Curriculum | BA Professional Leadership & Ethics

Curriculum Details

124 TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED

EIGHT-WEEK TERMS

TWO TERMS = ONE SEMESTER

Methodist University’s 100% online Bachelor of Arts in Professional Leadership and Ethics program delivers an interdisciplinary curriculum that balances vocational skills with coursework coming out of the liberal arts tradition. The program’s focus on three primary tenets – collaboration, contextualization, and contributions – provides a heavy emphasis on ethical decision-making behind leadership practices.

Regionally accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, the program will prepare you to engage with skills that include professional writing, design, interpersonal communication, applied moral reasoning, techniques of leadership, and future-driven leadership. As a result, you will be equipped to take your career to the next level. To earn the 100% online BA in Professional Leadership and Ethics degree, you will accrue 124 credit hours. Of those, 42 credit hours are in the major, including major core courses (15 c.h.) and concentration electives (27 c.h.).

Core Courses

Credits

PSY 1010 General Psychology Credit Hours: 3

Introduction to the science of psychology. Substantive topics include the history of psychology, the biology of psychological processes, psychological development, perception, learning, memory, personality, and social psychology.

PSY 3100 Industrial/Organizational Psychology Credit Hours: 3

The application of psychology to improve the productivity and satisfaction of members of an organization. Topics include personnel selection, performance appraisal, job analysis, job training, work motivation, job satisfaction, group processes, leadership, and organizational theory and development. Prerequisites: PSY 1010 or BUS 3430, and ECO 2160 or PSY 2500 or permission of instructor.

PHI 2130 Argument and Inference Credit Hours: 3

This course offers a practical introduction to inductive logic that can be applied to the sciences, criminal investigation, medical reasoning, reasoning in business, and reasoning in everyday life. Topics covered include basic methods of induction, inference to the best explanation, Mill ̓s methods, and basic probability theory.

BUS 1510 Management and Organization Credit Hours: 3

Survey of the management functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling within both structural and behavioral contexts. Emphasis is given to individual behavior, interpersonal relationships, small groups, inter-group relations, leadership, and change within the various structures of contemporary formal organizations. Also, involves the study of organizational structure including the design of centralization, formalization, and complexity. Student teams are used to study course content through case studies and to experience the dynamics of team membership.

LSS 3750 Future-Oriented Leadership Credit Hours: 3

A study of the leadership styles, abilities, and tools necessary to anticipate future trends and strategies to maximize benefits while minimizing threats. Futuring techniques to be discussed include Environmental Scanning, Delphi Technique, Brainstorming, Historical Perspective, Scenarios, and Trend Analysis. Emphasis will be placed on visionary leadership, transformational leadership, and paradigm pioneering.

Elective Courses

Credits

Choose ONE Professional Writing Elective Credit Hours: 3

ENG 3201 Business Writing
SWK 2400 Professional Writing and Critical Thinking

Choose ONE Design / Creativity Elective Credit Hours: 3

ART 1010 Foundations of Design
AGD 1000 Design Production
THE 2000 Practicing Creativity

Choose ONE Interpersonal Communication Skills Elective Credit Hours: 3

ACL 2540 Strategic Business and Professional Communication
ACL 3600 Exploring Cross-Cultural Communication
ACL 3700 Results-Oriented Persuasion
ACL 3900 Collaborative Conflict Management

Choose ONE Society and Identity Elective Credit Hours: 3

HIS 2170 Race and Ethnicity in Global Perspective
HIS 3820 History and Gender
HIS 3610 The Civil Rights Movement
SOC 3830 Gender and Society
SOC 3920 Human Sexuality
SWK 3500 Human Diversity and Populations-At-Risk

Choose ONE Applied Statistics Elective Credit Hours: 3

MAT 2200 Applied Statistics
SOC 2200 Applied Statistics
PSY 2500 Statistics for Psychology
BUS 2160 Statistics for Business and Economics

Choose ONE Public Welfare and Administration Elective Credit Hours: 3

PSC 3050 Democratic Principles and Theory
PSC 3100 Law and the Legal System
PSC 3330 Public Administration
HIS 3700 Contemporary World History

Choose ONE Techniques of Leadership Elective Credit Hours: 3

LSS 3000 Principles of Leadership
LSS 3250 Theories and Techniques of Leadership

Choose ONE Moral Reasoning Elective Credit Hours: 3

PHI 2200 Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Ethical Problems
PHI 3350 Environmental Ethics

Choose ONE Applied Professional Ethics Elective Credit Hours: 3

BUS 3200 Business Ethics
PHI 3400 Medical Ethics
PHI 4200 Ethical Foundations of Criminal Justice
PHI 3200 Business Ethics

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