The Master of Science in Organizational Leadership (MSOL) degree is designed to prepare men and women to be leaders in military, governmental, entrepreneurial and corporate ventures, as well as for further graduate study.

The program objectives are to provide common bodies of knowledge at an advanced level regarding:

• Organizational behavior
• Leadership and knowledge management
• Training and development and human resource issues within organizations
• Strategic knowledge and change management
• Synthesis and communication of information gleaned from data sets for decision making purposes
• Global policies and strategies

     All organizations rely on leadership to accomplish their goals. The organizations may be public or private, profit or non-profit, military or civilian, or come from any industry sector. Given the increase of the use of global markets, advancements in technology, and the speed of information movement, the need for organizational leadership continues to grow in order to maintain and improve levels of quality, effectiveness, efficiency, and market flexibility.  

        The interdisciplinary framework of this program is designed for professionals in business, government, and non-profits to move into positions of increased responsibility in a variety of areas. Career choices include:

• organizational development
• knowledge management
• human resources management
• information technology
• business process design 
• organizational change
• management
• project management

A minimum of 33 semester credit hours in approved graduate-level courses is required for the degree.

Part I – Core Classes (18 Hours)

MGMT 5703 Organizational Behavior

ORGL 5713 Leadership and Knowledge Management

MGMT 5723 Training & Development and Human Resources in the Organization

ORGL 5733 Strategic Knowledge and Change Management

ORGL 5743 Data-driven decision-making

MGMT 5803 Global Policy and Strategy

Part II – Electives/Concentration (12 Hours)

All elective graduate courses must be approved.

Part III – Capstone Experience: Research Paper Non-Thesis Option (3 Hours) or Thesis Option (6 Hours)

The student may pursue either of the following options:

ORGL 5893 Master’s Project/Research Paper

Students who choose the non-thesis option will be required to pass a written comprehensive exam administered by the School of Business.

Or

ORGL 5991-6 Thesis

Students who choose the thesis option will not be required to complete the written comprehensive exam administered by the School of Business.