Liberal Studies in Leadership (BA)

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Total required hours: 128

This degree completion major is for adult students who have already completed 64 semester hours of credit. It is designed for students looking to integrate the skills, knowledge, and values of a broad academic program and apply them to the challenges of the workplace. Students will learn, integrate and apply a range of perspectives and decision-making models as they strive to advance their careers. Students will learn that success in the workplace and in their personal lives depends on their ability to create and apply solutions based on their thinking across academic disciplines.

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I. General Education Requirements

Transition Year Seminar (4 hrs)
Integrative Studies Interdisciplanary Dyad (8 hrs)
Language and Culture (4 hrs)
Mathematics (4 hrs)
Note: This major requires
MATH 1220 - Quantitative Reasoning
or
MATH 1240 - Statistics I
Senior Year Experience (4 hrs)
Writing Intensive Requirement (click the General Education Requirements link below for details)

See
General Education Requirements for All Degree Programs
for specifics. (The Language and Culture requirement appears under III. Modern Language.)

II. Major Requirements (40 hrs)

A. Core Courses (all courses required)

COMM 1800 - Interpersonal Communication 4 hrs
LEAD 3710 - Transformational Leadership 4 hrs
LEAD 3720 - Leadership: Organizational and Team Dynamics 4 hrs
LEAD 3730 - Leadership Project 4 hrs
1 course from:
PSYC 1000 - Psychology for Non-Majors 4 hrs
PSYC 1050 - General Psychology - Writing Intensive 4 hrs

B. Concentration (select one)

Organizational Communication Concentration (all courses required)

COMM 2200 - Intercultural Communication 4 hrs
COMM 3300 - Teamwork 4 hrs
COMM 3800 - Organizational Communication 4 hrs
COMM 4800 - Organizational Communication Case Studies 4 hrs
PSYC 3720 - Industrial and Organizational Psychology 4 hrs

Psychology of Leadership Concentration (all courses required)

PSYC 2330 - Psychology of Personality 4 hrs
PSYC 2610 - Social Psychology 4 hrs
PSYC 3130 - Stress and Health Psychology 4 hrs
PSYC 3720 - Industrial and Organizational Psychology 4 hrs
PSYC 3900 - Independent Study 4 hrs

III. Residency Requirements

At least 52 hours must be earned in an Otterbein classroom.

IV. Required Total Hours for the Degree (128 hrs)

If the coursework taken to fulfill the General Education Requirements and the requirements in your major do not equal 128 hours, select a sufficient number of electives to achieve that total.

V. Minimum GPA Overall and in the Major

A GPA of 2.0 overall as well as in the major must be achieved. To be licensed to teach, a GPA of 2.5 overall must be achieved.

VI. Application for Degree

A prospective graduate must complete an Application for Degree at the Registrar’s Office two terms prior to the term in which the degree is to be completed.

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