Organizational Leadership Degrees & Policies
Degrees Offered
- Bachelor of Applied Science in Organizational Leadership
Degree Requirements
- Cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher
- Final 30 credit hours completed at Lincoln College-Normal
- Minimum of 30 hours of upper division credit (300/400 level)
- Complete 120 credit hours
General Education
Lower Level (12 Hours)
May be completed at the associate level.
- ENG 101: English Composition I (āCā or better)
- ENG 102: English Composition II (āCā or better
- SPE 101: Fundamentals of Speech
- MAT 110: Elementary Statistics (Prereq. MAT 101)
- MAT 104: College Algebra (Prereq. “C” or better in MAT 101 or IAI, College Level Math Course)
Upper Level (24 Hours)
Communication (6 hours)
- CMN 310: Conflict Management
- ENG 302: Professional Writing (Prereq. ENG 102)
Humanities (6 hours)
- PHL 302: Values and Choices
- PHL 303: Contemporary Philosophy and Politics
Social Sciences (6 hours)
- ANT 302: Global Issues
- SOC 306: Sociology and Social Institutions
Critical Reasoning and Analytic Methods (6 hours)
- CRT 301: Critical Thinking
- CRT 303: Research Methods (Prereq. C or better in MAT 110)
Organizational Leadership Core Courses (21 hours)
May be completed at the associate level.
- ORL 201: Foundations of Leaderhip
- CMN 310: Conflict Management
- HIS 301: Studies in Leadership
- BUS 316: Workforce Diversity
- BUS 318: Organizational Behavior and Theory (Corereq. BUS 205)
- BUS 412: Organizational Leadership (Prereq. BUS 318)
- ORL 401: Strategic Organizational Development and Change
Senior Coursework (3 hours)
- ORL 495: Advanced Leadership Philosophy and Practice (Final Course)


