An area of concentration in Applied Leadership will prepare you with foundational knowledge and transferrable skills for success in both the modern workplace and contemporary life.
This concentration provides theoretical understanding of leadership and organizations paired with courses that build a “toolbox” of practical and applied skills and competencies customizable to meet the needs and demands of the world in which you live and work.
Concentration Requirements (Blocks 1 & 2)* | 30 hours |
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Select one course from each of the Five Cs of Leadership Competencies | 15 hours |
Content | |
ISQA 3420 Managing in a Digital World | 3 hours |
MGMT 3490 Management | 3 hours |
PA 2000 Leadership & Administration | 3 hours |
PA 4530 Strategic Planning | 3 hours |
PSCI 2120 Introduction to Leadership | 3 hours |
SOC 3610 Applied Organizational Sociology | 3 hours |
Character | |
BSAD 3600 Business Ethics | 3 hours |
CIST 3110 Information Technology Ethics | 3 hours |
LAWS 3170 Ethics in Business | 3 hours |
PHIL 1020 Contemporary Moral Problems | 3 hours |
PHIL 2030 Introduction to Ethics | 3 hours |
PHIL 3170 Ethics in Business | 3 hours |
Communication | |
CMST 2410 Small Group Communication and Leadership | 3 hours |
CMST 4170 Organizational Communication | 3 hours |
CMST 4180 Communication and Leadership and Organizations | 3 hours |
CMST 4510 Persuasion and Social Influence | 3 hours |
CMST 4800 Advanced Conflict Mediation | 3 hours |
ENGL 4830 Technical Communication | 3 hours |
SCMT 4450 Managerial Negotiation Strategies | 3 hours |
Connection | |
MGMT 3100 Managing Change and Innovation | 3 hours |
MGMT 4040 Organizational Behavior | 3 hours |
MGMT 4090 Principles of Collaboration | 3 hours |
Context | |
BLST 4880 Black Leadership in America | 3 hours |
BSAD 2700 Globalization of Business Enterprise | 3 hours |
ENTR 4750 Social Entrepreneurship | 3 hours |
PA 3500 Nonprofit Organizations and Management | 3 hours |
PHHB 4950 Public Health Leadership | 3 hours |
PSCI 4030 The Presidency | 3 hours |
PSYC 4640 Personnel Psychology | 3 hours |
SOC 4620 Applied Formal Organizations | 3 hours |
TED 4800 Leadership and Management in Libraries | 3 hours |
WGST 3020 Perspectives on Leadership | 3 hours |
Select one Course from Five of the Seven Workplace Toolbox Skills/Competencies | 15 hours |
Analytical Reasoning | |
STAT 1100 Data Literacy and Visualization | 3 hours |
ACCT 2000 Accounting Basics for Non-Business Majors | 3 hours |
CIST 2100 Organizations, Applications and Technology | 3 hours |
MATH 1130 Quantitative Literacy | 3 hours |
PA 4390 Public Budgeting | 3 hours |
PSYC 4310 Psychological and Educational Testing | 3 hours |
Research Methods Course | |
Statistical Analysis Course | |
Applied Communication | |
ENGL 3050 Writing for the Workplace | 3 hours |
MKT 3200 Business Communication | 3 hours |
ENGL 3980 Technical Writing Across the Disciplines | 3 hours |
CMST 2010 Interpersonal Communication | 3 hours |
CMST 3130 Speech Communication in Business and the Professions | 3 hours |
Oral/Written Communication Based on Content | |
Global/Intercultural Fluency | |
BLST 4580 Communicating Race, Ethnicity, & Identity | 3 hours |
CMST 4530 Intercultural Communication - US | 3 hours |
BSAD 2700 Globalization of Business Enterprise | 3 hours |
CMST 4570 Intercultural Communication in the Global Workplace | 3 hours |
PSYC 4530 Cultural Psychology | 3 hours |
SOC 3900 Race and Ethnic Relations in the US | 3 hours |
SOWK 2120 Race, Class and Gender in the United States | 3 hours |
WGST 3750 Gender and Communication | 3 hours |
US/Global Diversity Based on Content | |
Innovation and Creative Thinking | |
PSYC 4650 Creativity and Innovation in Organizations | 3 hours |
ENTR 3710 Entrepreneurial Foundations | 3 hours |
ITIN 1010 Activating Innovation in Society | 3 hours |
ITIN 1110 Introduction to IT Innovation | 3 hours |
Sales & Service Orientation | |
MKT 3100 Professional Selling | 3 hours |
MKT 3320 Consumer Behavior | 3 hours |
SOC 3450 Social Psychology | 3 hours |
Teamwork & Collaboration | |
CMST 4560 Communication, Teamwork, and Facilitation | 3 hours |
CMST 4700 Interpersonal Conflict | 3 hours |
ISQA 3910 Introduction to Project Management | 3 hours |
MGMT 4090 Principles of Collaboration | 3 hours |
MGMT 4330 Project Management | 3 hours |
Career Management | |
GERO 4750 Mid-Life, Career Change, Preretirement Planning | 3 hours |
MGMT 3300 StrategyU: Identifying and Leveraging Your Distinctive Professional Capabilities | 3 hours |
PSYC 4640 Personnel Psychology | 3 hours |
* Must include at least 12 hours of upper level credit completed at UNO
A minimum of 120 hours are required for the Bachelor of Multidisciplinary Studies degree.