Organizational Management and Leadership Concentration Curriculum

Degree Requirements

Organizational management and leadership graduate students must earn a total of 36 credits to graduate.
A maximum of six credits may be transferred from an accredited institution, if a final grade of B or above was obtained, and if courses are consistent with concentration requirements.
All graduate students must take the three foundation courses. (See Table A below)
All organizational management and leadership students must complete a graduate action research project.
The College authorizes the awarding of a Master of Science degree in human services for an approved "B" average or better.

TABLE A: FOUNDATION COURSES

MCCP 625 Leadership: A Lifelong Journey	Two credits
MCCP 626 Economics of Change	Two credits
MCCP 628 Building Multicultural Communities and Organizations	Two credits

PROGRAM INTENDED STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students shall demonstrate leadership and team membership skills needed for implementing and coordinating organizational activities and managing change.
Students will demonstrate analytical skills to understand what information is required and how to structure information in order to generate the best possible decisions from clients/consumers/participants, organizational stakeholders, or senior leadership.
Students will exhibit the ability to integrate organizational history/communication and management techniques to aid in community response in a changing environment.
Students demonstrate mastery of core business concepts and build key competencies in five areas: (a) business skills for social entrepreneurs; (b) capacity to change human thinking; (c) visionary thinking; (d) problem-solving: social & environmental and their respective crisis and causes; and (e) leadership committed to social change and social justice.

Coursework

The School Professional and Continuing Studies is a tri-mester program. Full-time study is nine credits per term. Day-long classes generally meet one weekend per month. Course structures include a pre-assignment which helps the student establish a frame of reference for class discussion on the first day. Required courses of the organizational management and leadership concentration appear below in Table B by term sequence.

Table B: Organizational Management a Concentration Program Outline

Term One Courses	Credits
MOML 625 Leadership: A Lifelong Journey	Two credits
MOML 657 Strategic Planning	Two credits
MOML 667 Program Evaluation	Two credits
MOML 601 Graduate Project I	Two credits
Term Two Courses	Credits
MOML 662 Staffing, Supervision, and Human Resource Management	Two credits
MOML 668 Ethical Competence	Two credits
MOML 628 Building Multicultural Communities and Organizations	Two credits
MOML 602 Graduate Project II	Three credits
Term Three Courses	Credits
MOML 659 Fiscal Management	Two credits
MOML 626 Economics and Social Change	Two credits
MOML 678 Advocacy and Policy Analysis	Two credits
MOML 603 Graduate Project III	Three credits
Term Four Courses	Credits
MOML 661 Organizational Change and Development	Two credits
Cohort-chosen Elective	Two credits
Cohort-chosen Elective	Two credits
MOML 604 Graduate Project IV	Three credits

Cohort-chosen electives may include:

MOML 664 Legal and Ethical Aspects of Nonprofit Management	Two credits
MOML 666 Power and Accountability	Two credits
MOML 669 Board Development and Nonprofit Organizations	Two credits
MOML 676 Conflict in the Workplace	Two credits
MOML 677 Marketing and Public Relations

Meet Janine Spinola Taylor, EdD - Concentration Coordinator, Organizational Management and Leadership

Janine Spinola Taylor, EdD is a full-time faculty member and Coordinator of the Organizational Management and Leadership concentration in our Master's degree program. Learn more about her and her work with the program!