TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR CAREER! If you're ready to expand your professional opportunities and move up to a position of leadership, this is the bachelor's degree for you. Earn a practical, life-enhancing degree while balancing your family and career obligations. Learn Today, Lead Tomorrow - with the Penn State organizational leadership degree program!
PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT
Increase your earning potential as you increase your knowledge. Earning a college degree is one of the most
important steps toward career advancement and higher earning potential.
FLEXIBILITY AND CONVENIENCE
Work toward your personal and professional goals while retaining the flexibility to take traditional classroom instruction, days, nights, or weekends; to study from home; or to study anytime, anywhere online. Make a pathway to success.
RELEVANT SKILL BUILDING
Build practical work skills that you can use immediately, including a solid foundation in labor and industrial relations, leadership, and organizational and community development.
PERSONAL ADVISING
If you are returning to school to complete your degree, many of your credits from other institutions could
transfer. Call and speak to an adviser about how your credits can work for you.
PENN STATE PRESTIGE
Earn your degree from a nationally recognized educational leader. Your employer will know you have a
degree of excellence, and you will benefit from an alumni network that is half a million strong.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This 123-credit (minimum) degree program provides students with flexibility by offering classes at the Penn
State Altoona Devorris Downtown Center, as well as through online and distance learning. The program draws
on many of the disciplines of the liberal arts to illuminate the work and employment issues that all leaders face
in the twenty-first century. All students are expected to develop proficiency in research methodology, critical
analysis, communication, and the application of theory. Students can expect to learn and practice skills that focus on understanding how organizations function, both formally and informally, and how individuals function within organizations.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS (minimum 123 credits)
Requirements for the Major (64 credits)
Prescribed Courses (25 credits)
| CAS 283 |
Communication and Information Technology I (3 credits) |
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ECON 002 |
Introductory Microeconomic Analysis and Policy (3 credits) |
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ECON 004 |
Introductory Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy (3 credits) |
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ENGL 215 |
Introduction to Article Writing (3 credits) |
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PSY 231 |
Industrial Psychology (3 credits) |
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PSY 451 |
Leadership in Work Settings (3 credits) |
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SOC 207 |
Research Methods in Sociology (3 credits) |
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STAT 200 |
Elementary Statistics (4 credits) |
Supporting and Related Courses (39 credits)
Select 39 credits: at least 12 credits in each of the three following areas and at least 15 credits at the 400 level.
| I. Employer and Employees |
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L I R 136/WMNST 136 |
Race, Gender, and Employment (3 credits) |
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L I R 458W |
History of Work in America (3 credits) |
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PHIL 010 |
Critical Thinking (3 credits) |
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PHIL 103W |
Introduction to Ethics (3 credits) |
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PSY 002 |
Psychology (3 credits) |
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PSY 441 |
Industrial Motivation and Work Satisfaction (3 credits) |
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SOC 035 |
Sociology of Aging (3 credits) |
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SOC 456/WMNST 456 |
Gender, Occupations, and Professions (3 credits) |
II. Law, Policy, and Organizations |
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ADM J 111 |
Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System (3 credits) |
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ADM J 482 |
Seminar, Criminal Justice Agency Administration (3 credits) |
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L I R 100 |
Industrial Relations (3 credits) |
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L I R 201 |
Employment Relationship: Law and Policy (3 credits) |
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L I R 424 |
Employment Compensation (3 credits) |
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L I R 435 |
Labor Relations in the Public Sector (3 credits) |
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PL SC 001 |
Introduction to American National Government (3 credits) |
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PL SC 420 |
Policy Making and Evaluation (3 credits) |
III. Workplace Dynamics |
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CAS 352 |
Organizational Communication (3 credits) |
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CAS 452 |
Organizational Communication Theory and Research (3 credits) |
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CAS 475 |
Studies in Public Address (3 credits) |
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ECON 315 |
Labor Economics (3 credits) |
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ECON 342 |
Industrial Organization (3 credits) |
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SOC 404 |
Social Influence and Small Groups (3 credits) |
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SOC 455 |
Work and Occupations (3 credits) |
Additional Courses (59 credits)
In addition to the major requirements, students must complete 41 General Education credits and 18 elective
credits, chosen from multiple course offerings available through Penn State Altoona or Penn State World Campus.
Transfer credits may apply.
For more information:
- Continuing Education and Training
Penn State Altoona
1444-11th Avenue, Suite 2A
Altoona, PA 16601
814-949-5777
