Mar 28, 2024  
2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Organizational Leadership and Supervision, B.S.


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The Organizational Leadership and Supervision degree focuses on providing individuals with a competitive advantage when moving into leadership and supervisory roles in technology-based organizations. The program investigates the rapidly changing and complex nature of leadership in organizations that use and rely on technology.

The success of today’s businesses and organizations demand leadership that is informed, forwardthinking, and able to optimize the capabilities of knowledge-based workers and the solutions they create. The Organizational Leadership and Supervision degree develops exactly this set of skills. Students learn about leadership, the creation of organizational vision and value, and the development of human resources while leading technological change.

The Organizational Leadership and Supervision degree provides a long term, empowering approach to the practice of leading people rather than the short term, command and control approach to utilizing human resources. Students learn about leadership, the importance of organizational vision and values, developing human resources, and managing technological resources in corporate, government, nonprofit, or community organizations. Leadership skills in goal setting, time management, verbal and visual communication, and leadership values and abilities are developed through relevant real world applications.

The Organizational Leadership and Supervision program consists of 120 hours of undergraduate academic credit. In addition to meeting the 42 semester hour university core curriculum requirement, students must complete major core courses, and directed emphasis coursework. Students must earn a 2.0 minimum GPA in all major and directed emphasis courses attempted at the university. Transfer students must have earned a 2.0 GPA or better in all major and directed emphasis courses to be transferred for credit.

The major areas of coursework within the Organizational Leadership and Supervision program are (1) analysis and reasoning, (2) organizations, (3) human resources, (4) communications, (5) integration through an original senior project, and (6) directed technology emphasis.

All majors and minors in the Department of Information and Logistics Technology must earn a grade of C or better in all major/minor courses. No grade lower than C will be accepted on any courses applicable to the major transferred to the University of Houston.

Program Admission

UH undergraduate students wishing to transfer into the Organizational Leadership program from another degree plan must have a minimum 2.00 GPA and be in good academic and disciplinary standing in order to apply for admission. Upon acceptance into the program, your university core curriculum requirements may transfer, and up to 36 semester hours from your previous major may transfer into the area of directed emphasis. A minimum 2.00 GPA must have been earned in each directed emphasis transfer course, otherwise that course must be repeated.

Students from other degree granting accredited institutions may apply for admission. To be eligible for admission, a student must have completed an A.S. or A.A.S. degree and have a minimum 2.00 GPA. Students that are accepted into the program may apply up to 66 semester hours from their Associate degree towards the completion of their Bachelor of Science degree.

Freshmen students are admitted into the Organizational Leadership program; many areas of directed emphasis are available such as Digital Media, Supply Chain and Logistics,Computer Information Systems, Electrical Power Engineering Technology, etc. Please see an academic advisor, located in 108 T, for assistance.

University Core Curriculum


42 Semester Hours

For information on the University Core, please see the Academic Regulations  section of this catalog.

Please note that some majors have specific requirements in the core curriculum. Refer to the specific degree plans in this catalog for those requirements.

Organizational Leadership and Supervision Major Requirements


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Major GPA calculated on the major requirements and directed technology emphasis.

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This block of courses is an example of the directed emphasis for freshmen majoring in the Organizational Leadership and Supervision program.

Directed Emphasis (36 SH)


(Transfer/change of major students will create an emphasis that is composed of at least 33 SH. This block DOES NOT apply to freshman students).

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The Academic Services Center can assist in determining the directed emphasis that best fits your degree requirements.

Program Requirements and University Core


Communication


(6 semester hours which includes university core)

Writing in the Disciplines


(3 semester hours which includes university core)

History & Government


(12 semester hours which includes university core)

Humanities


(3 semester hours which includes university core - choose from approved list)

Visual & Performing Arts


(3 semester hours which includes university core - choose from approved list)

Social and Behavioral Sciences


(3 semester hours which includes university core - choose from approved list)

Natural Sciences


(6 semester hours which includes university core - choose from approved list)

Mathematics


(3 semester hours which includes university core)

Mathematics/Reasoning


(3 semester hours which includes university core)

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