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Organizational Development & Leadership


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The Organizational Development and Leadership Program is designed for those students pursuing leadership positions in various career fields. Its objective is to apply the critical view of organizations from social scientific perspectives and enhance students’ understanding of how organizations operate and change over time. The performance and role of leadership in formal and informal settings is an integral part of the program. In addition, students will have the opportunity to develop skills and increase their knowledge in selected discipline areas.

The Program

The Master of Science Degree in Organizational Development and Leadership is an interdisciplinary program that will provide students with several opportunities:

  1. to learn basic principles and theories of organizational development and the role of leadership.
  2. to enhance skills and knowledge in specified content areas.
  3. to combine theory with practical experience through an internship in the student's concentration.

This 30-credit program is designed for both full and part-time students. Core Courses will be offered on campus and at the Dixon University Center in Harrisburg. Not all concentrations are available in Harrisburg. Course sequences are flexible and core courses have no prerequisites.

The program requires: 

  • 12 credits in core courses,
  • 12 credits in a concentration,
    • business
    • communication
    • environmental management
    • higher education structure and policy
    • historical administration
    • individual and organizational development     
    • management information systems
    • public organizations
    • social structures and organization
     
  • 6 credits in a capstone experience that includes an internship. The capstone course, SOC570, is not guaranteed in Harrisburg. 

Admission Requirements

The next entrance point for this program is Spring of 2012.  Please contact the Office of Graduate Admissions for additional details. Applicants must meet the standards for admission established by the S.U. Graduate School. Applicants must:

  • Have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university.
  • Have a minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 2.75. If GPA is below 2.75, an interview is required.
  • Submit the graduate application form along with:
    • a current résumé 
    • a personal goals statement, usually one page single-spaced explaining your personal and/or professional goals for pursuing the program
    • an undergraduate transcript
    • requisite application fee.
     

Degree Requirements

Core Courses (12 credits)

  • SOC550      Leadership Theory and Practice
  • SOC560      Leadership, Change and Innovation
  • PLS501       Organizational Theory and Behavior
  • PLS601       Research Methods

Capstone Experience (6 credits)

Recommend taking after completing 18-21 credits.

  • SOC570      Applied Leadership and Organizational Analysis (3 credits)
  • SOC609      Internship (within concentration area, 3 credits)

Concentration Areas and Recommended Electives  (12 credits)

Other courses in concentrations may be approved by Program Director; courses listed below are not necessarily appropriate and are listed as suggestions only.  

  • Business
    • BSN510       Economic & Information Systems Management
    • BSN511       Business Operations & Analysis
    • BSN512       Essentials of Accounting & Finance
    • BSN513       Organizational Behavior and Marketing
    • BSN514       Strategic Management and Leadership
    • MBA547       Management Information Systems and Applications
    • Other courses as directed in consultation with the ODL advisor
      * Concentration is designed for students without a business or business-related undergraduate degree
     
  • Communication
    • COM410        Women and the Media
    • COM460        Case Studies in Public Relations 
    • COM482        Internet Communication
    •  COM484       Electronic Media Programming and Management
    •  COM490       Selected Topics in Communication/Journalism
    •  COM500       Communication Theory
    •  COM516       Photographic Communication
    •  COM526       Emerging Mass Media Technologies
    •  COM530       Law & the Media
    •  COM536      World Broadcasting Systems
    •  COM544      Advanced Communication Problems 
    •  COM561    Press and Public Affairs
    •  COM570      Fund Raising and Association Public Relations
    •  COM600       Introduction Mass Communication Research (ODL students in this concentration are advised COM600 may be taken in place of PLS601 in core; an additional concentration course will be necessary if that substitution is made)
    • Other courses as directed in consultation with the ODL advisor
     
  • Environmental Management
    • GEO415        Regional Geographic Studies
    • GEO440        Field Techniques
    • GEO444        Environmental Land-Use Planning
    • GEO446        Water Resources Management
    • GEO490        Selected Topics
    • GEO522        Geoenvironmental Hydrology
    • GEO524        The Geologic Environment
    • GEO528       Geography of Economic and Environmental Systems
    • GEO532        Disease and the Environment
    • GEO536        Problems of the Atmospheric Environment
    • GEO542        Land-Use Regulations
    • GEO594        Selected Topics
    • Other courses as directed in consultation with the ODL advisor
     
