DSL – Strategic Foresight
Lead with Strategic Foresight
We’ll teach you the intricacies of organizational change and how to lead strategic initiatives as you identify future opportunities and challenges. Regent’s Doctor of Strategic Leadership (DSL) degree emphasizes leadership, communication, structure, team building, and cultural understanding from a Christian perspective. Through this terminal professional degree, you’ll become grounded in theory and practical components essential to organizational success.
COVID-19 Update: Concerned about travel? Residencies will be held online for your well-being and convenience until the end of 2021.
BECOME AN ANALYTICS EXPERT
Lead a scenario learning process for a leadership team that analyzes trends and tests organizational strategy against a range of possible futures.
LEARN TO LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY
Map an organization’s complexities by identifying stock and flow, links and loops, and then use computer models to generate alternative scenarios.
GAIN HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE
Conduct an audit of a client organization and offer suggestions on how they might advance their mission by reworking their planning cycle.
BE EQUIPPED TO EXCEL THROUGH REGENT’S STRATEGIC FORESIGHT PROGRAM
Experience Regent ranked among top national universities by U.S. News & World Report for two consecutive years (2019 & 2020). Our programs have also been recognized among the Top 5 Best Graduate Online Business (Non-MBA) Programs in Virginia for six consecutive years.
Our award-winning faculty will bring out your inner leader, from performing expert analyses to mentoring teams through change.
To learn more about this program, please complete the Request Information form on this page.
After completing the Doctor of Strategic Leadership (DSL) in Strategic Foresight degree online, with a minimal on-campus residency in Virginia Beach, you will be able to:
- Identify future opportunities and challenges for any organization.
- Understand the intricacies of organizational assessment, organizational change, and how to lead strategic initiatives.
- Monitor and assess organizations’ skills to innovate learning environments that continually increase effectiveness and efficiency.
- Elevate individuals, teams, and systems to their God-given potential.
Career Opportunities
- Corporate, Military & Government Consulting
- Executive Leadership for Business, Nonprofits, Educational Institutions, Government Agencies & the Military
Systems thinking by strategic leaders to map complexity in an organization’s transactional and macro environments through the identification of variables, stock and flows, links and loops.
The 21st century economy’s development as interconnected parts, particularly on economic outcomes for the global South. Examines baseline forecasts of regions or countries and uses computer models to generate alternative scenarios in demographic, environmental, economic and socio-political domains.
Theories for the appearance and direction of social order, conflict and action throughout history.
Organizations’ creation of anticipatory management systems to identify, track and remediate policy issues expected to emerge beyond the present planning cycle.
2021-22 Semester Check-In Deadlines:
All new students are expected to check-in for the semester two weeks before the session start date. Students should apply, be accepted, enroll in their first courses, and confirm a plan to pay for their courses prior to this date.
| Session | Semester Check-In | Session Start Date |
|---|---|---|
| Session A | Friday, August 13 | Monday, August 23 |
| Session M | Friday, September 10 | Monday, September 20 |
| Session B | Friday, October 15 | Monday, October 25 |
| Session C | Tuesday, December 21 | Monday, January 10 |
| Session T | Friday, January 28 | Monday, February 7 |
| Session D | Friday, March 4 | Monday, March 14 |
| Session E | Friday, April 29 | Monday, May 9 |
| Session F | Friday, June 10 | Monday, June 20 |
Doctoral Degree Requirements for Admission
When applying to the Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership or the Doctor of Strategic Leadership programs, the admissions committee, comprised of several faculty members, will use a rubric to independently evaluate and score each of the following criteria:
- Academic achievement in bachelor’s and master’s programs
- Writing quality
- Alignment of personal goals to Ph.D. or DSL outcomes
- Number of years in leadership positions
- Leadership development and impact
- Number of leadership positions held
Prerequisites:
Doctoral applicants must:
- Hold a master’s degree from a regionally accredited institution or an equivalent degree from a foreign institution, as evaluated by a credential evaluating agency.
- Submit all application materials such that they are received by the deadline for the semester to which they are applying. Once the application requirements have been fulfilled, an admissions interview may be requested. Interviews are by invitation only.
Admissions Process:
1. Complete Your Online Application
Submit your application using our Regent University Online Application.
Note: If you are unable to complete our application due to a disability, please contact our Admissions Office and an admissions representative will provide reasonable accommodations to assist you in completing the application.
2. Pay Your $50 Application Fee
Pay the $50 nonrefundable application fee by check or money order mailed to Regent University, Enrollment Support Services, 1000 Regent University Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23464.
