Program Overview

Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership

Overview

The Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership (MAOL) program at St. Catherine University equips professionals with the skills and knowledge to lead with responsibility, integrity, and trust. This online program focuses on effective strategies to motivate and optimize dynamic teams, fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion within a team.

Program Details

• Format: Online
• Start: Fall or Spring
• Time to completion: 20 months
• Credits required: 36
• Tuition per credit: $715 (rates)
• Total tuition: $25,740

Certificate Options

• Specialized Certificates:
  • Change Leadership - Certificate
  • Ethics and Leadership - Certificate
  • Equity-Focused Leadership - Certificate
  • Healthcare Leadership - Certificate
  • Information Services and Technology - Certificate
  • Library Leadership - Certificate
  • Nonprofit and Public Leadership - Certificate
  • Strategic Management - Certificate
• Foundational Certificate:
  • Foundations of Leadership

Plan of Study

Sample Plan of Study: 2-Year, Fall Start

• Year 1:
  • Fall: ORLD 6200: Foundations of Leadership & Ethics (3cr), ORLD 6300: Strategic Communication: Influence & Collaboration (3cr)
  • J-Term: ORLD 6402: Organizational Strategies: Accounting & Finance (2cr)
  • Spring: ORLD 7000: Personal & Team Leadership to Drive Results (3cr), ORLD 7700: Organizations as Cultural, Social and Political Structures (3cr)
  • Summer: ORLD 6502: Organizational Strategies: People & Culture (2cr), ORLD 7500: Leading Organizational Change (3cr), ORLD 8202: Organizational Strategies: Operations & Management (2cr)
• Year 2:
  • Fall: ORLD 8000: Advanced Leadership Principles & Practices (3cr), ORLD 8901/8902: Action Research or Thesis Design & Proposal (3cr)
  • J-Term: ORLD 6700: Cultural Context of Leadership: Study Abroad* (3cr)
  • Spring: ORLD 8400: Difference & Conflict Competence (3cr), ORLD 8980/8990: Action Research Project or Thesis (2-3cr), ORLD 8800: Leadership Seminar (1cr)

Sample Plan of Study: 4-Year, Fall Start

• Year 1:
  • Fall: ORLD 6200: Foundations of Leadership & Ethics (3cr)
  • J-Term: ORLD 6402: Organizational Strategies: Accounting & Finance (2cr)
  • Spring: ORLD 6300: Strategic Communication: Influence & Collaboration (3cr)
  • Summer: ORLD 6502: Organizational Strategies: People & Culture (2cr)
• Year 2:
  • Fall: ORLD 7000: Personal & Team Leadership to Drive Results (3cr), ORLD 6900: Colloquium (1cr)
  • Spring: ORLD 7700: Organizations as Cultural, Social and Political Structures (3cr)
  • Summer: ORLD 7500: Leading Organizational Change (3cr)
• Year 3:
  • Fall: ORLD 8000: Advanced Leadership Principles & Practices (3cr)
  • J-Term: ORLD 8202: Organizational Strategies: Operations & Management (2cr)
  • Spring: ORLD 8400: Difference & Conflict Competence (3cr)
  • Summer: ORLD 7800: Colloquium (1cr)
• Year 4:
  • Fall: ORLD 8901/8902: Action Research or Thesis Design & Proposal (3cr), ORLD 8500: Colloquium (1cr)
  • Spring: ORLD 8980/8990: Action Research Project or Thesis (2-3cr), ORLD 8800: Leadership Seminar (1cr)

Career Outcomes

The MAOL program prepares students for leadership roles across various sectors, focusing on effective strategies to motivate and optimize dynamic teams.

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St. Kate's Experience

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