The George Washington University - Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
MA in Organizational Sciences
Washington, USA
MA
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
USD 50,834 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for fellowship assistantship applicants | spring semester october 1
Key Summary
The Master of Arts in Organizational Sciences degree pushes the bounds of strategic leadership. Courses apply theories of organizational management and effectiveness to real-world objectives like employee retention and workplace culture change.
Faculty share a strong foundation in systems thinking and work closely with students in small classes. Graduates emerge prepared to successfully manage organizations at the individual, group and environmental levels.
The Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS) offers funding opportunities in all doctoral and master's programs. These awards differ by level and by program. PhD students are typically offered full funding packages (full tuition, living stipend, and graduate assistantship). CCAS offers merit-based partial tuition awards to many of the students admitted to our PsyD and master's programs; some of these programs also offer graduate assistantships as well as small stipend awards.
The following requirements must be fulfilled
The general requirements stated under Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate Programs.
36 credits, including 27 credits in required courses, 9 credits in elective courses, and successful completion of a master’s comprehensive examination.
Required
- ORSC 6104 Statistics in Management, Administration, and Policy Studies
- ORSC 6209 Management Systems
- ORSC 6216 Theories and Management of Planned Change
- ORSC 6219 Managerial Economics
- ORSC 6241 Strategic Management and Policy Formation
- ORSC 6242 Organizational Communication and Conflict Management
- or COMM 6242 Organizational Communication and Conflict Management
- ORSC 6243 Seminar: Leadership in Complex Organizations
- ORSC 6245 Seminar: Organizational Behavior
- ORSC 6259 Behavioral Economics and Group Decision Making
Electives
9 credits from the following
- ORSC 6212 Current Issues in Personnel Testing and Selection
- ORSC 6214 Personnel Training and Performance Appraisal Systems
- ORSC 6217 Productivity and Human Performance
- ORSC 6222 Theory and Practice of Compensation Management
- ORSC 6223 Collective Bargaining
- ORSC 6224 Persuasion and Negotiation
- COMM 6150 Persuasion
- ORSC 6246 Comparative Management
- ORSC 6248 Strategic Human Resource Planning
- ORSC 6250 Leadership Coaching: Principles and Practices
- ORSC 6251 Team Coaching and Facilitation
- ORSC 6295 Directed Research
- ORSC 6297 Special Topics
- ORSC 6298 Directed Readings
Successful completion of a master’s comprehensive examination.
Students leave prepared to
- Integrate solutions
- Synthesize information
- Resolve conflict
- Sculpt organizations
- Drive performance
- Redesign work processes
- Enhance collaboration
- Accommodate stakeholders
- Transform culture
The OS program ties managerial and executive success to the integration of knowledge in three key areas
- Strategy and change management
- Leadership and communication
- Performance and talent development
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