Program Educational Objectives

Department of Organizational Leadership and Supervision (OLS)
This program is not accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission of the ABET. The program educational objectives for Organizational Leadership and Supervision are:

• Prepare leaders who have demonstrated competence within specific technical fields.
• Give students an understanding of the principles, practices, and forces (economic, social, political, technological, and cultural) shaping the closely related disciplines of leadership, supervision, and management.
• Close the gap between theory and practice in the disciplines of leadership, supervision, and management,
• Equip OLS students with knowledge, skills, resources, and perspectives necessary to be fully contributing members of their respective professions.
• Enable students to work well with others in a team setting, and be able to be self-managed and self-directed in planning, implmenting, presenting, and evaluating their work.
• Provide students with authentic experiences, activities, and situations that mirror the dymanics of what the OLS student will encounter in the workplace.
• Place emphasis on involving the students in their learning experience by employing experiential learning, case studies, classroom discussions, and simulations as the primary methods of instruction.
• Utilize learning methodologies to develop our students within collaborative and interdisciplinary educational experiences.