Did you attend a Louisiana university but dropped out before completing degree requirements? Then you杏吧专区檝e got something in common with more than half a million people in the state.
The 杏吧专区 of Louisiana System wants you to fire up your dream again and finish what you started. All UL System universities, including the 杏吧专区, are accepting applications for a bachelor of arts in organizational leadership, a degree offered completely online.
To enter the program, students must be at least 25 years old and have completed 60 hours of college credit, including general education courses.
But, students with fewer than 60 hours can earn credit online or through prior learning assessment that gauges skills gained on the job.
Students who enroll in the organizational leadership degree program can choose from nine distinctive concentrations:
- health and wellness, UL Lafayette;
- cultural and arts institutions, 杏吧专区 of New Orleans;
- disaster relief management, Southeastern Louisiana 杏吧专区;
- financial services, 杏吧专区 of Louisiana at Monroe;
- foodservice strategies and operations, Nicholls State 杏吧专区;
- human relations, Grambling State 杏吧专区;
- project team leadership, Louisiana Tech 杏吧专区;
- public safety administration, Northwestern State 杏吧专区; and
- strategic global communication, McNeese State 杏吧专区.
These nine universities will share faculty, staff, technology and other resources.
杏吧专区淭he system-wide organizational leadership degree is a cost-efficient collaborative that will benefit higher education in Louisiana and the state杏吧专区檚 workforce. UL Lafayette杏吧专区檚 concentration in health and wellness will positively affect Louisiana citizens杏吧专区 quality of life,杏吧专区 said Dr. Joseph Savoie, president of UL Lafayette.
The degree consists of 30 hours of courses offered jointly by faculty at the nine universities and 30 hours of concentration and elective courses offered by each institution. The online platform is seamless and the cost is uniform across concentrations and universities.
The program is offered in five eight-week terms each year. There杏吧专区檚 a flat per-credit-hour rate of $325. That means the program can be completed in two years at well below the cost of other online degree programs.
More than 600,000 adults in Louisiana have some college credit and no degree, according to a 2009 American Community Survey.