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The online Master of Arts in Leadership is designed for practical application in the workplace by preparing professionals to recognize leadership styles in order to build strong organizations and communities and to effectively communicate, motivate others, manage resources, and foster collaborative local and global networks.  As an interdisciplinary major, instructors use courses in leadership, education, communication, and business, along with applied research, to provide a foundation in the theory and practice of leadership.  This flexible program is aimed at developing leaders with an innovative spirit who will use their sense of self to ethically and effectively lead organizations at all levels.

The online MBA degree program from Lenoir-Rhyne University is designed to provide graduates with opportunities for professional development and advancement in a wide range of areas in business, commerce, and other organizational settings. It maintains a managerial focus, preparing students to manage people and resources effectively and to take on leadership roles within their organizations. Core course requirements include topics in:

• Accounting
• Management
• Marketing
• Organizational Behavior
• Supply Chain Operations
• Communication
• Managerial Economics

The MBA with a concentration in Accounting online degree is designed to help working adults advance in their careers.  The curriculum, taught by experienced faculty in small classes, allows for professional development and advancement in a wide range of areas in business, commerce, and organizational leadership.  Regardless of the concentration, all students gain a through understanding of such core business topics as finance, management, marketing, organizational behavior, communication, supply chain operations, and more.  Then dive deep into accounting with courses that cover:

• Governmental, Non-Profit, & International Accounting
• Advanced Tax
• Accounting Theory
• Auditing Applications

Courses provide individualized attention along with class simulations that take you from the classroom to real business projects.  Plus, this online accounting degree is structured in a way that allows students to balance their careers and their educations.

This Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Business Analytics & Information Technology, an online business analytics degree, is designed for working adults seeking to advance in their careers.  Offering a student-centered approach, the curriculum includes a thorough understanding of core business topics along with a deeper understanding of topics in business analytics and information technology.  Courses are taught by experienced faculty that provide individualized attention in small class sizes while teaching decision-making skills and tools.  They cover accounting, management, marketing, organizational behavior, communication, and more.  Those dedicated to the concentration cover such topics as:

• Business Information Systems
• Business Intelligence and Analytics
• Project Management
• Business Networks and Systems Thinking

While the class simulations take you from classroom to real business projects, the flexibility allows you to balance your career with your education.

The online MBA degree program from Lenoir-Rhyne University is designed to provide graduates with opportunities for professional development and advancement in a wide range of areas in business, commerce, and other organizational settings. It maintains a managerial focus, preparing students to manage people and resources effectively and to take on leadership roles within their organizations. Core course requirements include topics in:

• Accounting
• Management
• Marketing
• Organizational Behavior
• Supply Chain Operations
• Communication
• Managerial Economics

In the Entrepreneurship concentration, students receive specialized instruction in areas such as:

• Creativity & Innovation in Organizations
• Funding Social Enterprise
• Societal, Ethical & Legal Issues in Organizations
• Multi-Cultural Management
• Visions of Sustainable Communities

The MBA with a concentration in Executive Management, an online business management degree, helps students advance their careers and take on leadership positions.  This degree is intended for mid-level managers with at least six years of business experience.  Courses, taught by experienced professionals in small class sizes, include learning and networking opportunities from leading business executives.  Offering a student-centered approach, the curriculum provides individualized attention to students with application-based instruction that directly relates to their areas of interest.  

Regardless of the concentration, MBA students gain a thorough understanding of core business topics that include accounting, marketing, organizational behavior, communication, supply chain operations, and more.  Dive deeper into executive management with courses devoted to this area of study.

The MBA with a concentration in Global Business, an online international business degree, is designed to help working adults advance in their careers.  The curriculum, taught by experienced faculty in small classes, allows for professional development and advancement in a wide range of areas in business, commerce, and organizational leadership.  Regardless of the concentration, all students gain a thorough understanding of such core business topics as finance, management, marketing, organizational behavior, communication, supply chain operations, and more.  Then dive deep into global business with courses that cover:

• Global Environment of Business
• Global Finance and Economics
• Multi-Cultural Management

Courses provide individualized attention along with class simulations that take you from the classroom to real business projects.  Plus, this online international business degree is structured in a way that allows students to balance their careers and their educations.

Help to make your community safer with this online criminal justice degree. You will learn to create, analyze, and implement policies that will lead, protect, and organize criminal justice teams. This program develops leadership skills that will help you manage ethical dilemmas and lead organizations through change. Learn to build conflict resolution policies. 

Advance your career without interrupting it by earning this criminal justice degree online. You will be able to balance your education with other obligations.

