Organizational Leadership, Nonprofit Leadership, EdS (ORLE-NPLD)

EDS: Education Specialist in Organizational Leadership (ORLE)

Prerequisite Degree Requirements

This program requires baccalaureate and master’s degrees from a regionally accredited institution. Students with a master’s degree in an existing specialization track (see below) may be given advanced standing of up to 15 hours to serve as their specialization track with the approval of the Program Director.

Major Requirements

Foundational Courses

LEAD 711 - Theories and Practices of Effective Leadership Credit Hours: 3
LEAD 714 - Self-Assessment in Leadership Credit Hours: 3
LEAD 724 - Leadership in Diverse Contexts Credit Hours: 3
LEAD 731 - Leading Organizational Change Credit Hours: 3
LEAD 741 - Human Resource Development Credit Hours: 3

Total: 15 Credit Hours

Research Courses

LEAD 781 - Quantitative Research Method and Design Credit Hours: 3
LEAD 782 - Qualitative Analysis Credit Hours: 3

Total: 6 Credit Hours

Nonprofit Leadership (NPLD)

Required Courses

NPLO 631 - Nonprofit Leadership Credit Hours: 3
NPLO 635 - Nonprofit Administration Credit Hours: 3
NPLO 638 - Social Entrepreneurship Credit Hours: 3

Total: 9 Credit Hours

Select 6 hours from the following:

BUSA 550 - Foundations of Analytics Credit Hours: 3
BUSA 554 - Accounting and Finance for Managers Credit Hours: 3
BUSA 636 - Organizational Behavior Credit Hours: 3
BUSA 645 - International Business Credit Hours: 3
BUSA 652 - Operations and Information Technology Management Credit Hours: 3
BUSA 656 - Strategic Marketing Credit Hours: 3
BUSA 661 - Global Supply Chain Management Credit Hours: 3
BUSA 670 - Strategic Decision Making Credit Hours: 3
BUSA 674 - Innovation Credit Hours: 3
BUSA 678 - Business Law and Ethics Credit Hours: 3
FIN 643 - International Finance Credit Hours: 3
IS 680 - Data Mining Credit Hours: 3
IS 682 - Data Management Credit Hours: 3
IS 684 - Data Visualization and Reporting Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 532 - Human Resource Management Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 651 - Operations Strategies Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 659 - Project Management Credit Hours: 3
MKTG 620 - Digital Marketing and Social Media Credit Hours: 3
MKTG 624 - Applied Marketing Research Credit Hours: 3
MKTG 628 - Relationship Marketing Credit Hours: 3

Organizational Leadership, Nonprofit Leadership, EdS (ORLE-NPLD)

EDS: Education Specialist in Organizational Leadership (ORLE)

Prerequisite Degree Requirements

Major Requirements

Foundational Courses

Total: 15 Credit Hours

Research Courses

Total: 6 Credit Hours

Nonprofit Leadership (NPLD)

Required Courses

Total: 9 Credit Hours

Select 6 hours from the following:

Total: 6 Credit Hours

Total: 15 Credit Hours

Total Major Hours: 36