The Organizational Leadership and Supervision degree focuses on providing individuals with a competitive advantage when moving into leadership and supervisory roles in technology-based organizations. The program investigates the rapidly changing and complex nature of leadership in organizations that use and rely on technology.

The success of today's businesses and organizations demand leadership that is informed, forward-thinking, and able to optimize the capabilities of knowledge-based workers and the solutions they create. The Organizational Leadership and Supervision degree develops exactly this set of skills. Students learn about leadership, the creation of organizational vision and value, and the development of human resources while leading technological change.

The Organizational Leadership and Supervision degree provides a long term, empowering approach to the practice of leading people rather than the short term, command and control approach to utilizing human resources. Students learn about leadership, the importance of organizational vision and values, developing human resources, and managing technological resources in corporate, government, nonprofit, or community organizations. Leadership skills in goal setting, time management, verbal and visual communication, and leadership values and abilities are developed through relevant real world applications.

The Organizational Leadership and Supervision program consists of 120 hours of undergraduate academic credit. In addition to meeting the 42 semester hour university core curriculum requirement, students must complete major core courses, and  directed emphasis coursework. Students must earn a 2.0 minimum GPA in all major and directed emphasis courses attempted at the university.   Transfer students must have earned a 2.0 GPA or better in all major and directed emphasis courses to be transferred for credit.

The major areas of coursework within the Organizational Leadership and Supervision program are (1) analysis and reasoning, (2) organizations, (3) human resources, (4) communications, (5) integration through an original senior project, and (6) directed technology emphasis.

All majors and minors in the Department of Information and Logistics Technology must earn a grade of C or better in all major/minor courses. No grade lower than C will be accepted on any courses applicable to the major transferred to the University of Houston.

Program Admission

UH undergraduate students wishing to transfer into the Organizational Leadership program from another degree plan must have a minimum 2.00 GPA and be in good academic and disciplinary standing in order to apply for admission. Upon acceptance into the program, your university core curriculum requirements may transfer, and up to 36 semester hours from your previous major may transfer into the area of directed emphasis. A minimum 2.00 GPA must have been earned in each directed emphasis transfer course, otherwise that course must be repeated.

Students from other degree granting accredited institutions may apply for admission. To be eligible for admission, a student must have completed an A.S. or A.A.S. degree and have a minimum 2.00 GPA. Students that are accepted into the program may apply up to 66 semester hours from their Associate degree towards the completion of their Bachelor of Science degree.

Freshmen students are admitted into the Organizational Leadership program; many areas of directed emphasis are available such as Graphics Technology, Supply Chain and Logistics, Information Systems Technology, Electrical Power Engineering Technology, etc. Please see an academic advisor, located in 108 T, for assistance.

University Core Curriculum

42 Semester Hours

For information on the University Core, please see the Academic Regulations section of this catalog.

Please note that some majors have specific requirements in the core curriculum. Refer to the specific degree plans in this catalog for those requirements.

Organizational Leadership and Supervision Major Requirements

DIGM 3353. Visual Communications Technology
SCLT 2362. Introduction to Logistics Technology
PHIL 1321. Logic I
TELS 3340. Organizational Leadership and Supervision
TELS 3345. Human Resources in Technology
TELS 3355. Project Leadership
TELS 3365. Team Leadership
TELS 4341. Production and Service Operations
TELS 4342. Quality Improvement Methods
TELS 4371. Leading Change in the Workplace
TELS 4372. Proposal and Project Writing
TELS 4390. Current Issues in Organizational Leadership and Supervision
TELS 4378. Senior Project**
or
DIGM 4378. Senior Project**
TMTH 3360. Applied Technical Statistics
Will include 3 hours of Elective or Computer Literacy***

Major GPA calculated on the major requirements and directed technology emphasis.

Directed Technology Emphasis Example

DIGM 2350. Graphics for Digital Media
DIGM 3350. Digital Media Materials and Processes
DIGM 3351. Graphic Production Process Control I
DIGM 3252/3152. Graphic Production Process Control II
DIGM 4372. Costing in Digital Media
DIGM 4373. Graphic Production Process Control III
DIGM 4376. Integrated Media
DIGM 4390. Current Issues in Digital Media
HDCS 3369. Entrepreneurship
SCLT 3381. Industrial and Consumer Sales
DIGM 4396. Internship in Digital Media
Note: This block of courses is an example of the directed emphasis for freshmen majoring in the Organizational Leadership and Supervision program.

Directed EMPHASIS (36 SH) (Transfer/change of major students will create an emphasis that is composed of at least 33 SH. This block DOES NOT apply to freshman students).

Note: The Academic Services Center can assist in determining the directed emphasis that best fits your degree requirements.

Program Requirements and University Core

Communication

Writing in the Disciplines

(3 semester hours which includes university core)
TELS 3363. Technical Communication

History & Government

(12 semester hours which includes university core)

HIST 1377. The United States to 1877
HIST 1378. The United States Since 1877
POLS 1336. U.S. and Texas Constitutions and Politics
POLS 1337. U.S. Government: Congress, President, and Courts

Humanities

(3 semester hours which includes university core - choose from approved list)

Visual & Performing Arts

(3 semester hours which includes university core - choose from approved list)

Social and Behavioral Sciences

(3 semester hours which includes university core - choose from approved list)

Natural Sciences

(6 semester hours which includes university core - choose from approved list)

Mathematics

Mathematics/Reasoning

(3 semester hours which includes university core)
MATH 1313. Finite Mathematics
 

Degree awarded: Bachelor of Science
Major: Organizational Leadership and Supervision