Organizational Leadership, B.S. (Online)

Go to Division of Professional Studies for more information.

Department Contact:

Division of Professional Studies Dean: Dr. Julie Warnick
Division of Professional Studies Director: Mrs. Sherri Link, Academic & Student Affairs

Partnering Academic Department: Business Administration
Chair: Dr. Angela Seidel, aseidel@francis.edu

Program Description:

The Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership (B.S.O.L) degree was designed for the work-experienced adult with prior college-level course work and is a degree completion program that can be completed fully online. Developed to provide a convenient and effective transition towards a business baccalaureate degree, the organizational leadership curriculum is supported by a strong business core and liberal studies curriculum.

Student Learning Outcomes:

The Division of Professional Studies and the Shields School of Business will graduate students who have the knowledge, skills, love of learning, confidence, drive, and ethical and moral values needed to be spiritually fulfilled in life and successful in professional careers. Upon completion of this program, students are able to:

Demonstrate, in the Spirit of Saint Francis in the Marketplace, knowledge of the ethical value choices and responsibilities of businesses and business leaders.
Demonstrate knowledge of the fundamental principles in business in the functional areas of accounting, information systems, finance, management, and marketing.
Demonstrate knowledge of the legal, social, economic environments of business.
Demonstrate knowledge of the global dimension of business.
Integrate the functional areas of business in the process of decision making.
Demonstrate the ability to professionally communicate.

Admission Requirements:

See Division of Professional Studies for admission criteria and information.

Estimated Completion Time:

Bachelor degree programs take anywhere between 3-5 years for completion. However, the Organizational Leadership program is our most transfer friendly and can be completed (with transfer credits) in 1-2 years.

Total Credits Required:

120 credits

Courses Required for the Major: (57 credits)

General Education Requirements:

Course 7: Literature (3 credits)

Course 5: History (3 credits)

Course 6: Social Science (3 credits)*

*Students must complete a CORE II course in a different field than their social science course.

Course 9: Natural Science (3-4 credits)

Course 14: Junior/Senior Year: CORE III or HNRS444 (3 credits)

CHEM 457 - Chemistry and Society
CJ 450 - Advanced Research Seminar in Criminal Justice
COMM 435 - Multi-Platform Storytelling
CORE III - Junior/Senior Capstone
CORE III Adulting
CORE III Coaching the Community
CORE III Healthcare Literacy
CORE III Issues & Controversies in American Society & Politics .
CORE III/ PUBH 407 Leading with Care
CORE III Sustainable Designs
CORE III Wolves Whales Bears and Cougars Megafauna
EDUC 407 - Education Seminar: Teacher as Reflective Practitioner
ENGR 407 - Sustainable Engineering Design
FIN 405 - Finance Seminar
MGMT 402 - Management Seminar
MKTG 404 - Marketing Management
PSYC 407 - Applied Topics in Psychology
PUBH 407 - Leading with Care
SCWK 426 - Senior Seminar
ZAAS 419 - Conservation and Environmental Education
HNRS 444 - Senior Thesis/Project

Course 1: CORE I Building a Foundation (3 credits)

CORE I - Building the Foundation or HNRS 101 Introducing Honors: Leadership, Research, and Community Engagement
-CORE I Big Ideas That Changed Humankind

-CORE I Biology at the Crossroads

-CORE I Countdown to Extinction

-CORE I Digital and Information Literacy

-CORE I Discovering You

-CORE I Disney Messages Morals and Merchandise

-CORE I Engineering for Problem Solving in Society

-CORE I From Ordinary to Enchanted: Analyzing Young Adult Novels

-CORE I History in My Lifetime

-CORE I History of Cinema and Filmaking

-CORE I Injury, Illness, and Mortality

-CORE I Latino Minorities: Family & Identity

-CORE I Men, Faith, and Life

-CORE I Nature, Green in Tooth and Claw: Ecotopian and Dystopian Literature

-CORE I Navigating Today’s Dating World

-CORE I Neurocinema

-CORE I Of Cigarettes, High Heels and Other Interesting Matters

-CORE I Peace and Goodness

-CORE I Personal Health and Wellness

-CORE I The Leader from Within

-CORE I The Power of Belonging, Understanding, and Social Identity

-CORE I Tragedy and Triumph in Haiti

-CORE I Zombies, Cannibals, and Parasites