Organizational Leadership, Bachelor of Applied Science
The Organizational Leadership Bachelor of Applied Science program is designed to enroll students holding a broad range of Associate degrees who are seeking a Bachelor’s degree providing knowledge and expertise applicable to advancement in administration, leadership, management and supervision in a variety of organizations including business, government and non-profit organizations.
The curriculum includes coursework from across the leadership spectrum including literacy of basic organizational functions such as accounting, economics, communication technology, marketing as well as management of human resources, operations and projects. Leadership topics are brought into the curriculum both through targeted coursework and through leadership components included as part of related courses. The transfer and credit for prior learning policies are intended to give maximum acknowledgement and academic credit for prior education and experience, reducing the time and expense for completing the degree.
Specific Admission Requirements
- Applicants must have completed an Associate’s level degree such as an Associate of Arts (AA), Associate of Science (AS), Associate of General Studies (AGS) or an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) Degree from a regionally accredited Institution of higher education with 60 credits minimum.
- If not completed as part of the required Associates degree students must complete a set of lower-division leveling courses which are a prerequisite foundation for upper-division BAS courses, and can be included as part of the open-electives.
- Upper-division transfer credits counted towards the degree requirements must be transferred from a regionally accredited Institution of higher education.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Develop skills and knowledge regarding leading and managing people in organizations.
- Develop awareness of personal characteristics including your personality, leadership characteristics, information processing style and other relevant characteristics, biases and predispositions.
- Recognize strategies for organizational success in a variety of environments, such as business, government and not-for-profit industries.
- Build expertise for ensuring ethical organizational culture.
- improve problem-solving and critical thinking knowledge and skills.
- Practice implementation of leadership and management theory, philosophy and practice through coursework, case analysis, group/team activities, industry collaboration and academic simulation.
Specific Program Requirements
Lower-Division Leveling Recommended Courses
The courses listed below are recommended to be included in the completed Associate degree or taken prior to enrollment in various upper-division program required courses:
Course | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
ACCT 101 | Accounting for Non-Business Majors | 3 |
MGMT 201 | Principles of Management | 3 |
MGMT 214 | Introduction to Entrepreneurial Concepts | 3 |
Basic General Economics Course | 3 | |
General Education Natural Science with Lab | 4 | |
General Education Public Speaking Course or Equivalent | 3 | |
Statistics or Similar Math or Business Statistics Course | 3 | |
Total Credits | 22 |
Upper-Division Requirements
The following upper-division courses are required for graduation:
Course | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
BSAD 302 | Ethics in Business | 3 |
MGMT 301 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
MGMT 311 | Operations and Quality Management | 3 |
MGMT 318 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
MGMT 368 | Project Management | 3 |
MGMT 480 | Leadership & Organizational Change | 3 |
MKTG 340 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
PLP 350 | Contemporary Leadership | 3 |
PLP 360 | Applied Leadership | 3 |
PSYC 315 | Industrial/Organizational Psychology | 3 |
Electives Must be upper division courses. | 10 | |
Total Credits | 40 |
Open Electives
Degree requirements allow up to 30 credits of open electives which can include any lower or upper-division credits (at least ten credits upper-division) taken at a regionally accredited institution of higher education, including credits taken to complete the leveling requirements, credits for prior experience, credits from military service, elective transfer credits, etc. Students will need to take 10 upper-division credits outside of the 30 upper-division required credits to meet the 40 upper-division credit hour requirement for the program.
For more information on Credit for Prior Learning & Military Credit, please see the Academic Policies section of the catalog.
Specific Graduation Requirements
- 120 total credits hours earned with grades of C or higher
- 40 Upper-division credit hours earned with grades of C or higher
- Cumulative GPA at CSU Pueblo of 2.0 or higher
- 30 credits earned from CSU Pueblo with grades of C or higher
Planning Sheet
Disclaimer: The Planning Sheet is designed as a guide for student's planning their course selections. The information on this page provides only a suggested schedule. Actual course selections should be made with the advice and consent of an academic advisor. While accurately portraying the information contained in the college catalog, this form is not considered a legal substitute for that document. Students should become familiar with the catalog in effect at the time in which they entered the institution.