Degree Completion Program in Leadership and Organization Behavior
Leadership and Organization Behavior Degree Completion
Program (LOB)
Brief Overview
This innovative program is designed for busy professionals and enables students to complete course work in the organization behavior major in two-and-a-half years. While it includes a distance-learning component, the program relies on classroom-based instruction for core learning.
Features of the Program
- A high-achieving community of learners
Students who enter the program each fall take courses together in a cohort, creating a community of working professionals who bring commitment and drive to their college studies.
- Leadership focus for professional advancement
Providing a strong focus on leadership, the program emphasizes the strategies and problem-solving skills students need to move ahead in their professions.
- Predictable, year-round schedule
During the academic year, the course meetings are scheduled for alternating Saturdays, so that students may plan their schedule months in advance and take two courses per term. Intensive summer courses are scheduled for every Saturday.
- Innovative, interactive courses
Each course in the program is based on a best-practice model for adult education. Both classroom experiences and online components stress interactive learning, teamwork, and project-based curricula. Instructors function as facilitators, mentors, and learning coaches, ensuring a high degree of interaction with students.
- Blended learning combining classroom and online instruction
Most courses are a combination of in-class lecture, discussion, and online sessions.
- Flexible structure to meet individual needs
Students can work with an advisor to take more or fewer courses as needed, as well as College Level Examination Program (CLEP) tests to speed their degree process. Courses are also open to non-cohort students, which promotes intellectual diversity.
Program Outcomes
The LOB program is designed to:
- Integrates knowledge of organizational behavior and other social sciences, communication studies, and the fundamentals of finance and accounting, and applies that knowledge to real-world scenarios.
- Develops analytic, communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills that will prepare learners for future career growth
- Helps develop leadership skills by combining leadership theory with the best practices
Program Audience
This program is intended for working professionals with managerial experience or who are on a managerial track. Applicants should have five to seven years of professional work experience and should have completed one to two years of college (30-60 semester hours or 45-90 quarter hours). Students who have fewer college credits are also welcome, though they will need to take additional courses. Since the program includes a significant online component, applicants should be comfortable in using computers and the Internet as tools of learning.
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