Explore Leadership from a Strategic Perspective

Regis University’s M.S. in Organization Leadership with a specialization in HR management and leadership explores leadership from a strategic perspective while offering an opportunity to cultivate the skills to think critically, create vision based on ethical values, discern the future, take risks and institute change within an organization.
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MSOL Human Resource Management & Leadership

Degree Overview

Available both online and on-campus, the Master of Science in Organization Leadership (MSOL) degree with a specialization in Human Resource Management and Leadership is an intensive, integrated learning experience that provides preparation for effective leadership in a rapidly changing, global marketplace.

Partnerships that Strengthen Your Educational Experience

The MSOL degree is supported by a unique and distinctive partnership with Aubrey Daniels International (ADI). Together, Regis University's College for Professional Studies (CPS) and ADI have crafted the M.S. in Organization Leadership curriculum to incorporate the science of performance management technology and executive leadership in conjunction with Regis University's ethical and critical-thinking core components.

A Curriculum and Specialization Areas that Capitalize on Top Management Practices

The program curriculum emphasizes top management practices and cultivating ethical leadership skills. Learn to think critically, synergize the power of your peers and encourage positive change within an organization. Focus your studies to meet your own unique professional and personal goals through the Human Resource Management and Leadership specialization:

  • HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
    The Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) has acknowledged that the MSOL with a specialization in Human Resource Management and Leadership fully aligns with SHRM's "HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates", a recognition earned by only 166 programs nationwide.

It is also possible to complete a MSOL degree with a dual specialization.

Additionally, through a partnership between CPS and Universidad del Turabo, you can earn your M.S. in Organization Leadership degree as part of our online dual language program.

MSOL vs. MBA – which one is right for you?

The managerial decision-making approach of the M.S. in Organization Leadership degree is more holistic and collaborative in nature compared to our Regis University MBA, which boasts a more traditional, process-driven approach to business and top-level management. The MSOL approach allows you to interact with others, enables you to draw from your work/life experiences, and allows you to tap into the necessary information to make sound, organizationally supported, ethical decisions. Compare the MBA and the M.S. in Organization Leadership.

Total Degree Requirements: 30-33 credit hours
Core course requirements: 15 credit hours
Specialization requirements: 12-15 credit hours*
Capstone course: 3 credit hours

*Students who select the Human Resource Management and Leadership specialization may be required to take MSM 635 Strategic Human Resource Management only if the student lacks sufficient human resources experience.

Program Requirements

Listed below are the required courses for completion of this degree at Regis University. Please note that recent course requirement updates may not be reflected in the list below and you should contact an enrollment counselor at 800.944.7667 for recent changes and updates.

This degree program requires 30.00 credit hours for completion. Please contact your advisor or the Office of Enrollment Services at 303.458.4126.

MS in Organization Leadership Core Requirements

MSM 602 - The Leadership Management Challenge

Developed jointly with Aubrey Daniels International, this course will survey key leadership perspectives and prepare the student to utilize technical tools to bring out the best in people.

Cross listing(s): MBAM 602.

MSM 612 - Making Decisions in Organizations

Researches relevant information, interprets that information in the context of the organization's strategy and problem to be solved, and uses consulting with others to make successful organizational decisions. Students will practice these skills while working with a client organization.

MSM 621 - Leading Change & Innovation

Enables learners to understand that the need for change is both predictable and unpredictable, and can include down-sizing and massive growth spurts that challenge organizational resources. Uses actual workplace situations to diagnose when innovation within organizations is catalyzing change, and when innovation provides a solution for change.

MSM 631 - Strategic Mgmt & Financial Rpt Analysis

Identifies strategic management areas for organizations and evaluates these in terms of changing environments. Develops skills in strategic planning, alignment of mission, vision, strategies, goals and objectives. Evaluates financial statements as part of a competitive analysis. Examines these processes in terms of future opportunities and the realities of strategic management.

Pre-requisite: MSM*602 MSM*612

MSM 661 - Leading in Changing Economies

Introduces basic microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts, and explores how economic events affect organizations. Focuses on the global economy and the role of business. Examines economic forces for effects on public policy. Students prepare an economic plan for a nation in its regional context, as well as an analysis of a macroeconomic/fiscal policy problem facing the United States.

Pre-requisite: MSM*602 MSM*612

MSOL: Human Resource Management & Leadership

MSM 635 - Strategic Human Resource Management

Identifies critical role of human resources in strategically planning and managing the workforce needs of the organization in the global environment. Focuses on the function of human resources becoming a strategic business partner by working with senior management to plan and manage human capital to meet business requirements. Topics include human resources as a strategic business partner; implementation of HRM functions in staffing, training, motivating, and maintenance; legal and ethical issues; and alignment of workforce needs to business goals.

Pre-requisite: MSM*602 MSM*612

MSM 636 - Employment Law & Compliance

Identifies the federal and state laws and regulations that affect the employment relationship. Focuses on developing programs that help the organization meet its workforce needs in support of business requirements, while preventing lawsuits from employees and federal agencies. Topics include Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act or 1965, Equal Employment Opportunity, Affirmative Action, Americans with Disabilities Act, and other federal laws and regulations.

