5 Year Combined Degree Program in Organizational Leadership (B.S./M.S.)

5 Year B.S./M.S. Combined Degree Program in Organizational Leadership
Richard T. Doermer School of Business

Doermer School of Business Undergraduate Student Success Center

DSB 101 ~ 260-481-6472 ~ busadvisor@pfw.edu

Department of Leadership and Talent Development

Neff Hall 288 ~ 260-481-6496

The Richard T. Doermer School of Business’s Department of Leadership and Talent Development offers a five-year combined degree program through which students can obtain a Bachelors of Science (B.S.) in Leadership and Talent Development and a Master of Science (M.S.) in Organizational Leadership. The combined degree program provides students with the opportunity to obtain both degrees in less time and fewer overall credits than would be required when pursuing them separately.

Students accepted into the combined-degree program will have 12 credits of graduate coursework that satisfy degree requirements for both the B.S. and the M.S.

Admission

Students are admitted to the Leadership and Talent Development (B.S.) with the existing admission standards. Prior to enrollment in any graduate-level course work, students must meet the following requirements:

Must be enrolled in the Leadership and Talent Development B.S. program in the Doermer School of Business at PFW and have not yet received the B.S.
Must have finished at least 60 credit hours towards the B.S.
Must have achieved a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0
Must apply and be successfully admitted into the Organizational Leadership M.S. program

Admissions to the M.S. program will be conditional upon successful completion of the B.S. degree. After satisfactory completion of the B.S. degree requirements, the undergraduate degree will be awarded. The B.S. degree must be awarded prior to the M.S. degree. The student’s primary degree objective will remain the B.S. until the B.S. is awarded. The M.S. will be the student’s secondary degree objective from the time the student is accepted as an M.S. student by the Graduate School until the award of the B.S.

Program of Study- B.S./M.S.

B.S. Requirements (120 Credits)

Students must complete all program requirements for the Leadership and Talent Development (B.S.), with the exchange of the following courses:

OLS 51000 - Foundations Of Behavior And Leadership In Organizations Cr. 3.
Replaces Leadership and Talent Development Major Elective (Cr. 3)
OLS 51500 - Foundations Of Human Resources Cr. 3.
Replaces Leadership and Talent Development Major Elective (Cr. 3)
OLS 52000 - Foundations Of The Organizational Context Cr. 3.
Replaces Free Elective (Cr. 3)
OLS 52500 - Organizational Analysis And Action Cr. 3.
Replaces Leadership and Talent Development Major Elective (Cr. 3)

The above 12 credit hours will count towards completion of both the B.S. and the M.S.

M.S. Requirements (18 Credits)

Students must complete all program requirements for the Organizational Leadership (M.S.) , which includes the 12 graduate credits listed above that are to be completed as part of the B.S.

Total B.S./M.S. Combined Degree: 138 Credits

Student Responsibility

You are responsible for satisfying the graduation requirements specified for your selected program. Thus, it is essential that you develop a thorough understanding of the required courses, academic policies and procedures governing your academic career. If you cannot complete all program requirements by your stated graduation date but fail to remove those from your plan of study, the Registrar’s Office in consultation with your academic advisor will remove unmet pursuits from your plan of study. All requests for exceptions to specific requirements must be made in writing and may be granted only by written approval from the Graduate Director.