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Department of Organizational Leadership and Supervision (OLS)

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OLS certificate option

The primary objective of the organizational leadership and supervision (OLS) program is the education and development of graduates who are career-ready for leadership roles in business, industry, and service agencies. The program is a highly individualized, practical, people-oriented approach to the practice of supervision. It provides a long-term educational emphasis on real-world work concepts and principles of enlightened leadership, rather than a short-term supervisory approach.

Three-fourths of the program is composed of required courses that provide the student with the necessary skills and knowledge to perform well in their first work-related professional position. The other one-fourth consists of technical electives allowing a student to specialize in a specific area such as operations, quality control, or human relations. The student acquires technical knowledge needed to function effectively in today's high technology society.

Graduates are employed in various leadership and managerial positions in areas such as supervision, production control, quality control, process engineering, customer service, training and development, human resources management, technical sales, general management, and the military services.

Organizational Leadership and Supervision (OLS) AS

Two-year completion — TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED — 63
(Click on Course below to see Description)

FIRST SEMESTER

(3) OLS 252 Human Behavior in Organization
(3) COM 114 Fundamentals of Speech Communication
(3) MA 153 Algebra and Trigonometry I
(3) ENGL English Composition Selective
(3) Elective

SECOND SEMESTER

(3) OLS 274 Applied Leadership
(3) OLS 284 Leadership Process
(3) Technical Elective
(3) PSY 120 Introductory Psychology OR
SOC 100 Introductory Sociology
(3) Elective

THIRD SEMESTER

(3) OLS 386 Management of Change
(3) OLS 388 Leadership for Team Development
(3) Technical Elective
(3) CPT 136 Personal Computing Technology and Applications
(3) STAT 301T Statistics for Technology OR
IT 342 Introduction to Statistical Quality Control
(3) IT 104 Industrial Organization

FOURTH SEMESTER

(3) OLS Selective
(3) OLS Selective
(3) OLS Selective
(3) Technical Elective
(3) Technical Elective

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Organizational Leadership and Supervision (OLS) BS

TOTAL 123 CREDITS REQUIRED
Grades of "C" or better are required for OLS courses

FIRST SEMESTER

(3) OLS 252 Human Behavior in Organizations
(3) COM 114 Fundamentals of Speech Communication
(3) MA 153 Algebra and Trigonometry I
(3) ENGL English Composition Selective
(3) CPT 136 Personal Computing Technology and Applications

SECOND SEMESTER

(3) OLS 274 Applied Leadership
(3) OLS 284 Leadership Process
(3) CPT 172 Introduction to Application Development
(3) PSY 120 Introductory Psychology OR
SOC 100 Introductory Sociology
(3) MA 154 Algebra and Trigonometry II

THIRD SEMESTER

(3) OLS 386 Management of Change
(3) OLS 388 Leadership for Team Development
(3) Lab Science Elective
(3) ECON 210 Principles of Economics
(3) IT 104 Industrial Organization
(3) Elective

FOURTH SEMESTER

(3) OLS 331 Occupational Health and Safety
(3) OLS 376 Human Resource Issues
(3) Technical Elective
(3) Elective
(3) STAT 301T Statistics for Technology OR
IT 342 Introduction to Statistical Quality Control

FIFTH SEMESTER

(3) MGMT 190B Accounting for Technology
(3) OLS Selective
(3) OLS 474 Conference Leadership
(3) OLS Selective
(1) Elective
(2) CGT 242 Technical Graphics for Supervisors

SIXTH SEMESTER

(3) Technical Elective
(3) OLS Selective
(3) MGMT 201 Management Accounting I
(3) COM 318 Principles of Persuasion OR
COM 314 Advanced Public Speaking
(3) Technical Elective

SEVENTH SEMESTER

(3) ENGL 421 Technical Writing
(3) OLS Selective
(3) OLS Selective
(3) OLS 484 Leadership Strategies for Quality and Productivity
(3) IET 264 Work Methods and Measurements

EIGHTH SEMESTER

(3) OLS 487 Leadership Philosophy
(3) OLS Selective
(3) Technical Elective
(3) Technical Elective
(3) Elective