Pre-requisite: MSM*602 MSM*612

MSM 637 - Strategies in Compensation & Benefits

Identifies a framework for implementing compensation and benefits systems to attract and retain a high performance workforce in a global environment. Focuses on the role of human resources in managing competitive rewards and pay plans. Topics include compensation administration, job evaluation and pay structures, base and incentive pay, increases and bonuses, executive compensation, and employment benefits plans including required, voluntary, and retirement options.

Pre-requisite: MSM*602 MSM*612

MSM 638 - Attracting & Retaining Workforce Talent

Identifies a framework for acquiring and maintaining diverse and talented employees in alignment with business requirements of the organization. Focuses on the recruitment, selection, and development systems that are part of the human resources function. Topics include recruitment, selection, and orienting new employees; training and development; and workforce diversity.

Pre-requisite: MSM*602 MSM*612

MSM 639 - Employee Relations & Performance Mgmt

Identifies process used to maintain effective relationships between employees and management, as well as to manage the performance of employees to meet the requirements of the organization. Focuses on role of human resources in the mediation and negotiation of labor relations and settlement of employee disputes and grievances, and evaluation and feedback to help employees achieve higher levels of performance. Topics include collective bargaining, negotiations, alternative dispute resolution, and performance evaluation.

Pre-requisite: MSM*602 MSM*612

MS in Organizational Leadership Capstone

Capstone Course

The course descriptions for the above mentioned class could not be found. Please contact Academic Records & Registration at 303-458-4126 with questions. Some additional course information is available and shown here.

Ethical Decision Making / Leading Responsible Organizations
THIS COURSE IS TAKEN LAST TO COMPLETE YOUR DEGREE.

Course Descriptions

Listed below are the available courses offered at Regis University within this respective degree program. The courses below include the degree program requirements as well as courses. Please contact an enrollment counselor at 800.944.7667 for recent changes and updates.

MSM 602 The Leadership Management Challenge (3.00)

Developed jointly with Aubrey Daniels International, this course will survey key leadership perspectives and prepare the student to utilize technical tools to bring out the best in people.

Cross listing(s): MBAM 602.

MSM 612 Making Decisions in Organizations (3.00)

Researches relevant information, interprets that information in the context of the organization's strategy and problem to be solved, and uses consulting with others to make successful organizational decisions. Students will practice these skills while working with a client organization.

MSM 621 Leading Change & Innovation (3.00)

Enables learners to understand that the need for change is both predictable and unpredictable, and can include down-sizing and massive growth spurts that challenge organizational resources. Uses actual workplace situations to diagnose when innovation within organizations is catalyzing change, and when innovation provides a solution for change.

MSM 631 Strategic Mgmt & Financial Rpt Analysis (3.00)

Identifies strategic management areas for organizations and evaluates these in terms of changing environments. Develops skills in strategic planning, alignment of mission, vision, strategies, goals and objectives. Evaluates financial statements as part of a competitive analysis. Examines these processes in terms of future opportunities and the realities of strategic management.

Pre-requisite: MSM*602 MSM*612

MSM 635 Strategic Human Resource Management (3.00)

Identifies critical role of human resources in strategically planning and managing the workforce needs of the organization in the global environment. Focuses on the function of human resources becoming a strategic business partner by working with senior management to plan and manage human capital to meet business requirements. Topics include human resources as a strategic business partner; implementation of HRM functions in staffing, training, motivating, and maintenance; legal and ethical issues; and alignment of workforce needs to business goals.

Pre-requisite: MSM*602 MSM*612

MSM 636 Employment Law & Compliance (3.00)

Identifies the federal and state laws and regulations that affect the employment relationship. Focuses on developing programs that help the organization meet its workforce needs in support of business requirements, while preventing lawsuits from employees and federal agencies. Topics include Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act or 1965, Equal Employment Opportunity, Affirmative Action, Americans with Disabilities Act, and other federal laws and regulations.

Pre-requisite: MSM*602 MSM*612

MSM 637 Strategies in Compensation & Benefits (3.00)

Identifies a framework for implementing compensation and benefits systems to attract and retain a high performance workforce in a global environment. Focuses on the role of human resources in managing competitive rewards and pay plans. Topics include compensation administration, job evaluation and pay structures, base and incentive pay, increases and bonuses, executive compensation, and employment benefits plans including required, voluntary, and retirement options.

Pre-requisite: MSM*602 MSM*612

MSM 638 Attracting & Retaining Workforce Talent (3.00)

Identifies a framework for acquiring and maintaining diverse and talented employees in alignment with business requirements of the organization. Focuses on the recruitment, selection, and development systems that are part of the human resources function. Topics include recruitment, selection, and orienting new employees; training and development; and workforce diversity.

Pre-requisite: MSM*602 MSM*612

MSM 639 Employee Relations & Performance Mgmt (3.00)

Identifies process used to maintain effective relationships between employees and management, as well as to manage the performance of employees to meet the requirements of the organization. Focuses on role of human resources in the mediation and negotiation of labor relations and settlement of employee disputes and grievances, and evaluation and feedback to help employees achieve higher levels of performance. Topics include collective bargaining, negotiations, alternative dispute resolution, and performance evaluation.

