School of Professional Studies

Bachelor of Science in Professional Studies with a concentration in Organizational Leadership 

Course Outline
120 Credit Hours 
Professional Core (21 hrs)

The student will complete their General Education core of 41 hours and a series of Professional core classes that will prepare them to move on to their major selection concentration.

General Education courses (41 hours)
English Composition - 6 hours
Oral Communication -3 hours 
Mathematics - 3 hours
Literature - 3 hours 
American History - 6 hours 
Humanities - 6 hours
Natural Science - 8 hours 
Social/Behavioral Science - 6 hours

Professional Core
Select 7 courses from the following (21 hours)
BMGT 3510 - Management & Organizational Behavior (3)
BMGT 3720 - Business Communication I (3)
COMM 3000 - Computer-Mediated Communication (3)
COMM 3030 - Principles of Event Planning (3)
COMM 3560 - Intercultural Communication (3)
ENGL 3250 – Professional Communication (3)
LIST 3093 - Service Learning (3)
LIST 3100 - Critical Thinking/Problem-Solving (3)
LIST 3300 – Workplace Etiquette (3)
LIST 3410 - Team Building/Workplace Dynamics (3)
LIST 3500 - Non-Profit Leadership (3)
LIST 4050 - American Sign Language I (3)
LIST 4090 - American Sign Language II (3)
LIST 4093 – Special Topics & Leadership (3)
LIST 4220 - Professional & Personal Integrity (3)
LIST 4710 - Workplace Conflict/Resolution (3)
LIST 4850 - Topics in Organizational Development (3)
MATH 3070 - Statistical Methods I (3)
PM 4120 - Organizational Leadership (3)
RELS 3420 - Religious Diversity/Workplace (3)
SPAN 3550 – Latin America: Countries & People (3)
SOC 3910 - Intro to Social Research (3)

Major Selection Concentration Core
Select 5 courses from the following (15 hours)

•  BMGT 3600 – International Management (3)
•  BMGT 3630 – Human Resource Management (3)
•  BMGT 3720 - Business Communication I (3)
•  BMGT 4520 - Organizational Leadership (3) 
•  COMM 3560 – Intercultural Communication (3)
•  LDSP 3000 – Leadership Development (3)
•  LIST 3215 - Introduction to Project Management (3)
•  LIST 4220 - Proj Mgmt Process/Development Strategies (3)
•  LIST 4250 - Proj Mgmt Schedule and Finance (3)
•  LIST 4260 - Proj Mgmt Risk Mitigation, Assessment and Quality Assurance (3)
•  LIST 4280 - Proj Mgmt for IT Professional (3)
•  LIST 4290 - Proj Mgmt for Healthcare Administration (3)
•  LIST 4850 - Topics in Organizational Development (3)
•  LIST 3300 - Workplace Etiquette (3)
•  LIST 4850 - Ethics and Leadership (3)
•  LIST 4200 - Professional & Personal Integrity (3)
•  LIST 3100 - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving (3)
•  MGMT 4800 – Corporate Etiquette (3)
•  PADM 4401 – Comparative Public Administration (3)
•  PBRL 3400 – Introduction to Public Relations (3)
•  PBRL 3409 – Public Relations Case Studies (3)
•  PRST 4831 - Special Topics Navigating the Future of Work (3)
•  PRST 4835 - Special Topics Ethics & AI The Good, Bad, and Unknown (3)
•  PSY 3590 – Psychology of Personality (3)
•  PSYC 3210 – Abnormal Psychology (3)
•  SOC 3300 - Occupational Sociology (3)
•  SOC 4210 - Race/Ethnicity/Multicultural (3)
•  SOC 4430 - People in Organizations (3)
•  SW 3200 – Cultural Diversity (3)

 

Electives (40 hours)

Students will complete 34 hours of any level electives and 6 hours of upper division electives

PRST 4995 Culminating project (3 hours)

The Culminating project is a final research paper or real world project in the student’s area of study

Select a Minor from the following (15-18 hours)

Leadership* 
Criminal Justice* 
Business Management* 
Social Science*
Caregiving 
Project Management for Professionals
Event Planning*
Communication Studies* 
Religious Studies*

*completed on campus

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