Sharon Starcher, D.B.A.
Assistant Professor of Business, Department Chair
What's possible when business places people over profit?
Leadership.
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 Highlights
- Choose between face-to-face or fully online program options
- Meet for class one night per week
- Progress through the entire program with a cohort of 12-22 adult students
- Engage diverse classmates from a variety of life stages and cultural backgrounds
- Study under experienced faculty and who assign relevant coursework
- Apply innovative yet practical course material to your day job (e.g. "Business Policy and Strategy")
- For a detailed program brochure click here
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Program Director: Sharon L. Starcher, DBA
Overview
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.
Admissions Requirements
- Application form and fee
- A minimum 2.4 GPA, below 2.4 can submit a petition
- Two years' postsecondary work experience.
- Need a minimum of 6 transferable units, below 6 units can submit a petition
- Note: need 60 units before starting the major
Program Student Learning Outcomes
- Business Content Knowledge: the student demonstrates mastery of foundational knowledge in general management, organization development, human resource management, managerial accounting, the legal and ethical influences in business, and marketing. USLO Content Knowledge
- Critical Thinking: the student evaluates business conditions, identifies problems, and creates solutions within the business context utilizing critical thinking skills. USLO Critical Thinking
- Faith Integration: the student recognizes Christian ethics and values, and the student integrates his/her faith-based ethics and values as the student formulates decisions that affect the business community and its environment based on the course focus. USLO Moral Reasoning, Service
- Communication: the student conveys researched ideas clearly through professional written and oral communication that utilizes the current language of the business community. USLO Oral Communication, Written Communication
- Cultural Awareness: the student applies management practices that demonstrate the student's understanding and respect for organizational culture, for diverse cultures at large, and for the impact to society and the environment. USLO Perspective
- Reflection and Personal Growth: the student integrates advanced self-awareness and interpersonal effectiveness into supportive service as a professional, a team member, and a leader. USLO Reflection
Organizational Leadership Emphasis
- Need a minimum of 6 transferable units, below 6 units can submit a petition
- Note: need 60 units before starting the major
- Business Content Knowledge: the student demonstrates mastery of foundational knowledge in general management, organization development, human resource management, managerial accounting, the legal and ethical influences in business, and marketing. USLO Content Knowledge
- Critical Thinking: the student evaluates business conditions, identifies problems, and creates solutions within the business context utilizing critical thinking skills. USLO Critical Thinking
- Faith Integration: the student recognizes Christian ethics and values, and the student integrates his/her faith-based ethics and values as the student formulates decisions that affect the business community and its environment based on the course focus. USLO Moral Reasoning, Service
- Communication: the student conveys researched ideas clearly through professional written and oral communication that utilizes the current language of the business community. USLO Oral Communication, Written Communication
- Cultural Awareness: the student applies management practices that demonstrate the student's understanding and respect for organizational culture, for diverse cultures at large, and for the impact to society and the environment. USLO Perspective
- Reflection and Personal Growth: the student integrates advanced self-awareness and interpersonal effectiveness into supportive service as a professional, a team member, and a leader. USLO Reflection
Organizational Leadership Emphasis
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.
Credit-Bearing Grades
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 -.
Program Length
24 month cohort program.
Locations Offered
North Fresno, Merced, Visalia, Online and some courses offered in Reedley
Degree Pathways
Business Administration - Organizational Leadership, B.A. (DC) Two Year Pathway
Program Co-requisite Courses (6 units)- ECON 101 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits 3 or
- ECON 102 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits 3
or
- ECON 103 - Introduction to Economics Credits: 3
- MATH 250 - Introduction to Statistics Credits 3
Required Courses (33 units)- ACCT 301 - Accounting for Management Credits 3
- BIB 314 - Jesus and the Christian Community Credits 3
- BIB 451 - Biblical Perspectives for Leadership Credits 3
- BUS 430 - Business Information Systems Credits 3
- BUS 431 - Organization Behavior Credits 3
- BUS 434 - Individual in the Organization Credits 3
- BUS 442 - Ethics and Values in Organizations Credits 3
- BUS 475 - Law and the Business Environment Credits 3
- FIN 460 - Business Finance Credits 3
- INTB 370 - International Business Credits 3
- MKT 320 - World of Marketing Credits 3
Emphasis Courses (9 units)- BUS 432 - Dynamics of Group Behavior Credits 3
- BUS 438 - Human Resources Credits 3
- BUS 444 - Diversity in the Workplace Credits 3
Capstone Courses (3 units)- BUS 471A - Business Policy and Strategy I Credits 1
- BUS 471B - Business Policy and Strategy II Credits 1
- BUS 471C - Business Policy and Strategy III Credits 1
Electives - Select business courses offered in any emphasis area to meet the total number of required units.
