A Singular Focus on Leadership and Transformation
College Unbound offers a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Organizational Leadership and Change, focused on the Big 10 Transformational Leadership and Change core competencies.
This degree is designed to develop students’ leadership skills and prepare them to facilitate change in their organizations and communities.
Our single degree equips students with transferable skills and knowledge that apply to a variety of professional fields.
The curriculum prepares students to:
- Co-create personalized educational plans that align with their personal and professional goals.
- Collaborate within a supportive cohort model that fosters learning, connection, and project incubation.
- Develop and lead community and workplace transformative initiatives.
By focusing on Organizational Leadership and Change, CU provides a deep, integrated education that empowers you to solve problems, lead teams, and drive change across industries.
Your Bachelor of Arts Degree in Organizational Leadership and Change goes hand in hand with the key components of your College Unbound Experience:
Students earn credit in three ways:
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Workplace and World Lab: Cohort-based courses that integrate real-world experiences, culminating in the student’s CU Core Project. In the Lab, students develop a Personal Learning Network that strengthens the student’s journey. Through that journey, students create a Personal Learning Plan in collaboration with faculty to track progress toward graduation.
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Instructional Courses that advance the major, core, general education, and elective courses.
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Learning in Public (includes prior and current learning experiences)
Credit Policy
Acceptance of Credits from Other Institutions
Credits earned at accredited institutions of higher education may be accepted as transfer credits. The age of the credits does not affect whether your credits will be accepted. College Unbound determines the amount of credit and level of credit accepted based on policies established by its faculty. No more than 90 credits from other institutions will be credited toward a College Unbound bachelor’s degree.
Proof of validation is required in all cases where an institution has awarded credit on a basis other than completion of a conventional academic course of instruction. Credits from non-accredited institutions may be validated through a portfolio assessment process or through standardized testing, if available and appropriate.
For more information, please visit the office of the registrar.
Pathways
Though there is a singular degree in Organizational Leadership and Change, if you are a paraprofessional in the field of education, you may participate in a specialized program called the Transformation Education Pathway. This program is designed to meet the specific needs of students in education-related roles.
Transformative Educator Pathway: Transformative Educator Pathway: This career-focused pathway prepares students to become education leaders while they complete their degrees. Within this pathway, students can choose to pursue education professional roles outside of the classroom (such as school-based social workers, administrators, education policy advocates, community/ family liaisons and more) or students can pursue classroom lead teacher roles as part of our Hawkins Center of Excellence for teacher preparation. Within the Hawkins Center of Excellence, students can either apply for our Dual Elementary & Elementary Special Education certification program or pursue preliminary certification and attend a certification program after they earn their BA. Regardless of students career goals, all students work towards their BA in Organizational Leadership & Change, preparing them to become education leaders who serve their communities.
Graduation Requirements
To earn your degree, you will need to:
- Complete 120 credit hours total.
- Achieve 30 semester credit hours at the 300 or 400 level.
- Complete 30 semester credit hours at College Unbound.
Maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0.