Advance your career and maximize your potential to influence positive organizational change with a Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership from Waldorf University. Our comprehensive leadership degree prepares you for a wide range of careers in organizational leadership, covering essential topics for aspiring leaders such as:
- Business Ethics
- Business Policy and Strategy
- Creative Thinking
- Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
- Organizational Behavior
- Organizational Psychology
- Team Building
By earning your leadership degree online from Waldorf, you'll gain the knowledge, skills, and insights to pursue diverse leadership or supervisory roles. This includes opportunities in human resources, operations, corporate training, career planning, corporate marketing, and business consulting.
Our bachelor's in organizational leadership also allows you to sharpen your focus by choosing one of five areas of concentration, or you may choose a non-concentration route.
Waldorf's Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership degree is only available online. If you've completed significant post-secondary coursework of have specialized training you'd like to transfer, consider our BAS in Organizational Leadership degree online program.
Choose from five organizational leadership concentrations
Tailor your Waldorf leadership degree to align with your interests and professional goals by choosing from one of five concentration areas, or opt for our broader, non-concentration option.
Diversity and Inclusion Concentration
To compete in today's knowledge economy, top organizations seek a diverse workforce to leverage wide-ranging talent. Waldorf's Diversity and Inclusion concentration is designed to explore the complex dynamics of workforce diversity.
Global Leadership Concentration
Develop skills for leading strong organizational performance in today's global environment. Through Waldorf's Global Leadership concentration, you will learn global decision-making strategies and the art of effective leadership of cross-cultural teams.
Health Care Management Concentration
Waldorf's Health Care Management Concentration provides functional management knowledge and skills, including an overview of issues and challenges specific to the field of health care delivery.
Leadership Communication Concentration
Our Leadership Communication Concentration for current and aspiring leaders offers built-in flexibility, so you can focus on the aspects of leadership communication that best match your goals.
Occupational Safety and Health Concentration
The Occupational Safety and Health concentration provides foundational knowledge and initial exposure to the occupational safety and health field, exploring areas such as industrial hygiene and occupational, environmental, and health safety.
Non-Concentration Option
Students interested in the non-concentration option may take an alternative curriculum, which will include 30 major required credits, 30 professional elective credits and optional concentration courses.
Why Earn Your Bachelor's in Organizational Leadership Degree Online from Waldorf?
Waldorf's online Bachelor's of Science in Organizational Leadership degree program offers several advantages to prepare you for a career in organizational leadership:
Flexibility to Earn Your Leadership Degree Online Around Your Schedule
We understand that our students may be busy with a job, family, or other obligations. That's why we have designed our courses to be flexible and convenient, allowing you to earn your degree full or part time. Our courses are delivered remotely using the latest interactive technology, allowing you to learn at your own pace while staying connected with your professors and classmates.
Strong Focus on Career Identification and Preparation
Whether you're interested in human resources, corporate training, operations or other areas, Waldorf's experienced career advisors will help you identify job opportunities and create a personalized path to your career in organizational leadership.
Experienced Faculty Who Teach and Mentor You
Our faculty members serve as mentors and advisors, dedicated to your educational, personal, and career success. As experts in their field, they offer real-world insights from their careers in organizational leadership. All our organizational leadership instructors hold a Ph. D or other terminal degree in their discipline.
Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership Degree Curriculum Highlights
Our Bachelor's in Organizational Leadership curriculum features core courses, elective courses, and courses required for each concentration area.
The core required curriculum includes courses such as:
- Communication Skills for Leaders
- Industrial/Organizational Psychology
- Leadership
- Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
- Organizational Diversity and Inclusion
- Organizational Theory and Behavior
- Social Psychology
- Team Building and Leadership
Estimated time of completion of this program is 4 years for full-time students.
This program is available online only.
Available Concentrations
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Global Leadership
- Health Care Management
- Leadership Communication
- Occupational Safety and Health
B.A./B.S. Degree Requirements
- Completion of the core curriculum and the curriculum for the major, totaling 120 credits
- A grade of C or higher in all coursework in the major and, if applicable, in the concentration(s)
- 2.00 cumulative grade point average for work completed at Waldorf
- Minimum of 36 upper-division credit hours
Review the complete list of core requirements for this program.
Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership Degree Requirements
| Prefix | Number | Course | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major Required — Group A | 24 | ||
| ORG/BUS | 3651 | Leadership | 3 |
| ORG/BUS | 4000 | Organization Diversity and Inclusion | 3 |
| ORG/BUS | 4040 | Communication Skills for Leaders | 3 |
| ORG/BUS | 4060 | Team Building and Leadership | 3 |
| ORG/BUS | 4160 | Negotiation and Conflict Resolution | 3 |
| ORG/BUS | 3451 | Organizational Theory and Behavior | 3 |
| ORG/PSY | 3490 | Industrial/Organizational Psychology | 3 |
| PSY | 3140 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| Concentration Required — Group B | 12 | ||
| Choose one of the following concentrations: Diversity and Inclusion, Global Leadership, Health Care Management, Leadership Communication, or Occupational Safety and Health. | |||
| Professional Electives* — Group C | 24 | ||
| BUS | 3211 | Consumer Behavior | 3 |
| BUS | 3352 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| BUS | 3602 | Principles of Manangement | 3 |
| BUS | 3900 | Employment and Labor Law | 3 |
| BUS | 4750 | Human Resource Management Strategy and Emerging Issues | 3 |
| PSY | 3350 | Theories of Personality | 3 |
| PSY | 3380 | Psychology of Adjustment | 3 |
| PSY | 3480 | Principles of Learning | 3 |
| PSY | 4560 | Psychological Assessment | 3 |
| Major Requirements Total | 60 | ||
| Core Requirements Total | 60 | ||
| Grand Total: | 120 | ||
*Any Waldorf courses may be selected from the catalog and course schedule to be used as electives. The following are sample electives. Select either: (a) additional Organizational Leadership concentrations, (b) courses from the list below, or (c) any courses not used to satisfy other program requirements.
Non-Concentration Option
Students interested in a non-concentration option may take an alternative curriculum: 30 major required credits, 30 professional elective credits. and optional concentrations. Major required courses include: ORG/BUS 3451, BUS 3210, PSY 3140, BUS 4951, BUS 4751, BUS 3201, ORG/BUS 4000, ORG/ BUS 4040, ORG/PSY 3490, and ORG/BUS 4060.
Related Programs
If you have a significant amount of completed post secondary coursework or specialized training that you would like to transfer, consider the BAS Organizational Leadership program.