Organizational Leadership / Bachelor of Arts to Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership / Fast Track
Total Credit Hours: 155
Major Credit Hours: 42
The Organizational Leadership (OL) Department offers a Bachelor's to Master's Fast Track option for Lewis University undergraduate Organizational Leadership majors. The Fast Track option allows qualified undergraduates to complete the graduate MAOL (Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership) in less time than it would take if the two programs were to be taken separately. Nine graduate hours may be used to complete requirements in the undergraduate major (42 hours), the Bachelor's degree (128 hours), and specific course requirements for the Master's program (36 hours). The total number of required graduate credits (36) will remain the same. Students apply for admission to the Fast Track option by submitting both the department application form and the Block Tuition Exemption form to the Department Chair of Organizational Leadership when they reach senior status (complete 90 credit hours) and have achieved an overall GPA of 3.0. Qualified students approved for the Fast Track option may apply financial aid to graduate courses and are exempt from the 18-hour block in the semesters when they take these select graduate courses. Students who take 9 credit hours of approved graduate courses in Organizational Leadership in their senior year and earn a grade of "B" or better in each of those courses will have to complete only 27 more credit hours of remaining core and concentration courses to earn the MAOL. Students accepted into this Fast Track option are required to apply for admission to the MAOL.
Total Hours to graduate in the B.A./M.A. Fast Track (including undergraduate general education requirements, major courses, and electives): 128 undergraduate hours + 27 graduate hours = 155 total Fast Track hours.
Listed below are graduate courses in the MAOL program which students enrolled in the Fast Track option may take during their senior year. Listed next to each is the undergraduate course for which it substitutes, where applicable. Students may apply no more than three of these courses to the undergraduate core or approved elective courses in the BAOL curriculum.
LL-509 Leadership: Theories, Practices, and Context substitutes for LL-360 Leadership and Organizational Change
LL-512 Assessing Leadership Skills substitutes for LL-320 Life, Career, and the Emerging Workplace
LL-524 Leading Change substitutes for an advisor-approved, appropriate Elective
LL-536 Ethics, Integrity, and Social Responsibility substitutes for an advisor-approved, appropriate Elective
LL-539 Conflict Management substitutes for an advisor-approved, appropriate Elective
LL-555 Psychology of Motivation substitutes for an advisor-approved, appropriate Elective
LL-592 Workplace Research substitutes for LL-440 Organizational Research Analysis
Degree Requirements
I. Core Courses (30)
| LL-300 | Introduction to the Applied Social Sciences | 3 |
| LL-320 | Life, Career and the Emerging Workplace | 3 |
| LL-330 | Social Theory | 3 |
| LL-340 | Organizational Development | 3 |
| LL-360 | Leadership and Organizational Change | 3 |
| LL-400 | Learning in Organization Studies | 3 |
| LL-420 | Leadership for Service | 3 |
| LL-430 | Organizational Text and Discourse | 3 |
| LL-440 | Organizational Research Analysis | 3 |
| LL-450 | Internship | 3 |
II. Elective Courses (12)
Advisor-approved electives are offered on a regular basis.
III. Courses in the Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership Program appear in the Graduate Catalog. Undergraduate students who will complete at Lewis University all 30 credit hours of undergraduate courses in Organizational Leadership should consult the LU Graduate Catalog for admissions criteria to the MAOL.
IV. The advanced writing requirement of the General Education curriculum is satisfied by successful completion of LL-440 Organizational Research Analysis.