Enroll in this Master of Arts in Teaching online degree and advance professional opportunities. This program is designed for students who have earned a non-education undergraduate degree and wish to pursue secondary teacher or certain K-12 teacher licensure areas. Courses use hands-on, practical, and best practice tools that equip students to make the most of their opportunities to inspire and instruct in the classroom. The curriculum covers such topics as:

• Foundations of education
• Curriculum and pedagogy
• Diverse learners
• Instructional technology
• Multicultural education

Complete live, interactive classes that are small and allow you to build relationships with professors. Even though you are working online, you will work in groups and share your work like in a regular classroom.

This MBA with a concentration in Healthcare Administration online degree helps students advance their careers in the health care industry.  Prepare for leadership positions with medical service providers, insurance companies, healthcare facilities, and health departments.  The curriculum is student-centered with application-based instruction that provides direct contact and a close professional relationship with experienced faculty.  Students benefit from courses that teach decision-making skills and tools and use class simulations that take them from classroom to real business projects.

Featuring small class sizes, this online business administration degree offers a thorough core in business, covering such basic topics as accounting, management, marketing, communication, economics, organizational behavior, and more.  Other courses relate directly to healthcare administration, diving deeply into such topics as:

• Accounting & Finance for Healthcare Administration
• Management for Healthcare Administration
• Operations Management for Healthcare Administration
• Ethical & Legal Issues for Healthcare Administration

Transform the lives of others with this online Master of Public Health degree.  Improve the health and sustainability of individual and community health at the local, national, and/or international levels.  This interdisciplinary program features a concentration in community health and focuses on:

• Health assessment with local, regional, and global comparisons
• Health policy and programs for improving health status
• Change leadership for better health and wellness

Become a leader in public health after learning ways to protect and improve the health of communities and populations using education, promotion of healthy lifestyles, and environmental changes.  Coursework offers extensive field experience opportunities.

This online public health degree is flexible, allowing you to study where it is convenient.  Full and part-time options allow you to study at a comfortable pace.

The online Master of Science in Exercise Science builds on a basic science foundation to expand student understanding of practical problems related to the human body’s response to physical activity.  The curriculum develops sound foundational knowledge of understanding of human anatomy and physiology, nutrition, biomechanics, and adaptations to physical activity and exercise as students learn to manage, administer, and evaluate wellness and fitness programs, nutrition projects, and exercise physiology.

The online Master of Science in Nursing / Nursing Administration is designed for nurses who are interested in developing the skills to care for patients and the administration of nursing and medical staff.

Through the specialization, students will train to take on the management role of nurse administrators with curriculum focused on developing essential management and leadership skills. Students will learn how effective, collaborative management can support the goal of nurses improving patient outcomes through oversight.

Upon completion of the program, students will have demonstrated their professional and educational qualifications necessary for administrative and specialist roles in nursing. These qualifications include:

• the ability to evaluate health needs of diverse populations for necessary teaching and coaching 
• to exhibit ongoing commitment to professional development and ethical principles
• to effectively communicate using audience-specific oral, written, and information technology 
• to assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate cost-effective healthcare strategies

The online Master of Science in Nursing / Nursing Education is designed for nurses interested in developing their accreditation and skills necessary to provide training and education to nurses who are entering the health care service, or who are learning qualities necessary for their nursing roles. 

Graduates will develop their professional expertise and knowledge into a career as an educator whose focus is academic preparation of nursing students of the professional development of nursing staff. Through the program, students will learn practices for training students and staff on the current issues in nursing in clinical as well as teaching in the classroom or in patient and staff development settings.

Upon completion of the program, students will have demonstrated the necessary educational and professional qualifications for advanced roles in nursing and in nursing education. These qualifications include the ability to implement specialist nursing roles, and promotion of quality improvement of patient-centered care in accordance with professional practice standards that transform health outcomes for diverse populations.

The Master of Arts in Human Services from Lenoir-Rhyne University is an online human services degree for those interested in helping others and making the world a better place.  Students learn to act as change agents in such areas as poverty, health care access, child and youth services, addiction, or career placement, helping to improve the well-being and quality of life of others.  The curriculum uses the creative application of knowledge, theory, and skills to provide a broad understanding of subject matter, bibliographic resources, theory, practice, and scholarly research in the field.  Students learn to interpret, analyze, synthesize, and communicate knowledge while developing the skills needed to practice and advance in human services professions.  Each student chooses a professional track:

• Addictions Counseling
• Career Development
• Human Services Management

Graduates are prepared for such careers as caring for vulnerable client populations, supervising personnel, managing public agencies or nonprofit organizations, or administering programs and services.