or
- ACCT 301 - Accounting for Management Credits 3
- BIB 314 - Jesus and the Christian Community Credits 3
- BIB 451 - Biblical Perspectives for Leadership Credits 3
- BUS 430 - Business Information Systems Credits 3
- BUS 431 - Organization Behavior Credits 3
- BUS 434 - Individual in the Organization Credits 3
- BUS 442 - Ethics and Values in Organizations Credits 3
- BUS 475 - Law and the Business Environment Credits 3
- FIN 460 - Business Finance Credits 3
- INTB 370 - International Business Credits 3
- MKT 320 - World of Marketing Credits 3
Emphasis Courses (9 units)- BUS 432 - Dynamics of Group Behavior Credits 3
- BUS 438 - Human Resources Credits 3
- BUS 444 - Diversity in the Workplace Credits 3
Capstone Courses (3 units)- BUS 471A - Business Policy and Strategy I Credits 1
- BUS 471B - Business Policy and Strategy II Credits 1
- BUS 471C - Business Policy and Strategy III Credits 1
Electives - Select business courses offered in any emphasis area to meet the total number of required units.
- BUS 471A - Business Policy and Strategy I Credits 1
- BUS 471B - Business Policy and Strategy II Credits 1
- BUS 471C - Business Policy and Strategy III Credits 1
Electives - Select business courses offered in any emphasis area to meet the total number of required units.
Possibilities Await
With an FPU Education
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.
First Steps to Admission
- Submit an application for admission (online)
* Admission applications are free, no discount codes required. - Request official transcripts from previously attended colleges, universities and high schools and send electronically to trans.evaluator@fresno.edu
- GED Transcripts OR any AA, AS, AS-T, AA-T from an accredited College or University as proof of High School graduation
- This includes any military transcripts you may have, along with your military release forms (DD214).
- Complete the FAFSA as early as October 1. (FAFSA Code: 001253)
Enroll in the minimum number of units per semester to qualify for loans. - Schedule an appointment with your Student Financial Services Advisor 559-453-2041 sfs@fresno.edu
Requirements
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University Admission Prerequisites
- Minimum 6 transferable baccalaureate-level units
- Minimum 2.4 GPA
- 2 years post-secondary experience
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Program Admission Prerequisites
- 60 transferable baccalaureate-level units
- Minimum 2.4 GPA
- 2 years post-secondary experience
Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) Information
Business Administration (AS-T) to Business Administration: Organizational Leadership, B.A.
BA courses fulfilled through ADT:
- All lower-division General Education requirements fulfilled
- BA major has no lower-division major or co-requisite courses that could be fulfilled by the ADT.
- All BA major courses are upper-division and are completed at FPU.
- This program is offered as evening accelerated and online accelerated
ADT Guarantee is the completion of BA/BS degree in 68 units.
Transfer Agreements
The following guidelines are used when considering transfer credit:
- Courses completed at a regionally or ABHE, ATS, TRACS, or AARTS accredited institution
- Baccalaureate-level courses
- Grade of C- or better
- Courses are not duplicate to credit already received
- All GE and major courses must be taken for a letter grade, not pass/fail
- No lab is required for Area 5 Physical & Biological Sciences
- Some majors have lower division prerequisites. Select an institution below to see the school's general education and lower division major requirements
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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.
Non-traditional Admission
State Authorization
State authorization is a federal requirement in the Higher Education 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 seven states, as well as Washington, D.C. The seven states are: Georgia, Michigan, New York, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.
For the latest updates on the status of FPU's authorization in your state, contact your FPU Admissions representative.
Cost & Financial Aid
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 your education journey. We can help you find all the possible opportunities to reduce your out of pocket costs.
Tuition & Financial Aid
* 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.
Types of aid
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
Mathematics
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.
Career Opportunities
The program provides an essential foundation for managing employees, equipping graduates to work in nearly any sector.
Career Possibilities
- Executive manager
- Human resources manager
- Sales manager
- Healthcare administrator
- Retail and service manager
Career Development Happens Here
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.
- Resume writing classes
- Career assessments, exploration & planning
- Job search and networking opportunities
- and much more