Leadership and Organizational Development Concentration

BA in Integrative Studies

Offers relevant preparation for current and future leadership roles on campus, in the community, and in a wide variety of career fields such as business, events management, health services, leadership, and nonprofit organizations.

Catalog Year: 2023-2024

Banner Code: LA-BA-INTS-OADM

The Bachelor of Arts in Integrative Studies brings together research, theory and practice across numerous disciplines. Integrative studies majors select a multidisciplinary concentration or work with student services staff to develop their own concentration, uniquely suited to their academic and career goals. Integrative studies majors explore new topics and experiences while gaining the knowledge and skills needed to enter the workforce.  Required coursework is offered in small classes with ample room for discussion, collaborative learning, and experiential learning, including in-community projects, volunteer opportunities, field work, internships and work with faculty on research that directly engages current social and global challenges.

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Degree Requirements

Total credits: minimum 120

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Students pursuing a BA in Integrative Studies must complete a minimum of 30 credits of (INTS) coursework, with at least 15 credits at the 300 and 400 levels.

Integrative studies students complete INTS 391 Understanding Integrative Studies and INTS 491 Senior Capstone and choose a concentration from the options below. Before registering, students should see an advisor to help plan their degree program to meet Mason requirements. The advisor also can help students choose electives or a minor.

Required Course

INTS 391 Understanding Integrative Studies 1
INTS 491 Senior Capstone 3
Total Credits 4

Concentration in the Major

A concentration is the equivalent of a major in a traditional degree program. Concentration coursework combines integrative studies (INTS) classes with coursework from other Mason units (departments, schools, and colleges). While fulfilling the concentration requirements, students are also responsible for completing a minimum of 30 credits of INTS coursework. Any INTS courses required for the concentration will apply. Students must present a minimum GPA of 2.00 in courses applied to the concentration.

Concentration in Leadership and Organizational Development (LODV)

Combines a liberal arts curriculum and the practicality of business skills, focused around a central idea: knowing how people react to organizations and how organizations react to people. This concentration prepares students for:

  • graduate studies in fields such as business, leadership, organization development & knowledge management
  • careers in management, events planning, health services, and nonprofit organizations
Required Courses

Understanding the interdisciplinary nature of leadership and its application to personal, organizational and societal development

INTS 204 Leadership Theory and Practice 4
Choose one of the following: 3-4
INTS 435
 Leadership in a Changing Environment  
or INTS 406
 Global Leadership (Mason Core)
or INTS 451
 Leadership and Organizational Problem-Solving
Total Credits 7-8
Additional Course

Developing a heightened sense of self, including: inner knowledge, core values, intersecting identities, well-being, and impact on others

Select one course from the following: 3-4
INTS 405
 Women and Leadership  
INTS 355
 Mindfulness, Meaning Well-Being  
PSYC 417
 Science of Well Being  
Total Credits 3-4
Additional Course

Understanding ethical approaches to leadership and change, and applying ethics in personal and organizational processes

Select one course from the following: 3-4
INTS 404
 Ethics and Leadership  
PHIL 305
 Business Ethics  
PHIL 358
 Ethics and Economics  
Total Credits 3-4
Additional Course

Understanding team and organizational learning

Select one course from the following: 3-4
INTS 420
 College to Career Skills  
INTS 331
 The Nonprofit Sector (Mason Core)  
PSYC 231
 Social Psychology (Mason Core)  
Total Credits 3-4
Additional Course

Demonstrating competence in personal and professional communication

Select one course from the following: 3-4
INTS 202
 Public Speaking and Critical Thinking Skills (Mason Core)  
COMM 201
 Small Group Communication  
COMM 306
 Issues in Intercultural Communication  
COMM 332
 Nonverbal Communication  
Total Credits 3-4
Additional Courses
Select four courses from the following that have not already been taken to fulfill a core concentration requirement. 12-18
ACCT 203
 Survey of Accounting  
ACCT 303
 Accounting for Decision Making  
BULE 303
 Legal Environment of Business  
BUS 210
 Business Analytics I (Mason Core)  
BUS 303
 Develop Professional Skills II: Advanced Elements  
BUS 310
 Business Analytics II  
FNAN 303
 Financial Management  
INTS 304
 Social Movements and Community Activism (Mason Core)  
INTS 305
 Conflict Resolution and Transformation  
INTS 331
 The Nonprofit Sector (Mason Core)  
INTS 356
 Foundations of Resilience and Well-Being  
INTS 451
 Leadership and Organizational Problem-Solving  
INTS 406
 Global Leadership (Mason Core)  
INTS 420
 College to Career Skills  
INTS 431
 Principles of Fund Raising  
MIS 303
 Introduction to Business Information Systems (Mason Core)  
MKTG 303
 Principles of Marketing  
PSYC 231
 Social Psychology (Mason Core)  
SOCI 304
 The Future of Work  
any MBUS course
  
Other relevant courses with approval of advisor
  
Total Credits 12-18

Additional Electives

Any remaining credits may be completed with electives to bring the degree total to 120.