Organizational Behavior and Leadership, BS

Program Description

The Organizational Behavior and Leadership program (OBL) is intended for professionals who want to contribute to their organization’s success by improving the well-being of its most important asset: its people. The program prepares you for responsible leadership and managerial roles in a variety of organizational settings. You’ll develop the conceptual and problem-solving skills that an effective leader needs to identify how behaviors and attitudes can be improved through recruitment practices, training programs and implementation of feedback systems. Completing this program will equip you with the skills, knowledge and values needed to advance your career and thrive in complex organizational management teams.

Program Policies

All students who declare as a major the Organizational Behavior and Leadership Program should complete ORG 495D - Internship Org Behavior  for a minimum of four (4) semester credits which will fulfill one of the program elective requirements.  Students requesting to obtain a waiver for the undergraduate internship requirement within the Organizational Behavior and Leadership program must meet, at minimum, the following criteria:

• Student must submit a request to waive the undergraduate internship requirement at least one semester prior to intended semester of graduation.
•  Student must submit a resume to be reviewed by members of the Edgewood College Division of Business, Communication, and Innovation faculty and staff. Student should be willing to complete any revisions suggested after review of resume.
• Student must demonstrate a significant amount of external experience which would meet or exceed the requirements of the undergraduate internship.  Experience should be demonstrated by the submission of a personal statement from the student along with supporting letters of reference and/or industry credentials/certifications.
• Student may be required to complete written and/or oral assignments related to the internship course for which they are petitioning a waiver. 

The student’s submission will be reviewed by the Division of Business, Communication, and Innovation advisor, the Associate Dean of Business, Communication, and Innovation, and the Lead Faculty of the Organizational Behavior and Leadership program.

Students must complete all required courses and ORG courses with a grade of C or better.