
Sharon Starcher, D.B.A.
School of Business
Explore Business Administration: Organizational Leadership, B.A.
Organizational leadership is about strategic decision-making to effectively navigate the shifting environments, resources, and paradigms of the business world.
These dynamics – and their effects on organizations and people – are at the heart of Fresno Pacific’s program, which focuses on participation, presentation, practice, and performance.
Build on your previous experience in the workplace as you survey human resource functions, gain a deeper understanding of legal and ethical considerations involved in employment, and develop sensitivity and appreciation for diversity within the workplace.
Program Director: Sharon L. Starcher, DBA
The Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Leadership provides an overview of the fields of organizations and environments, leadership and organizational development. The major consists of courses that explain issues and ideas related to successfully working in organizations.
This major is designed to provide expansive knowledge of leadership within an organization from a systems perspective. Classes such as management, organizational behavior, marketing, and accounting provide the foundation for advanced classes in diversity, working with groups and teams, human resource management, and business strategy. An organizational issue or concern is researched and analyzed to help students focus on practical information to develop a strategic plan that benefits the organization and/or the community. Together, all the courses provide a practical guide to leadership issues in a nonprofit, for profit, faith based and public sector organizations. An ethical perspective is threaded throughout the major. The major is designed to provide a solid leadership and organizational background for graduates to use in seeking responsible employment or promotion.
OL1. Diversity and Group Dynamics: the student evaluates business situations concerning diversity and group behavior and proposes solutions to related unhealthy workplace conditions. USLO Information Literacy
OL2. Strategic Management: Students will learn to develop a strategic plan to understand how to provide managerial oversite and strategic planning for the long term sustainability and success of an organization.
Students must earn a C- or higher to receive credit for their organizational leadership courses. Exceptions: Students may receive credit for BIB-314 and BIB-451, as well as any other general education or elective course, with a D -.
24 month cohort program.
North Fresno, Merced, Visalia, Online and some courses offered in Reedley
Business Administration - Organizational Leadership, B.A. (DC) Two Year Pathway
You already have a lot going on in your life, which is why our degree completion programs are designed to meet you where you are. You'll be surrounded by other students who will support and encourage you, by faculty mentors who are invested in your success, by opportunities to connect what you learn in the classroom to the real world, and by connections to the employers who will help you move forward in your career.
Business Administration (AS-T) to Business Administration: Organizational Leadership, B.A.
BA courses fulfilled through ADT:
ADT Guarantee is the completion of BA/BS degree in 68 units.
The following guidelines are used when considering transfer credit:
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*Transfer Agreements are only a tool. Transfer work is not considered official until it has been evaluated by the FPU Registrar’s Office.
To reenter into the Degree Completion program within 5 years of last enrollment, the student will need to complete the Degree Completion Re-admission Form. An academic advisor will determine if the student may reenter and if any conditions apply for readmission. The student will be charged at the current tuition rate for any course repeated.
*Note: If student is readmitting after 5 years of last enrollment, the student will need to refer to “First Steps to Admission".
The non-matriculated application is for people who are interested in taking baccalaureate classes through the Degree Completion program, but are not seeking to be admitted into that program. Students must complete this Non-matriculated Application Form only once in order to be qualified to take courses. Applicants must also meet the two-year post-secondary experience requirement to take these courses. Financial Aid is not available, and the course limit is six units per semester with a limit of two semesters total.
For more information, or for help filling out this application, please contact Graduate and Degree Completion Admissions at (559) 453-3690.
FPU Degree Completion program guarantees you can complete your degree in just two years. If you meet the qualification requirements, fulfill your responsibilities under the program, and are unable to complete your major in a 2-yr. period, FPU will assume all additional tuition costs needed to complete your undergraduate degree.
FPU guarantees a student with an Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) from the California Community College system, can complete their degree in just two years. If a student meets the qualification requirements, fulfills the responsibilities under the program, and are unable to complete their major in a 2-year period, FPU will assume all additional tuition costs needed to complete their undergraduate degree at FPU.
State authorization is a federal requirement in the HigherEducation Act that requires institutions to be authorized in the state in which online programs are offered. Fresno Pacific University works regularly with individual state authorization agencies to meet each state's requirements. Currently, Fresno Pacific University has received authorization to offer online degree programs in all but six states: Georgia, Michigan, New York, New Mexico, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.
For the latest updates on the status of FPU's authorization in your state, contact your FPU Admissions representative.
The below listed prices reflect the current and upcoming Fall and Spring semesters and do not include any financial aid. Paying for college can be an overwhelming step in education your journey. We can help you find all the possible opportunities to reduce your out of pocket costs.
Tuition per Unit | Amount |
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SW, ECD, LA, BM, OL, EMGT, PMGT, HCA | $550 |
RN to BSN, CIS, CRIM, CML | $525 |
General Ed and Electives | $550 |
Other Costs | Amount |
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Student services fee (per semester) | $100 |
Tuition per Unit | Amount |
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SW, ECD, LA, BM, OL, EMGT, PMGT | $530 |
HCA, RN to BSN, CIS, CRIM, CML | $505 |
General Ed and Electives | $530 |
Other Costs | Amount |
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Student services fee (per semester) | $100 |
* This is an estimate. Costs subject to change. Cost of attendance figures are used for budgeting purposes only and represent an estimate of projected tuition and fees for the coming academic year. Actual tuition rates are approved by the Board of Trustees and may vary.
Financial aid can refer to scholarships, grants and loans, which are available to you from the government, the university or outside sources. Aid types vary depending on the type of student you are.
Alexandra Green
The grants, the academic awards, the transfer scholarship – all of it makes it so much more affordable to attend FPU. I know that school isn’t cheap for anyone, but FPU helped me realize that I could actually come to this school because they were going to help me so much financially.
The program provides an essential foundation for managing employees, equipping graduates to work in nearly any sector.
The staff in our Career Development and Experiential Learning Center are here to help you prepare to enter the working world. Whether your a freshman or an FPU alum, there are a number of resources and trainings offered to help you find the internship and job you’re looking for.