Strategic Leadership (D.S.L.)
Important: This degree plan is effective for those starting this degree program in fall 2024 through summer 2025. This degree plan will remain in effect for students who do not break enrollment or who do not change degree programs, concentrations, or cognates.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| BMAL 700 | DSL Program Orientation | 3 |
| BMAL 702 | Leadership Theory | 3 |
| BMAL 703 | Managing the Contemporary Organization | 3 |
| BMAL 704 | Leading Organizational Change | 3 |
| BMAL 710 | Understanding the Organization | 3 |
| BMAL 714 | Risk Management Process and Practice | 3 |
| BMAL 716 | Research Theory and Planning | 3 |
| BMAL 720 | Leveraging Data for Decision Making | 3 |
| BMAL 727 | Leading Effective Teams | 3 |
| BMAL 755 | Coaching Theory & Practice | 3 |
| BMAL 770 | Ethical Leadership | 3 |
| BMAL 780 | Strategic Leadership in the 21st Century | 3 |
| BMAL 785 | DRP Research Concept | 3 |
| BMAL 887 | Doctoral Research Project I | 4 |
| BMAL 888 | Doctoral Research Project II | 4 |
| BMAL 889 | Doctoral Research Project III | 4 |
| BMAL 890 | Doctoral Research Project IV | 0 |
| Total Hours | 51 | |
All applicable prerequisites must be met
Graduation Requirements
- Complete 51 hours
- A maximum of 50% of a post-graduate and doctoral degree may be transferred if approved and allowable, including credit from an earned degree from Liberty University on the same academic level
- 3.0 GPA
- No grades lower than a B- may be applied to the degree
- Degree must be completed within 7 years
- Submission of Degree Completion Application must be completed within the last semester of a student’s anticipated graduation date
Program Offered in Online Format
| First Semester | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| BMAL 700 | DSL Program Orientation | 3 |
| BMAL 702 | Leadership Theory | 3 |
| BMAL 703 | Managing the Contemporary Organization | 3 |
| Hours | 9 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| BMAL 704 | Leading Organizational Change | 3 |
| BMAL 710 | Understanding the Organization | 3 |
| BMAL 714 | Risk Management Process and Practice | 3 |
| Hours | 9 | |
| Third Semester | ||
| BMAL 716 | Research Theory and Planning | 3 |
| BMAL 720 | Leveraging Data for Decision Making | 3 |
| BMAL 727 | Leading Effective Teams | 3 |
| Hours | 9 | |
| Fourth Semester | ||
| BMAL 755 | Coaching Theory & Practice | 3 |
| BMAL 770 | Ethical Leadership | 3 |
| BMAL 780 | Strategic Leadership in the 21st Century | 3 |
| Hours | 9 | |
| Fifth Semester | ||
| BMAL 785 | DRP Research Concept | 3 |
| Hours | 3 | |
| Sixth Semester | ||
| BMAL 887 | Doctoral Research Project I | 4 |
| Hours | 4 | |
| Seventh Semester | ||
| BMAL 888 | Doctoral Research Project II | 4 |
| Hours | 4 | |
| Eighth Semester | ||
| BMAL 889 | Doctoral Research Project III | 4 |
| Hours | 4 | |
| Ninth Semester | ||
| BMAL 890 | Doctoral Research Project IV | 0 |
| Hours | 0 | |
| Total Hours | 51 | |