Pre-requisite: MSM*602 MSM*612

MSM 661 Leading in Changing Economies (3.00)

Introduces basic microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts, and explores how economic events affect organizations. Focuses on the global economy and the role of business. Examines economic forces for effects on public policy. Students prepare an economic plan for a nation in its regional context, as well as an analysis of a macroeconomic/fiscal policy problem facing the United States.

Pre-requisite: MSM*602 MSM*612

MSM 682 Leading Responsible Organizations (3.00)

Integrates program concepts such as leadership, financial analysis, risk analysis, research, organizational change, and challenges students to examine these concepts from the perspective of corporate social responsibility.

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Materials Needed for Application and Admission

Applicants seeking a master's degree from the College for Professional Studies must possess a baccalaureate degree in any field of study from a U.S. regionally accredited college or university.

  • Application: Completed graduate application form
  • Application fee: $75.00 non-refundable application fee (waived for Regis University graduates)
  • Submit official degree-bearing transcripts within 30 days of the date of application. Official transcript must reflect a baccalaureate degree awarded from a U.S. regionally accredited college or university. If official transcript is not received within 30 days you will be unable to register for future courses until the transcript is received. A complete file can be reviewed by faculty with a copy of the unofficial degree-bearing transcript from a U.S. regionally accredited college or university.

    Official transcript must be sent directly from your previously attended school to the CPS Admission Office.
  • Two years of significant full-time work-experience
  • One completed admission essay
  • Current résumé
  • One online recommendation from a colleague or supervisor who knows your work in a professional setting and is able to give specific information about your abilities and potential. The application system will automatically send an email with a link and instructions on how to submit recommendations directly to Regis.
  • Faculty interview
  • Additional admission requirements apply to international students who are non-U.S. citizens
  • The coursework of returning students (whose degree plans have expired) and/or transfer students must have been completed less than 10 years prior to the current admission into the degree program in order to be applied toward degree requirements.
  • Please remember: Applications that are incomplete and/or missing information will NOT be processed.

Students who are otherwise accepted into the MSOL program but who earned a GPA of less than 2.5 from the institution granting their bachelor's degree will be accepted provisionally and must complete either MLS 501 Critical Thinking and Graduate Writing or EDFD 500 Essentials for Graduate Level Writing with a "B" or better prior to taking any 600 level classes. This requirement can be waived at the time of the student's interview only if the student has demonstrated professional experience that has clearly provided ample opportunity for the student to improve in her or his written communication skills.

Students who earned a GPA of 2.5 or greater from the institution granting their bachelor's degree but whose essay demonstrates less than graduate level writing, may also be accepted provisionally and be required to complete either MLS 501 Critical Thinking and Graduate Writing or EDFD 500 Essentials for Graduate Level Writing with a "B" or better prior to taking any 600 level classes.

Applications due two weeks prior to start date.

Application Deadlines*

Starts Application Deadline
Spring 2 - 2013 February 18, 2013
Summer 1 - 2013 April 22, 2013
Summer 2 - 2013 June 17, 2013

*Your application file including all requirements, documents and fees, must be completed by the application deadline.

Tuition

Graduate Degree Tuition Comparison Chart: Local Campus Programs
Comparison is based on Regis Board Approved 2012 Tuition and Fee Rates. Rates were gathered from other university websites as of June 2012.

Institution Degree Estimated Total Program Cost Semester Hours Required Cost per Semester Hour Estimated Fees for Program
University of Colorado at Denver M.S. in Management and Organization $16,398 - $19,434 30 - 36 $496 $1,518 - $1,578
Regis University M.S. in Organizational Leadership $20,775 30 $690 $75
University of Denver/University College Master of Leadership and Organizations $24,136 32 $721 $1,067
University of Phoenix Master of Management $27,695 42 $620 $1,655
Argosy University M.S. in Organizational Leadership $22,294 30 $720 $694
Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University Master of Human Resource Management $37,095 45 $766 $2,625

Graduate Degree Tuition Comparison Chart: National Online Programs
Comparison is based on Regis Board Approved 2012 Tuition and Fee Rates. Rates were gathered from other university websites as of June 2012.

Institution Degree Estimated Total Program Cost Semester Hours Required Cost per Semester Hour Estimated Fees for Program
Argosy University M.S. in Organizational Leadership $19,960 30 $655 $310
Kaplan University Master of Science in Management $25,812 - $26,615 38 $658 $800 - $1,603
Regent University M.A. in Organizational Leadership $30,775 33 $675 $8,500
Regis University M.S. in Organizational Leadership $20,775 30 $690 $75
University of Phoenix Master of Management $31,570 42 $715 $1,540
Walden University M.S. in Leadership $27,095 35 $765 $320
CSU (Colorado State University) Global Campus M.S. in Organizational Leadership $16,225 - $17,575 36 - 39 $450 $25

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