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Bachelor of Arts

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Degree Requirements

The degree of Bachelor of Arts, major in Organizational Leadership, is designed to prepare learners for leadership roles in business entities, not-for-profit organizations, and government agencies. To do so, the curriculum, while including business skills, explores the broader concept of what makes leaders successful and provides learners with applied learning activities to develop the leader within them.

Students wishing to apply for the BA program are required to have completed the General Education Requirements listed below. Please contact Sue Laird (913-621-8739) if you have questions regarding qualifications for this program.

General Education Requirements

  1. An Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, or equivalent
  2. Completion of a mathematics course with Intermediate Algebra as its prerequisite
  3. Completion of two progressive semesters of a foreign language (Associate in Science students may complete two math courses with Intermediate Algebra prerequisite in lieu of the foreign language requirement)
  4. Completion of prescribed 15 hours of upper division general education courses

Degree Requirements

  1. Completion of general education requirements with a g.p.a. of 2.0 or above
  2. Completion of thirty hours of prescribed major courses with a g.p.a of 2.0 or above
  3. Completion of 124 college level credit hours
  4. Completion of 45 prescribed upper division credit hours
  5. Completion of at least 30 credit hours at Donnelly College and 24 of the last 30