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Catalog 2024-2025

Leadership and Workplace Conflict Resolution, MBA

Location(s): Online


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The MBA in Leadership and Conflict Resolution is designed to prepare leaders to effectively manage and resolve organizational conflicts. The curriculum focuses on practical skills, empowering graduates to handle disputes, enhance communication, and lead with confidence.

Graduation Requirements

To graduate with an MBA in Leadership and Workplace Conflict Resolution, students must successfully complete 58 total credits of study, including the 4-credit Science of Creative Intelligence course required for all graduate students, 18 credits of MBA Foundational courses, 16 credits of courses in Leadership and Workplace Conflict Resolution including a senior seminar or capstone course with a substantial requirement of research and writing, and 20 credits of electives.

MBA in Leadership and Workplace Conflict Resolution Requirements


Science of Creative Intelligence Requirement (Choose one series/total 4 credits)


Each course in the FOR 500  sequence fulfills the Forest Academy requirement for the semester in which the course is completed.

MBA Foundational Requirements (Choose minimum 2 credits in any 4 of the following 7 fields/total 18 credits)


  • MGT 5000+ Marketing course Credits: variable
  • MGT 5000+ Accounting course Credits: variable
  • MGT 5000+ Finance course Credits: variable
  • MGT 5000+ Business Law course Credits: variable
  • MGT 5000+ Management / Organizational Behavior / Leadership course Credits: variable
  • MGT 5000+ Operations or Quality Management course Credits: variable
  • MGT 5000+ Information Systems Management course Credits: variable
  • Any MGT 5000+ course(s) in any foundational field Credits: variable

Leadership and Workplace Conflict Resolution Requirements (Choose 14 credits)


MBA Electives (20 credits)


With the permission of the department chair, a maximum of 8 elective credits may be taken as graduate courses in other departments of the university or as undergraduate courses designated 300-level or above in other departments of the university. MBA students who take undergraduate courses may be required to do extra work commensurate with graduate-level credit.

  • Any MGT 5000+ courses Credits: variable

Total Credits Required 58


*FOR 432 fulfills an MBA elective requirement and the Forest Academy requirement for the semester in which the course is completed.

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