Organizational Leadership Studies

College of Business Administration and Public Policy

Program Description

The Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership Studies is a specially designed online degree program that meets the needs of diverse students who have significant work experience and/or have made progress toward or achieved associate degrees that they may readily transfer to pursue upper-division coursework. This program emphasizes workplace applications of academic subjects enabling students to obtain a Bachelor of Science degree with advanced coursework preparing them for management and/or leadership roles in their professions.

Academic Advisement

This program is dependent upon close and careful advising. The development and maintenance of close advising relationships between students and the Program Office is the key factor in assuring that the Organizational Leadership Studies program meets the needs of the students that it was designed to serve. Students should contact the Program Office for a pre-application advising appointment.

Preparation

Students are recommended to have significant lower-division courses and/or general education courses completed (minimum 56 semester or equivalent units) prior to admission to the Organizational Leadership Studies major. An applicant who does not already possess an Associate Degree will be counseled to meet the minimum number of units for transfer. The University works closely with community colleges throughout the region to ensure that potential Organizational Leadership Studies majors are appropriately counseled to facilitate their transition to upper-division status. Work experience, while highly desirable, is not specifically required for admission to the Organizational Leadership Studies degree program.

Graduation with Honors

An undergraduate student may be a candidate for graduation with Honors in Organizational Leadership Studies provided he or she meets the following criteria:

A minimum of 36 units in residence at CSU Dominguez Hills;
A minimum grade point average of at least 3.5 in all courses used to satisfy the upper division requirements in the major.

Faculty

Organizational Leadership Studies is part of the Public Administration Department in the School of Public Service and Justice within the College of Business Administration and Public Policy.

Elena Kulikov, Department Chair

Hugo Asencio, Theodore Byrne, Qiyuan Jin, Hui Li, Fynnwin Prager, Saahir Shafi, Rui Sun, Zheng Yang

Academic Advisement and Student Services

Office: II 3500

Betty Vu, Assistant Dean (Program Director)

Alejandra Martinez-Ramos, Enrollment Advisor
Phone: (310) 243-3646
Email: orgleadership@csudh.edu

Courses

OLS 300. Ethos Libl Arts & Role of Work. (3 Units)

Examines the relationship between liberal arts and sciences education and the competencies required to function effectively in social and occupational settings. Readings and assignments emphasize integration and application of skills, knowledge, perspectives, and values acquired through liberal arts and sciences.

Offered Fall, Spring

OLS 490. Sem in Occupational Leadership. (3 Units)

Prerequisites: OLS 300, satisfaction of GWAR and Senior Standing. Required of all applied studies majors. Interdisciplinary analysis of leadership in selected occupational areas. Creation and presentation of student portfolios demonstrating occupational accomplishment. Three hours of seminar per week.

Offered Fall, Spring

OLS 494. independent Study in Organizational Leadership Studies. (3 Units)

Prerequisite: Consent of the program director. Independent research or other study under the direction of a full-time faculty member of the Applied Studies Program. CR/NC grading.

Offered As needed

OLS 495. special Topics in Organizational Leadership Studies. (3 Units)

Prerequisite: Consent of the program director. Advanced seminar on a topic of current interest to the discipline of Organizational Leadership Studies. Three hours of seminar per week. Repeatable Course.

Offered Infrequent

OLS 496. Internship in Organizational Leadership Studies. (3 Units)

Prerequisite: Consent of Program Director. Under direction of the Internship Coordinator, students work in an organization applying skills and knowledge learned in the classroom. CR/NC grading. Repeatable course.