M.A. in Organizational Leadership – Interdisciplinary Studies
Customize Your Degree. Create Your Niche.
Become the specific type of leader you think the world needs. Self-design your course lineup from a broad spectrum of subject areas—all taught from a Christian perspective. Your Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership (MAOL) — Interdisciplinary Studies will give you practice solving problems in real-life situations.
FOCUS ON YOUR PASSION
Enjoy three elective courses from any school at Regent University that align with your career goals. Courses must have obvious tie to leadership and/or organizational development. Must be approved by advisor.
IMPROVE YOUR MARKETABILITY
Master the organizational leadership skills employers are seeking, including motivation, creativity, vision, strategic planning and technology.
INSPIRE OTHERS THROUGH SERVANT LEADERSHIP
Gain expertise to motivate teams and confidently guide those you lead and serve.
You will learn key organizational leadership elements such as ethics, motivation, creativity, vision, strategic planning and teamwork from our award-winning faculty.
After completing your MAOL in Interdisciplinary Studies, you will be able to:
- Create a plan to train and enrich your employees from orientation to executive development.
- Apply organizational leadership elements in ethics, motivation, creativity, vision, strategic planning, teamwork, group development, technology and organizational development.
- Integrate a global outlook that improves cultural competence and values the commonalities and uniqueness among employees.
Career Opportunities
Administration, management & leadership in a variety of roles, based on your career objectives.
Provides an understanding of organizational structure and organizational life-cycle development. Students learn the role of the leader as an organizational architect. The course examines the role of the Organizational Development (OD) specialist and how leaders intervene in their own organizations, as well as how consultants intervene in other organizations.
Qualitative and quantitative research methods and data analysis that leaders and consultants use in organizations with particular attention to interview and observation.
Explores the psychological contract between leader and follower that takes any of many forms between two people or between the leader and small groups. Students study group formation and group development, as well as the intricacies of coaching, mentoring, and discipling. Students study organizational behavior and explore how OB concepts affect leadership effectiveness.
Examines organizational communication, including dyadic, small group, formal and informal communication, as well as the relationship of communication to organizational satisfaction and effectiveness. In addition, students study how communication defers in leader-member exchange and mass-communication of charismatic leader/large group interaction.
Compares and contrasts strategic thinking with strategic planning and presents the value of both. Students study the leader’s role in organizational change – creating and preventing change, as well as determining the organization’s readiness for change. In addition, students explore the reasons for resistance to change and strategies for coping with resistance.
Technology as the study of tools and methods and explores how leaders help followers interact with tools and methods to accomplish the organization’s objectives. This includes job design, human-computer interaction, understanding how new technology should cause current tools and methods to change, and how to help followers through the adoption and diffusion of the innovation process.
Synthesizes the knowledge and skills learned throughout this program. This experience may be, but is not limited to, a guided project, (i.e., designing a new organization, analyzing an existing major organizational problem and recommending solutions or developing and testing a seminar), a master’s thesis or a publishable manuscript. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
When applying to master’s or MBA programs in the School of Business & Leadership, the admissions committee will review your application materials for an admissions decision. Criteria reviewed by the admissions committee include:
- Academic achievement
- Vision clarity and alignment with program outcomes
- Writing quality
- Leadership experience
2020-2021 Semester Check-In Deadlines:
All new students are expected to check-in for the semester 2 weeks prior to 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.
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Session |
Semester Check-In |
Session Start Date |
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Session A |
Friday, August 14 |
Monday, August 24 |
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Session M |
Friday, September 11 |
Monday, September 21 |
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Session B |
Friday, October 16 |
Monday, October 26 |
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Session C |
Tuesday, January 5 |
Monday, January 11 |
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Session T |
Friday, January 29 |
Monday, February 8 |
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Session D |
Friday, March 5 |
Monday, March 15 |
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Session E |
Friday, April 30 |
Monday, May 10 |
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Session F |
Friday, June 11 |
Monday, June 21 |
Prerequisites:
Master’s applicants must:
- Hold a bachelor’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.
Application Process:
1. Complete Your Online Application
Note: If you are unable to complete our application due to a disability, please contact our Admissions Office for assistance.
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*
Unofficial transcripts from a U.S.-based school, indicating successful completion of a bachelor’s degree program, can be used for an admissions decision. Submit your unofficial transcript to apply@regent.edu using the subject line: SBL Master’s Application Pieces.
Non-U.S. transcripts must be evaluated by an NACES-approved company. See the International Admissions Checklist for details.
*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 institution, which indicate successful completion of a bachelor’s degree program. We will notify you if your previous institution will not release transcripts directly to us.
4. Complete an Admissions Questionnaire Regarding Your Professional Goals and Interests
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.
6. International Applicants
Visit the International Students Admissions page for additional admission requirements and to determine if you qualify as an international student.
Note: All items submitted as part of the application process become the property of Regent University and cannot be returned.
2019-20 Tuition Rates
| Degree Level / Program | Cost Per Credit Hour |
|---|---|
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M.A. in Organizational Leadership |
$675 per credit (In-state & Out-of-state) |
Student Fees Per Semester
| Application Fee | $50 (nonrefundable) |
| Enrollment Deposit | $100 |
| University Services Fee (Online Students) | $550 |
| RU Library Course Fee | $50 (one-time fee) |
2020-21 Tuition Rates
| Degree Level / Program | Cost Per Credit Hour |
|---|---|
|
M.A. in Organizational Leadership |
$675 per credit (In-state & Out-of-state) |
Student Fees Per Semester
| Application Fee | $50 (nonrefundable) |
| Enrollment Deposit | $100 |
| University Services Fee (Online Students) | $600 |
| RU Library Course Fee | $50 (one-time fee) |
*Rates are subject to change at any time. The per-credit-hour tuition rate is for SBL master’s level courses only. Concentration courses taken from the other schools at Regent University are charged at that school’s tuition rate.