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Organizational Leadership at the Polytechnic@UofM

Organizational Leadership

 

You're already a leader at your workplace through your years of experience and skills gained. Now, earn the degree that cements your position in a leadership role. Organizational Leadership promotes understanding of the nature of organizations and the fundamentals of administrative leadership, allows students to reflect on national and international organizational concepts and promotes skills in formal and interpersonal communication. 

The goals of the Bachelor of Applied Science programs are: 

  • Offer condensed curricula in areas of applied technology with reduced barriers to entry and that provide in-demand workforce skills. 
  • Create collaborative and innovative programs that are responsive to workforce needs. 
  • Provide a baccalaureate degree completion pathway for students in Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology, Applied Associate of Science degree programs, returning learners with some college credit, learners currently in the workforce, and similar cohorts. 
  • Establish curricular pathways to award academic credit toward a BAS degree for non-degree credentials, credit for prior learning, and other experiences outside the classroom. 
  • Provide pathways for traditional baccalaureate students at the University of Memphis to acquire workforce skills that make them more marketable to employers by pairing other majors with BAS programs or awarding academic credit for non-degree credentials and other experiences outside the classroom. 

 

Organizational Leadership Courses at Polytechnic@UofM 

See University General Education Program for the University General Education Program requirements. Students who have completed one year of American History in high school are exempted from the six credit-hour History General Education Program requirement; otherwise, students will have to meet the History requirement.

Many upper-division (3000/4000-level) courses have prerequisites that must be met prior to being permitted to register for those courses. You are responsible for knowing and satisfying all course prerequisites. Some (not all) prerequisites are listed below. For specific information about courses and the prerequisites they may have, please view course descriptions at: Course Descriptions 

Many courses also require permits from the department that teaches the course. For example, SWRK and CJUS courses will always need permits from those respective departments. College of Professional & Liberal Studies staff cannot issue permits for courses taught in other departments. ALL 3000/4000 level classes taught by the College of Business (ACCT, ECON, FIR, MGMT, MKTG) require a permit; students must request a permit online at: https://fcbeacad.memphis.edu/permits/

A course taken in one group will not be counted in another group of the Professional Core.

NOTE: No more than 3 courses from any one area

Thematic Studies (6 hours)

College of Professional & Liberal Studies thematic studies course(s) are designed to broaden a student’s knowledge of significant themes in social, political, and religious history. Review a complete list of courses: https://www.memphis.edu/cpls/resources/thematic_studies.php

Senior Project (3 hours)

The senior project is a student’s culminating experience or capstone designed to synthesize and integrate the content of a student’s program of study. The senior project is intended to fuse the two or more academic areas that comprise the student’s coordinated study (major) into an academically-relevant example of scholarship. Students will complete a thesis, task-based, or artistic project on a topic of their choice with approval of their senior project instructor. The senior project is completed during a student’s final semester.  Students will be assigned to a specific section based on their concentration.

May be chosen to bring the total number of hours to 120 with a minimum of 42 upper-division hours.

 

Learn more about credit for prior learning