Department website: https://www.atu.edu/ceh/pace/orgstudies

Department website: https://www.atu.edu/ceh/pace/orgstudies

The Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Leadership, Career Experience option integrates academic study with up to thirty (30) credit hours of credit for prior learning to provide highly experienced professionals with a more streamlined pathway to degree completion by assessing and awarding academic credit for learning through experience in the workplace and other professional settings. Participants earn credit through the CPL portfolio and/or CPL course equivalency processes. 

To be considered for admission to the Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Leadership - Career Experience option, applicants must meet all requirements for admissions to the institution and the following minimum program requirements:

• Professional Experience
  • A minimum of 10 years full-time professional work experience
  • At least five years of supervisory, managerial, or leadership experience with demonstrated responsibility for staff, projects, or organizational functions
• Submission of a detailed, comprehensive resume outlining professional and supervisory experience
• Submission of three professional references

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See appropriate alternatives or substitutions in "General Education Requirements".

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3000 - 4000 level Organizational Studies electives from the following course prefixes: BAS, LEAD, and/or OL.

• Leadership - Theory, Context, and Application - students will describe, analyze, evaluate, and apply leadership theories in various and diverse contexts; students will demonstrate basic competencies in leadership and supervision, including skills in oral and written communication, ethical problem solving, research, and evidence-based decision-making; students will apply HROD concepts to selection and hiring.
• Leadership - Lifelong Learning and Development of Self, Others, and Organizations - students will articulate a plan for lifelong learning for self-awareness, leadership, and ethical development; students will apply concepts and theories of adult learning, organizational development, and change management to assess, evaluate, and develop individuals in hiring, training, and retaining effective employees and apply models for diagnosing, implementing, and assessing organizational change.
• Leadership - Organizational Culture, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Responsibility - students will define organizational culture, articulate a vision of social responsibility, and demonstrate the ability to act on this vision for the betterment of local, state, national, and global communities through collaboration and ethical leadership; students will evaluate personal power and positionality, demonstrate openness to diverse perspectives, and model effective intercultural communication skills; students will examine dynamics of power and privilege, and evaluate points of view in solving complex interpersonal and organizational problems.
• Leadership - Leading People, Organizations, and Communities - students will explain the importance of motivation, empowerment, persuasion, and ethics in leadership; students will demonstrate the ability to effectively function in multiple roles as part of a team and community; students will apply concepts of community development; students will analyze and evaluate their role of leadership in nonprofit organizations and community building.