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PLAN OF STUDY: B.S. Degree

Organizational Leadership & Supervision
Bachelor of Science Degree
898 Plan of Study
123 Credit Hours

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First Semester
Course Requirements

Credit

OLS 252 (Organizational Behavior) Prereq: None
3
OLS 100# (Free Elective)
1
English (Composition Selective) Prereq: None
3
MA 159 (Pre-Calculus) Prereq: None
5
COM 114 (Fund. of Speech Comm.) Prereq: None
3
Total Credit Hours
15

Second Semester
Course Requirements

Credit

OLS 274 (Applied Leadership) Prereq: None
3
OLS 284 (Leadership Principles) Prereq: None
3
OLS 325 (Meeting Management)
Prereq: Comm 114
3
C&IT 136(Intro to Computer Tech) Prereq: None
3
PSY 120 (Elementary Psychology)
3
Free Elective
3
Total Credit Hours
18

Third Semester
Course Requirements

Credit

OLS 386 (Leadership—Change) Prereq: OLS 252 and OLS 274
3
Lab Science Elective
3
SOC 100 (Introductory Sociology)
3
AGEC 217 or ECON 210 (Princ of Econ) Prereq: None
3
OLS 388 (Leadership—Teams)
Prereq: OLS 252
3
Total Credit Hours
15

Fourth Semester
Course Requirements
Credit
STAT 301 or IT 342 (Statistics)
Prereq: MA 153 and 154
3
OLS 345 (Critical Thinking in Organizations)
Prereq: OLS 386 and 388)
3
OLS 376 (Human Resource Issues)
Prereq: OLS 386 and 388)
3
Free Elective
3
Technical Elective
3
Total Credit Hours
15

Fifth Semester
Course Requirements

Credit

OLS 477 (Conflict Management)
Prereq: OLS 386 and 388
3
OLS Selective
3
MGMT 190b (Accounting Principles)
3
Technical Elective
3
OLS Experiential Requirement ***
3
Total Credit Hours
15

Sixth Semester
Course Requirements
Credit
OLS 484 (Leadership—Quality and Productivity)
Prereq: Stat, OLS 386 and 388
3
IT 450 or MGMT 201 (Cost Analysis or Managerial Accounting)
Prereq: MA 153 and 154 or MGMT 200)
3
COM Selective (314,318, 325) Prereq: COM 114
3
Technical Elective
3
OLS Selective
3
Total Credit Hours
15

Seventh Semester
Course Requirements

Credit

OLS 456 (Leadership in a Global Environment)
Prereq: OLS 386 and 388
3
OLS 450 (Project Management)
Prereq: OLS 386 and 388
3
Free Elective
3
English 420/421 (Business or Technical Writing)
3
HIST or POL selective or PHIL 120 (Critical Thinking)
3
Total Credit Hours
15

Eighth Semester
Course Requirements
Credit
OLS 440 (Leading with Integrity)
Prereq: OLS 386 and 388
3
OLS Selective
3
English Selective
3
Technical Elective
3
Technical Elective
3
Total Credit Hours
15

***Experiential Courses are OLS 362 (Cooperative Education), OLS 467
(Supervised Practicum), OLS 491 (Internship Program), or OLS 490 (Individual Research Problems).

Students entering this plan of study in January 2007 or later will be required to have a "C" or higher in all OLS courses in order to graduate.

Notes: All students must complete a minimum of 32 hours of 300 level or higher courses on the West Lafayette Campus for graduation.
Responsibility for completing graduation requirements is SOLELY that of the student!!!
Student must be registered for CAND 991 the semester of graduation!!!

Revised 9/1/06