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BS Professional Studies in Organizational Leadership

This degree seeks to prepare students for a variety of positions in the fields of business and communications. A minimum of 120 hours is needed.

These requirements are IN ADDITION to the General Education Requirements.

Bachelor of Science Requirements
  • Complete a minimum of 120 semester hours.
  • A minimum of 30 hours must be taken through MTSU.
  • At least 45 upper-division hours (3000/4000 level) are required. A minimum of 30 upper-division hours must be completed through MTSU.
  • Complete a minimum of 12 of the last 18 semester hours through MTSU.
  • No more than 60 semester hours completed or awarded by credit-by-examination, credit for service-related experience and flight training may be counted for credit on a degree.
  • A minimum of 60 semester hours must be completed at a 4-year institution.
  • No more than 25% of the credits may be in courses commonly found in a school of business; therefore, a student can have only one business minor.
  • During the second semester of the sophomore year, students must complete an upper-division form and file it in the Records Office. Contact your advisor for more information.
Degree-Specific Requirements
  • Courses used to satisfy the General Studies requirements in the bachelor's degree cannot be used to fulfill the 42 hours used specifically for the B.S. in Professional Studies degree.
  • Maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA in the major.
  • This degree is not awarded through the College of Business.

Professional Core (21 hours)
If the course has been developed, it is linked to its respective syllabus.

Course Hours Grade

1. Admin. & Supervision (3 hrs) Choose one.
PADM 3601-Public Administration
MGMT 3610-Principles of Management
METH 4381-Principles of Supervision
LIST 4093-Special Topics and Leadership

2. Organizational Systems (3 hrs) Choose one.
PM 4120-Organization Theory & Behavior
PADM 4226-Intro to Nonprofit Organizations

3. Team & Org. Relations (3 hrs) Choose one.
ORCO 3240-Organizational Communciation
COMM 3010-Integrated Corporate Communication

4. Statistical Methods (3 hrs) Choose one.
SOAA 3350-Social Statistics
SOC 4510-Intro to Social Research
JOUR 3410-Public Relations Research

5. Written Communication (6 hrs) Choose two.
ENGL 3134-Computers, Writing, & Literature
ENGL / PC 3250-Professional Communication
JOUR 3421 - Public Relations Writings

6. International Context (3 hrs) Choose one.
SPAN 3550-Latin America: The Country & Peoples
POLI 4350-International Law
JOUR 4712 - Mass Media and Culture
PS 3510 - International Political Economy
POLS 3010-Comparative Politics


Organizational Leadership Concentration (18 hrs)

1. Choose 5 courses (15 hours) from the following:

Course Hours Grade
A. BMGT 3630--Human Resource Management 3
B. FACS 4547--Corporate Etiquette 3
C. JOUR 3400--Public Relations 3
D. PSY 3590--Psychology of Personality 3
E. PSY 3230 / 3210--Abnormal Psychology 3
F. SW 3710--Family Caregiving 3
G. SW 3200--Cultural Diversity 3

2 . Culminating Project-3hrs--UNIV 4995
(A permit is required for this course)

3 . Electives to equal 120 hrs__________________

RODP Internship Application (UNIV 4110)

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