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Management Leadership Program Highlights
A Management and Leadership Balance
Immediately apply learnings to a wide range of professional fields and become positioned to manage or lead.
The Strategic Advantage
This specialization provides the ability to plan and implement your organization’s mission.
Virtual Teams are Vital
Our technology has made virtual teams possible. Students learn valuable ways to integrate technology with business.
Global Business
Faculty at Capella are specifically chosen to guide courses supplying global skills.
89% of BS business FlexPath alumni agree that the tuition they paid for their education was a worthwhile investment.*
Real-World Coursework
You’ll be challenged to think differently and apply what you learn in the courseroom to the work you do every day in your career.
Source: Alumni Outcomes Survey, 2018
Faculty & support
You’re never going it alone at Capella. Our dedicated faculty and support teams are waiting to guide, help, and
advise you through every step of your educational journey.
Enrollment counselors
These experts will set you up for success. They’ll help you find the right degree and program, and answer all your questions about Capella.
Financial aid counselors
Our team knows how to run the numbers and help find ways to save on costs.
Library
Powerful databases and resources relevant to your field and dedicated, experienced librarians to help you do the research.
Career center
For this team, it's more than resumes and interview tips. It's about thoughtful and strategic career planning—beyond graduation.
Cost & learning formats
We know you’re busy—you need a learning experience tailored to your
life, not the other way around. That's why Capella offers two 100%
competency-based, online learning formats to best fit your needs.
Which learning format is right for you? Take our Path Finder Quiz.
A more structured learning format with an active peer community and
faculty guidance. We’ll set the schedule, you meet the
deadlines.
- Based on the quarter system; 1-3 courses per 10-week quarter
- 1 semester credit = 1.5 quarter credits
- Weekly assignments and courseroom discussions
- Pay for what you take, price varies by courseload or term
$18,495–$39,306*
MAX TRANSFER CREDITS–TYPICAL TRANSFER CREDITS
$357 per 1000-2000 level credit $411 per 3000-4000 level credit,
180 total quarter credits,
135 max transfer credits
A self-paced learning format that puts you in control. Take courses
at your own speed, and move on to the next course whenever you’re
ready.
- Take unlimited courses (up to two at a time) per 12-week billing session
- 2 Capella quarter credits = 1 program point
- Set your own deadlines, no courseroom discussions
- Pay a flat tuition fee per session*
$10,000–$25,000*
ACCELERATED PACE–TYPICAL PACE
$2,500 per 12-week billing session,
90 total program points,
68 max transfer points
*This is only an estimate, using general program
pricing. Your price may be higher or lower depending on
your specialization, transfer credits, tuition discounts, and (in
FlexPath) the speed at which you move through the program. Fees,
including application fees and resource kits, are not included in
this estimate. The GuidedPath prices show the tuition you would pay
if you brought in the average number of transfer credits or the
maximum allowed transfer credits. The FlexPath prices show the
tuition you would pay if you brought in an average number of
transfer credits and you moved at the speed of a typical FlexPath
student or as quickly as the fastest FlexPath students (90th
percentile). New or recently revised programs base their estimate on
comparable programs. Military Tuition Assistance (TA) is not
available for FlexPath.
Get the details
Speak with an enrollment counselor to get a personalized cost estimate for what you can expect to pay.
Accredited & recognized
Capella University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
Accreditation and recognitions provide the assurance we meet
standards for quality of faculty, curriculum, learner services, and
fiscal stability. See all of our accreditations and recognitions.
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Ways to save
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Low-cost gen-ed courses
Our external partner, Sophia Learning, offers a low-cost way to earn gen-ed credits.
Management Leadership Sample Courses
The curriculum in our management leadership bachelor’s degree focuses
on the management, interpersonal, and professional thinking skills
needed to impact organizations as a leader or manager at all
levels.
| BUS4011 * |
Virtual Team Collaboration
Learners gain knowledge of and examine practical communication and
collaboration skills necessary for effective participation in and
leadership of teams in a virtual networked context. Learners also
analyze various forms of collaborative leadership and participate in
collaborative leadership experiences within a virtual networked
organizational setting.
Prerequisite(s): BUS3010, or BUS3011 and BUS3012.
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6 quarter credits |
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| BUS4012 * |
Leadership in Organizations
In this course, learners create effective theories of leadership in
the networked enterprise at different organizational levels and from
different perspectives. Learners develop and demonstrate their
knowledge of the skills that support personal characteristics of
effective leaders, such as coaching strategies, personal integrity,
trustworthiness, courage and generosity, and an ability to encourage
others to participate in leadership.
Prerequisite(s): BUS3010, or BUS3011 and BUS3012.
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6 quarter credits |
| BUS4013 * |
Organizational Structure, Learning, and Performance
Learners in this course analyze organizational structures and their
influence on organizational intelligence, learning ability, and the
practical performance of an enterprise. The course includes an
emphasis on the adaptive and responsive organization and its
relationship to enterprise stakeholders and environment. Learners
evaluate a case study that illustrates the interrelatedness of
organizational structure, learning, and performance in order to create
a model of a high-performance organization.
Prerequisite(s): BUS3010, or BUS3011 and BUS3012.
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6 quarter credits |
| BUS4014 * |
Operations Management for Competitive Advantage
This course is a survey of operations management. Learners analyze
strategic product and service design, major capacity and location
decision making processes, and process and control system operations.
Learners use case studies to build a working knowledge of the
important concepts and decision-making tools.
Prerequisite(s): BUS3010, or BUS3011 and BUS3012.
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6 quarter credits |
| BUS4015 * |
Strategic Planning and Implementation
Learners develop their understanding of strategic planning and
implementation using case studies and simulations of various business
planning processes and by exploring the unpredictable dimension of
strategic business planning. Learners show how integrating unplanned
developments into existing strategy is an important part of real-world
strategic planning.
Prerequisite(s): BUS3010, or BUS3011 and BUS3012.
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6 quarter credits |
What you’ll learn
Earning your Bachelor of Science in Business, Leadership and Management degree can help prepare you to lead in a dynamic field as you explore these and other critical areas of focus.
- Discover how to effectively apply management principles in your work place.
- Practice applying leadership skills and techniques in an organization.
- Build a sustainable advantage through the management of human capital.
- Use technology to make data-driven decisions toward organizational goals.
- Demonstrate the ability to positively affect the goals and objectives of an organization.
Management Career Insights
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4 Growing Careers That Typically Require a Bachelor’s Degree
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5 Skills Every Business Leader Should Build
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BS in Business, Management Leadership Professional Paths
Here are just some of the career options you could explore with our
BS in Business Management Leadership degree.
Related job titles to explore*
- Office manager
- Human resource manager
- Sales manager
- Account manager
- Store manager
- Regional manager
- Assistant manager
- General manager
Employment settings to explore
- Hospital
- Insurance carrier
- Bank
- Accounting and payroll Service
- Land-based or online college or university
- Manufacturing organization
- Consulting firm
- Software publisher
*These are examples intended to serve as a general guide. Some
positions may prefer or even require previous experience, licensure,
certifications, and/or other designations along with a degree. Because
many factors determine what position an individual may attain, Capella
cannot guarantee that a graduate will secure any specific job title, a
promotion, salary increase, or other career outcome. We encourage you
to research requirements for your job target and career goals.
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