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TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR CAREER! If you're ready to expand your professional opportunities and move up to a position of leadership, this is the bachelor's degree for you. Earn a practical, life-enhancing degree while balancing your family and career obligations. "Learn Today, Lead Tomorrow" with the Penn State Organizational Leadership degree program!
This 123-credit (minimum) degree program provides students with flexibility by offering classes through Continuing Education & Training at the Devorris Downtown Center, as well as through online and distance learning. The program draws on many of the disciplines of the liberal arts to illuminate the work and employment issues that all leaders face in the twenty-first century. All students are expected to develop proficiency in research methodology, critical analysis, communication, and the application of theory. Students can expect to learn and practice skills that focus on understanding how organizations function, formally and informally, and how individuals function within organizations. See the Web site at http://www.altoona.psu.edu/ce/olead for further details on required courses.
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COURSES OFFERED IN THE FALL 2009 SEMESTER
CAS 100A: Effective Speech
Principles of communication, implemented through presentation of speeches with some attention to group discussion and message evaluation.
CAS 352: Organizational Communication
This course examines the function and structure of communication in both formal and informal situations.
CMPSC 203: Introduction to Spreadsheets and Databases
Design, use, and programming of spreadsheets and databases with applications from a range of disciplines.
CRIMJ 100: Introduction to Criminal Justice
Overview of the criminal justice system, including legal foundations, processing and correction of offenders, extent and types of crime, and victims.
ECON 004: Introductory Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy
National income measurement; aggregate economic models; money and income; policy problems
ENGL 015: Rhetoric and Composition
Instruction and practice in writing expository prose that shows sensitivity to audience and purpose.
Prerequisite: ENGL 004 or satisfactory performance on the English proficiency
ENGL 202A: Effective Writing: Writing in the Social Sciences
Instruction in writing persuasive arguments about significant issues in the social sciences. (A student may take only one course for credit from ENGL 202A, 202B, 202C, and 202D.) Prerequisite: ENGL 015 or ENGL 030; fourth-semester standing.
ENGL 202D: Effective Writing: Business Writing
Instruction in writing persuasive arguments about significant issues in the social sciences. (A student may take only one course for credit from ENGL 202A, 202B, 202C, and 202D.) Prerequisite: ENGL 015 or ENGL 030; fourth-semester standing.
ENGL 419: Advanced Business Writing
Preparing and editing reports and presentations common to business, industry, and government.
IST 110: Information, People, and Technology
The use, analysis, and design of information systems and technologies to organize, coordinate, and inform human enterprises.
LER 424: Employment Compensation
Development and management of employee compensation systems.
MATH 021: College Algebra I
Quadratic equations, equations in quadratic form, word problems, graphing, algebraic fractions, negative and rational exponents, and radicals. Prerequisite: MATH 004 or satisfactory performance on the mathematics proficiency examination.
MGMT 321: Leadership and Motivation
Applies organizational behavior theories, concepts, and skills to leading and motivating individuals and groups. Prerequisite: B A 304,
MGMT 301 or 3 credits of psychology sociology or cultural anthropology
MIS 103: Microcomputer Applications in Business
Introduction to current business sues of the microcomputer, including spreadsheets, database management, word-processing, and decision-making models.
MIS 204: Introduction to Business Information Systems
Introduction to the use of information systems in business organizations.
PHIL 103W: Introduction to Ethics
Ethical theory about virtue, duty, autonomy, and life quality applied to moral problems, including character, violence, oppression, abortion, and suicide.
Prerequisite: ENGL 015 or ENGL 030
PSYCH 100: Introduction to Psychology
Introduction to general psychology, principles of human behavior, and their applications.
PSYCH 281: Introduction to Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Personnel selection, training, accident prevention, morale, and organizational behavior. Prerequisite: PSYCH 100
SOC 119: Race and Ethnic Relations
Historical patterns and current status of racial and ethnic groups; inequality, competition, and conflict; social movements; government
policy.
SOC 207: Research Methods in Sociology
Experiential-based course covering the four main social research methods: available data, survey research, experiments, and field
research. Prerequisite: 3 credits in Sociology
STAT 200: Elementary Statistics
Descriptive statistics, frequency distributions, probability, binomial and normal distributions, statistical inference, linear regression, and
correlation.
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COURSES OFFERED IN THE SPRING 2010 SEMESTER
CAS 100A: Effective Speech
Principles of communication, implemented through presentation of speeches with some attention to group discussion and message evaluation.
CRIMJ 100: Introduction to Criminal Justice
Overview of the criminal justice system, including legal foundations, processing and correction of offenders, extent and types of crime, and victims.
ECON 002: Introduction to Microeconomic Analysis and Policy
Methods of economic analysis and their use; price determination; theory of the firm; distribution.
ENGL 015: Rhetoric and Composition
Instruction and practice in writing expository prose that shows sensitivity to audience and purpose.
Prerequisite: ENGL 004 or satisfactory performance on the English proficiency
ENGL 202A: Effective Writing: Writing in the Social Sciences
Instruction in writing persuasive arguments about significant issues in the social sciences. (A student may take only one course for credit from ENGL 202A, 202B, 202C, and 202D.) Prerequisite: ENGL 015 or ENGL 030; fourth-semester standing.
ENGL 202D: Effective Writing: Business Writing
Instruction in writing persuasive arguments about significant issues in the social sciences. (A student may take only one course for credit from ENGL 202A, 202B, 202C, and 202D.) Prerequisite: ENGL 015 or ENGL 030; fourth-semester standing.
ENGL 419: Advanced Business Writing
Preparing and editing reports and presentations common to business, industry, and government.
IST 110: Information, People, and Technology
The use, analysis, and design of information systems and technologies to organize, coordinate, and inform human enterprises.
LER 424: Employment Compensation
Development and management of employee compensation systems.
MATH 021: College Algebra I
Quadratic equations, equations in quadratic form, word problems, graphing, algebraic fractions, negative and rational exponents, and radicals. Prerequisite: MATH 004 or satisfactory performance on the mathematics proficiency examination.
MGMT 100: Survey of Management
Introduction to organizational factors relevant to management processes, including leadership, motivation, job design, technology,
organizational design and environments, systems, change. May not be used to satisfy Penn State Business baccalaureate degree
requirements. Not available to students who have taken B A 304 or MGMT 301.
MIS 103: Microcomputer Applications in Business
Introduction to current business sues of the microcomputer, including spreadsheets, database management, word-processing, and decision-making models.
MIS 204: Introduction to Business Information Systems
Introduction to the use of information systems in business organizations.
PHIL 103W: Introduction to Ethics
Ethical theory about virtue, duty, autonomy, and life quality applied to moral problems, including character, violence, oppression, abortion, and suicide.
Prerequisite: ENGL 015 or ENGL 030
PSYCH 100: Introduction to Psychology
Introduction to general psychology, principles of human behavior, and their applications.
SOC 012: Criminology
Explanations and measurement of crime; criminal law; characteristics of criminals and victims; violent, property, white-collar, organized,
and sexual crimes.
STAT 200: Elementary Statistics
Descriptive statistics, frequency distributions, probability, binomial and normal distributions, statistical inference, linear regression, and
correlation.
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