 hour
• ORGL 4000 - Reflective Seminar III: Self Transformation, Transforming Self. . .1 hour
• ORGL 4690 - Organizational Leadership Capstone. . .3 hours

Concentrations/Guided Electives . . . 30 semester hours (two 15 credit Concentrations or combination of credits totaling 30 hours; Examples: ENGL 3020- Technical Writing and Editing . . . 3 hours, ENGL 3080 Grammar and Editing . . . 3 hours; Other Electives Chosen in Consultation with the Advisor)

CONCENTRATIONS

Office Administration & Technology

• ACED 3100 - Computer Systems . . . 3 hours (PLA available)
• ACED 3101 - Workplace Computerized Bookkeeping . . . 3 hours
• ACED 3150 - Computer Operating Systems for the Office . . . 3 hours
• ACED 3610 - Web Design & Multimedia . . . 3 hours
• ACED 3700 - Desktop Publishing . . . 3 hours
• ACED 4020 - Virtual Office Technology . . . 3 hours
• ACED 4050 - Office Management . . . 3 hours
• ACED 4550 - Health and Safety in the Work Environment . . . 3 hours
• ACED 4810 - Contemporary Skills for the Workplace . . . 3 hours
  

Legal Office Administration

• LEAS 3220 – Business Entities . . . 3 hours
• LEAS 4200 – Family Law . . . 3 hours
• LEAS 4210 – Consumer Law . . . 3 hours
• LEAS 4220 – Administrative Law . . . 3 hours
• LEAS 4230 – The Law of Real Property Transactions . . . 3 hours
• LEAS XXXX – Arbitration and Conflict Resolution . . . 3 hours
• LEAS XXXX – Other . . . 3 hours

Public Service Administration/Leadership

• POLS 3100 – Scope and Methods of Political Science . . . 3 hours
• POLS 3610 – Public Administration and Public Policy Formation . . . 3 hours
• POLS 4220 – Administrative Law and Government . . . 3 hours
• POLS 4600 – Government Organization and Administrative Theory . . . 3 hours
• POLS 4650 – Intergovernmental Relations . . . 3 hours
• POLS XXXX – Information Management . . . 3 hours
• POLS XXXX – Nonprofit Management . . . 3 hours
• POLS XXXX – PR for Public Administration . . . 3 hours
• POLS XXXX – Grant Writing for Public Organizations . . . 3 hours
• SOCI 4200 – Organizations and Work . . . 3 hours

Spanish for Professionals

• SPAN 2001 (if needed) Intermediate Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures. . .3 hours
• SPAN 2002 (if needed) Intermediate Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures. . .3 hours
• SPAN 3012 Applied Spanish Conversation. . .3 hours
• SPAN 3014 Language, Culture and Advanced Conversation. . .3 hours
• *SPAN 4500 Profession – Related Practicum or Study Abroad. . .3 hours
• *SPAN 4501 Research Project in Spanish for Professionals. . .3 hours

  *Note: Appropriate courses in the student’s major field such as Business, Criminal Justice, Sociology, Social Work, Nursing, or Biology may be substituted.