  • Higher Education Structure and Policy
    • CNS562      Student Personnel Work in Higher Education
    • ESC400      Methods of Coaching (restricted, ask ODL coordinator for more information)
    • PLS504       Ethics for Public Service Managers
    • PLS603       Public Policy Analysis
    • PSY516      Motivation
    • SOC435      Gender and Leadership
    • SOC445      Sexuality and Sexual Orientation: A Social Approach
    • SOC530      Sociology of Higher Education
    • SOC490 and 594 courses may be approved from time to time
    • Other courses as directed in consultation with the ODL advisor
     
  • Historical Administration
    • HIS433         Oral History
    • HIS501         Introduction to Applied History
    • HIS502         Introduction to Archives
    • HIS505         Advanced Topics in Public History
    • HIS513         Seminar in U.S. Women's History
    • HIS515         Seminar in 20th Century U.S. Social History
    • HIS512-562  Seminars in Various Areas 
    • HIS 594        Selected Topics 
    • HIS 599        Readings in History 
    • Other courses as directed in consultation with the ODL advisor
    It is recommended Historical Administration concentration students in ODL take HIS 600 instead of PLS 601 for their research core course; HIS 600 may not be used in the concentration.
  • Individual and Organizational Development
    • PSY512       Theories of Learning
    • PSY515       Theories of Personality
    • PSY519       Life Span Psychology
    • PSY529       Psychology of Successful Aging
    • PSY533       Advanced Social Psychology
    • PSY565       Human Factors
    • PSY590       Introduction to Group Dynamics
    • PSY595-597 Selected Topics
    • Other courses as directed in consultation with the ODL advisor
     
  •  Management Information Systems
    •  ISS515    Information Systems Project Management
    •  ISS550    Database Design
    •  ISS570     Information Analysis
    •  MBA547    Management Information Systems and Applications

       
     
  •  Public Organizations
    • PLS502       Human Resources Management
    • PLS504       Ethics for Public Service Managers
    • PLS511       State Government
    • PLS512       Intergovernmental Relations and Programs
    • PLS561       Administrative Law
    • PLS603       Public Policy Analysis
    • Other courses as directed in consultation with the ODL advisor
     
  • Social Structures & Organization
    • SOC410      Family & Society
    • SOC435      Gender & Leadership
    • SOC445      Sexuality and Sexual Orientation: A Social Approach
    • SOC490      Selected Topics
    • SOC530      Sociology of Higher Education
    • SOC594      Selected Topics
    • Other courses as directed in consultation with the ODL advisor
     

Applied Experiences 

All students must fulfill the capstone experience that requires completion of a 3 credit internship in some administrative capacity within their concentration area. The internship will be simultaneous with the Applied Leadership and Organizational Analysis course (3 credits) where students will conduct an organizational analysis project.

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Financial Aid 

Shippensburg University offers a variety of financial aid options for graduate students that include graduate assistantships, residence hall director positions, and student loans. Contact the financial aid office at (717) 477-1131 or finaid@ship.edu for additional information.

Faculty

The interdisciplinary master of science in organizational development and leadership degree is an interdisciplinary program that is delivered by a diverse faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences, the John L. Grove College of Business, and the College of Education and Human Services. Faculty from the following areas will sponsor courses in the program: Business, Communication, Counseling, Geography/Earth Science, History, Information Systems, Political Science, and Psychology. Core courses will be taught by:

James H. Mike, Ph.D., Dean, College of Arts and Sciences.
Dina Banerjee, Ph.D., Sociology and Anthropology Department, Purdue University. 

C. Nielsen Brasher, Ph.D., Chair, Political Science Department, American University.
Barbara J. Denison, Ph.D., Organizational Development and Leadership Program Director, Sociology and Anthropology Department, Northwestern University.
Michael Greenberg, Political Science Department, University of Texas at Austin.
Amanda Olejarski, Ph.D., Political Science Department, Virginia Polytechnic University