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2017-2018 │COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP MAJOR
Purpose
The Business & Organizational Leadership (BOL) program will prepare students to effectively lead and manage businesses
and organizations anywhere in the world, including for-profit enterprises, not-for-profit organizations, and governmental and
international non-governmental entities.
Combined with Columbia International University’s Bible and theology curriculum, BOL students will also be distinctively
equipped to positively impact and lead traditional ministry, church and mission organizations.
This exciting major develops the practical skills and core competencies required for the challenges of business and
organizational dynamics in domestic and international settings. The major immerses students in the timeless principles and
cutting-edge processes essential for maximum effectiveness in creating and managing their own business; leading and
developing other businesses; and forming and building high-performance teams and organizations. The major also provides
the student with opportunities to develop and explore entrepreneurship ideas and ideals, community business and
organizational engagement, and practical and vocational business and leadership techniques and opportunities. Beyond
developing their own professional skills and competencies, graduates are equipped to pursue graduate education in areas
such as business administration, accounting and finance, international business, risk management, law, or organizational
leadership.
Our graduates work in businesses and industries around the world. The Business & Organizational Leadership program will
prepare you to attain the skills necessary to add value to any organization and to land a job. Whether your goal is to start
and run your own business, engage in church or ministry leadership, or lead a corporation, the BOL coursework will provide
you the tools for success!
Objectives
By completing the BOL major, each graduate of the program will be able to:
Demonstrate basic proficiency in essential business and organizational skills in order to enter a business or non-
profit organization at a managerial or leadership level, or to launch a business enterprise.
Demonstrate how one’s training in business and organizational leadership is strategic and sustainable in the
context of the various communities and cultures in which one serves.
Devise a personal philosophy of business and organizational leadership that integrates a biblically-based,
Christian worldview that can be used in any community or cultural setting.
See Appendix A for graduation requirements.
Course of Study
120
Degree Core
72
Bible and Theology
30
BIB 1114
Old Testament Survey: Torah and History
3
BIB 1115
Old Testament Survey: Poetry and Prophecy
3
BIB 1120
New Testament Survey
3
BIB 3420
Principles of Bible Interpretation
3
BIB 3/4xxx
Old Testament Exegetical Book Study
3
BIB 3/4xxx
New Testament Exegetical Book Study
3
BIB 3616
Romans
3
BIB 4310
Progress of Redemption
3
THE 3301
Theology I: God, Christ, Spirit
3
THE 3302
Theology II: Sin and Salvation
3
General Education
36
COM 2110
Public Speaking
3
ENG 1110
Composition and Research
3
ENG 1111
Literature and Research
3
HIS 1110
Introduction to World History
3
PHI 2110
Introduction to Philosophy
3
PHI 4140
Seminar in Ethics
3
PSY 2110
General Psychology
3