Organizational Leadership / Bachelor of Arts (Accelerated)
Total Credit Hours: 128
Major Credit Hours: 42
Admission
To be admitted, adult students should have earned a minimum of 30 semester hours of transferable credit, which includes College Writing 1 or equivalent, at a regionally-accredited, post-secondary institution; have earned a minimum of 2.0 (on a 4.0 scale) cumulative transfer grade point average based upon all transferable courses; demonstrate evidence of significant work experience or military training; and write a personal statement outlining a plan for achieving success in an adult accelerated program at Lewis University. Credits earned through Prior Learning Assessment cannot be used for satisfying the transfer credit hour requirement for admission into an accelerated degree program.
This program is offered in the accelerated format. The degree requirements are listed below. For accelerated program information, refer to the School for Professional and Continuing Education section in this catalog.
Degree Requirements
Program: BA-ORGL-L
The Bachelor of Arts major in the Organizational Leadership degree completion program requires 30 credit hours of upper-division core courses and 12 credit hours of related elective courses. A maximum of 72 transfer college credit hours from community colleges will be accepted.
The Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Leadership is designed as an integrated and interdependent curriculum. At the same time, our close relationship with Bachelor degrees in Human Resource Management (Psychology Department) and Public Policy (Political Science Department) offers course options for electives, substitutions to the core, and development of other interest or skill sets. Advisor-approved appropriate electives are offered on a regular basis.
I. Core Courses (30)
II. Related Elective Courses (12)
Advisor-approved appropriate electives are offered on a regular basis.
III. Advanced Writing Requirement
The advanced writing requirement of the General Education curriculum is satisfied by successful completion of: