Distance Learning

Courses

Leadership in a Global Society

Students learn how cultural context affects leadership style, conflict negotiation, and ethical decision making; examine how leaders might impact culture; and develop their own multicultural awareness and competencies. Contemporary cases of how leadership varies depending on cultural context are researched. Key geographical regions of the world will be analyzed from a leadership perspective, and an individual cultural experience highlighting the intersection of leadership and culture also occurs.

Profiles of Leaders

The objective of this course is to focus on the basic principles of personal and interpersonal leadership through the exploration of various leaders. It uses the case study method to analyze several well-known leaders. Students will explore the motivation, decision-making, time management, power, team building, conflict resolution, and change management of pivotal leaders.

Communications for the Workplace - eMajor Only

Principles of effective oral and written communications. A thorough review of grammar, sentence and paragraph construction, punctuation and writing techniques. Emphasis on the job-getting process.

This course is part of the eMajor collaborate program degree. The tuition for this course is at the current eMajor rate.

Writing for Leadership

Move beyond the inspirational poster! In this course, students read and study the works of famous leaders as models for their own communications as leaders. Students will learn to analyze the rhetoric and persuasive techniques in the speeches, writings, and rhetoric of leaders both real and fictional, such as Shakespeare’s Henry V, Winston Churchill, Sun Tzu, Marcus Aurelius, Queen Elizabeth I and others, while reading excerpts from contemporary business advice literature. Themes for the class will include: How to Inspire, How to Navigate Change, and How to Change Minds

Introduction to Public Administration

This course introduces students to Public Administration, which is a sub-field of Political Science. Administrative aspects of Political Science will be examined, focusing on concepts and methods used to analyze public policy, political systems, governmental structures, bureaucracy, government and public management, and public policy planning.

Ethics and Leadership

The objective of this course is to explore the theories, models, and constructs related to the
study and practice of ethics
and leadership. Teaches students to develop ethical decision-making strategies, communicate
effectively in diverse group settings, value civic engagement and actively apply ethical leadership
skills.
 

Program and Policy Evaluation for Leaders

Students will learn the methods of collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and communicating policy and program information used in organizational evaluations. Program and policy evaluation assists program managers and policy makers (leaders) in making decisions about which programs to fund, policies to modify, expand or eliminate. Students will learn how to be critical and effective users of evaluations. This course will examine a broad range of social and organizational policy areas including health, criminal justice (public sector), education, public finance, human services, and development.

Reflective Seminar 1: Self as Learner - eMajor only

Graded "Satisfactory" or "Unsatisfactory". An introduction to the major conceptual frameworks for reflective learning that require students to reflect on and document their own assumptions, beliefs, and biases and how they affected their prior learning experiences. - Restricted to BS-ORGL Majors.

This course is part of the eMajor collaborate program degree. The tuition for this course is at the current eMajor rate.

Reflective Seminar II: Self in Context - eMajor only

Graded ''satisfactory" or “unsatisfactory." A seminar that develops the student's understanding of the conceptual frameworks for reflective learning.

Restricted to BS-ORGL students.

This course is part of the eMajor collaborate program degree. The tuition for this course is at the current eMajor rate.

Introduction to Organizational Development - eMajor only

A broad survey of major topics in Organizational Development including but not limited to Introduction to organizational process; creation of organizational growth climates/cultures; examination and selection of effective leadership styles and effective modes of communication; coping with the future in periods of accelerating change. - Restricted to BS-ORGL Majors.

This course is part of the eMajor collaborate program degree. The tuition for this course is at the current eMajor rate.

Technology for Organizations - eMajor only

Development of intermediate and advanced skills in the use of spreadsheet, database, communication and presentation software. Emphasis is placed on creation of computer projects appropriate to the student's plan of study.

Prerequisite: CISM 2201 or equivalent

This course is part of the eMajor collaborate program degree. The tuition for this course is at the current eMajor rate.

Reflective Seminar III: Transforming Self - eMajor only

Graded "satisfactory'' or "unsatisfactory." A seminar including critical self-evaluations of prior learning experiences using frameworks for reflection and analysis, as well as the development of the student’s own capacity to adapt and transform their own learning practices.

Restricted to BS-ORGL students.

This course is part of the eMajor collaborate program degree. The tuition for this course is at the current eMajor rate.

Capstone Seminar in Organizational Leadership - eMajor only

A capstone course in which students combine reflection on prior learning with research and analysis on the learning outcomes of their current degree program and specialization; culminating in a life learning paper that addresses their own abilities and limitations as learners and their progress in their degree program.

Restricted to BS-ORGL students.

This course is part of the eMajor collaborate program degree. The tuition for this course is at the current eMajor rate.

Organizational Internship - eMajor only

Students may receive academic credit for personal experience in non-profit organizations, the political process, or public employment. Credit hours only apply toward electives.

Prerequisites

  • POLS 1101

This course is part of the eMajor collaborate program degree. The tuition for this course is at the current eMajor rate.