Our Lady of the Lake University's School of Business and Leadership offers a Master of Science in Nonprofit Management designed for managers in both the private and public nonprofit sector. The program is offered completely online to meet the schedule of the busy professional. The 36 credit-hour program provides maximum flexibility. Students take one six-hour credit course per trimester (three trimesters per year), and can complete the degree in six trimesters. Each six-hour course covers a different thematic area: - Leadership and Management
- Marketing
- Finance and Accounting
- Operations and Administration
- Legal Issues
- Strategic Management
Students in the program learn about the nonprofit industry while learning how to manage and lead a nonprofit entity with business acumen. Courses teach students how to handle finance, marketing, human resources, legal, leadership, and management responsibilities in order to achieve and succeed in nonprofit fields.
The Master of Business Administration Degree is an innovative program designed to meet the needs of practicing executives in profit and nonprofit settings. Offered online, the MBA with a concentration in Management focuses on sharpening skills in decision-making and problem-solving behavior for professional administrators. The program's instructional design integrates scientific and technological advances with proven principles of management. If your undergraduate degree is not in business, OLLU's MBA Bootcamp will help you get on track to an MBA faster. The bootcamp allows you to take all the needed prerequisites in one course. The MBA program requires a commitment to an intensive educational experience as well as a considerable degree of independence and discipline. The format enables successful managers to continue to grow professionally without interruption of their careers, thus enhancing their competitive positioning in an increasingly sophisticated economic environment. Typical students are junior and senior managers who work in financial institutions, oil and utility companies, insurance and communications companies and other businesses.
The Master of Science in Organizational Leadership is an interdisciplinary graduate program designed to help you move into leadership roles in your organization as well as hone your leadership skills should you already have a leadership position. The graduate program in Organizational Leadership provides you with a platform from which to study leadership while you continue to work. Classes are offered online. You will complete the program as part of an interdisciplinary cohort. This experience helps you to develop your critical thinking and strategizing skills in preparation for leading cross-functional groups and teams. Whether you are a civilian or in the military, this degree will enhance your leadership skills in a wide range of fields including business, education and healthcare administration. The interdisciplinary degree combines theory and fieldwork in order to help you become the ideal “practitioner-scholar,” who can provide enlightened leadership in the workplace.
The Master of Science in Information Systems and Security is a 30-hour degree and is designed to prepare information technology professionals to assume technical management positions requiring advanced preparation. The degree combines advanced preparation in both the management and the technical aspects of the profession. The foundation of the degree will include in-depth study of database management systems, analysis and design, telecommunication and networking, as well as information assurance and security, information assurance planning and management, information assurance assessment and security architectures.
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