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Organizational Management and Leadership Concentration

The goal of the Organizational Management and Leadership (MOML) Concentration is to develop the leadership and management skills of people who have caring hearts and the competency to act. MOML courses provide students the opportunity to focus their studies on specific leadership skills needed to facilitate organizational change within the context of progressive management skills.

Degree Requirements
  • MOML graduate students must earn a total of 36 credits to graduate.
  • A maximum of 6 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 MOML 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 2 credits
MCCP 626: Economics of Change 2 credits
MCCP 628: Building Multicultural Communities
and Organizations		 2 credits

The Master of Science Organizational Management and Leadership concentration is offered at the following locations:


Coursework

The School of Human Services 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 OML concentration appear below in Table B by term sequence.

Table B -- OML Concentration Program Outline

Term One Courses Credits
MOML 625: Leadership: A Lifelong Journey 2 credits
MOML 657: Strategic Planning 2 credits
MOML 667: Program Evaluation 2 credits
MOML 601: Graduate Project I 3 credits
Term Two Courses Credits
MOML 662: Staffing, Supervision, and
Human Resource Management		 2 credits
MOML 668: Ethical Competence 2 credits
MOML 628: Building Multicultural Communities
and Organizations		 2 credits
MOML 602: Graduate Project II 3 credits
Term Three Courses Credits
MOML 659: Fiscal Management 2 credits
MOML 626: Economics and Social Change 2 credits
MOML 659: Fiscal Management 2 credits
MOML 678: Advocacy and Policy Analysis 2 credits
MOML 603: Graduate Project III 3 credits
Term Four Courses Credits
MOML 661: Organizational Change and Development 2 credits
Cohort-chosen Elective 2 credits
Cohort-chosen Elective 2 credits
MOML 604: Graduate Project IV 3 credits


Cohort-chosen electives may include:

MOML 664: Legal and Ethical
Aspects of Nonprofit Management		 2 credits
MOML 666: Power and Accountability 2 credits
MOML 669: Board Development and
Nonprofit Organizations		 2 credits
MOML 676: Conflict in the Workplace 2 credits
MOML 677: Marketing and Public Relations 2 credits


Check out the graduate catalog for your choice of OML program electives.