3. Submit your Unofficial College Transcripts
We are able to examine and view your unofficial transcripts from U.S.-based schools, which indicate successful completion of bachelor’s and master’s degree programs, in order to review you for an admissions decision. Please submit your unofficial transcript to our Transcript Request team by email to apply@regent.edu using the subject line: SBL Doctoral Application Pieces.
Non-U.S. transcripts must be evaluated by an NACES-approved company. For further details, please review the International Admissions Checklist on the International Students Admissions page.
International Applicants: Please visit the International Students Admissions page for a more detailed explanation of the Regent University application information and to determine whether or not you qualify as an international student.
*Upon conditional acceptance to the program by review of unofficial transcripts, Regent University’s Admissions Office will attempt to obtain your official transcripts from your U.S. degree-granting institutions, which indicate successful completion of bachelor’s and master’s degree programs. We will notify you if your previous institutions will not release transcripts directly to us.
4. Complete Your Admissions Questionnaire
Please complete a brief admissions questionnaire based on your professional goals and interests. This should only take a few minutes to complete but please answer the questions completely and thoughtfully. This gives us a better opportunity to get to know you and align your objectives with our programs.
The admissions questionnaire can be found here. Once completed, our admission office will be able to upload this to your application file.
5. Government-Issued ID
To ensure academic integrity, Regent University requires a copy of a government-issued ID. Please email a scanned copy or photograph of it to apply@regent.edu with the subject line: Government ID.
PART-TIME STUDENTS
| Degree | Tuition Cost Per Credit Hour | Average Credit Hours Per Semester | Average Tuition Per Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master of Arts (MA) / Master of Science (MS) | $675 | 6 | $4,050 |
| Master of Business Administration (MBA) | $675 | 6 | $4,050 |
| Doctor of Philosophy in Organizational Leadership (PhD) | $995 | 3 | $2,985 |
| Doctor of Strategic Leadership (DSL) | $995 | 3 | $2,985 |
Full-Time Students
| Degree | Tuition Cost Per Credit Hour | Average Credit Hours Per Semester | Average Tuition Per Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master of Arts (MA) / Master of Science (MS) | $675 | 9 | $6,075 |
| Master of Business Administration (MBA) | $675 | 9 | $6,075 |
| Doctor of Philosophy in Organizational Leadership (PhD) | $995 | 6 | $5,970 |
| Doctor of Strategic Leadership (DSL) | $995 | 6 | $5,970 |
Student Fees Per Semester
| University Services Fee (On-Campus Students) | $800 |
| University Services Fee (Online Students) | $650 |
Part-Time Students
| Degree | Tuition Cost Per Credit Hour | Average Credit Hours Per Semester | Average Tuition Per Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master of Arts (MA) / Master of Science (MS) | $675 | 6 | $4,050 |
| Master of Business Administration (MBA) | $675 | 6 | $4,050 |
| Doctor of Philosophy in Organizational Leadership (PhD) | $995 | 3 | $2,985 |
| Doctor of Strategic Leadership (DSL) | $995 | 3 | $2,985 |
Full-Time Students
| Degree | Tuition Cost Per Credit Hour | Average Credit Hours Per Semester | Average Tuition Per Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master of Arts (MA) / Master of Science (MS) | $675 | 9 | $6,075 |
| Master of Business Administration (MBA) | $675 | 9 | $6,075 |
| Doctor of Philosophy in Organizational Leadership (PhD) | $995 | 6 | $5,970 |
| Doctor of Strategic Leadership (DSL) | $995 | 6 | $5,970 |
Student Fees Per Semester
| University Services Fee (On-Campus Students) | $750 |
| University Services Fee (Online Students) | $600 |
*Rates are subject to change at any time.
Estimated Cost of Attendance: View the estimated cost of attendance to see an example of the total cost of tuition and fees.
TITLE IV LOANS: If students are receiving Title IV Federal Student Loans, they are permitted to enroll in the same course number a maximum of only two semesters. Therefore, doctoral students are encouraged to carefully plan the dissertation/final project stage of their program.
The School of Business & Leadership is committed to the historical foundations of the doctoral degree in which a community of scholars is created among faculty mentors and student scholars. Regent University mirrors this historical tradition by using student cohorts, intensive on-campus residencies and a variety of interactive discussion modes that extend beyond topical course discourse.
The Ph.D. and DSL programs in the School of Business & Leadership include two required residencies, each covering four days and held on the campus of Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The first residency covers program orientation and guidelines, the library use course (UNIV LIB Information Research & Resources) as well as in-class instruction for the first two courses of the core curriculum. The second residency focuses on class instruction for the courses to be taken in the semester as well as doctoral program requirements such as comprehensive exams, doctoral dissertation, DSL Integrative Paper and Final Project.
View upcoming residency dates, registration and lodging details.
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