Track Options

• Leadership, Training and Organizational Development:
  This flagship track is designed for business professionals who want to gain overall leadership knowledge applicable across a broad range of industries, including those who have work experience and/or some college credit and are seeking a non-specialized leadership bachelor’s degree and those who are currently serving or have previously served in the military.
• Healthcare Leadership:

  The online Healthcare Leadership (HCL) track is designed for individuals with 2,000 hours (or approximately one year) of healthcare experience who are seeking a competitive advantage and the proper credential for development, increased pay or promotions within their organization. This track is comprised of online healthcare management courses that can help you to further your healthcare leadership skills. For those who seek more than just a standard leadership healthcare course, this track provides the well-rounded knowledge and experience of our OLL program with healthcare leadership classes designed to help you take the next step in your journey.

  This track features a unique set of healthcare leadership courses, different from the BS OLL core, tailored to expand students’ skill set for career advancement within a wide range of healthcare settings. It will enrich the capabilities to lead and manage organizational change adeptly and improve performance metrics, while developing students’ healthcare leadership skills. The curriculum is based on the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL) standards and is designed for those with or without a clinical background pursuing healthcare leadership management positions. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to earn micro-credentials from industry partners including LinkedIn, The Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and more. These are included in various courses at no additional cost.

• IECE:
  The Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education track enables you to help at-risk learners in low-income or impoverished communities by developing your core education knowledge and communication skills—allowing you to work with children as well as their families or caretakers.
• Project Management for the Modern Workforce:

  This track is designed for business professionals who want well-rounded skills in managing a multitude of projects in any industry and those who seek a pathway to project management career opportunities.

  When determining the right online bachelor’s degree for project management, it can be difficult to determine which program is the right fit. This track goes beyond traditional project management online program knowledge, providing students the opportunity to expand their expertise and successfully respond to organizational change in areas of technology, logistics and personnel management, effective communication, data analysis and efficiently built structures. This program successfully joins the related fields of organizational leadership and project management. Upon successful completion of this program, students will be better prepared to pursue the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) or the Project Management Certification (PMP).

• Digital Leadership/IT:
  This track is for business professionals who seek to develop their leadership skills as well as their knowledge in Information Technologies (IT). The curriculum focuses on organizational and employee effectiveness, work morale and more, while also providing broad-based technology knowledge. Gain the expertise to effectively lead employees in the rapidly-changing technology field and in industries that technology impacts.
• Diversity, Inclusion, Community Engagement, Equity:
  This track is designed for working professionals across all industries, seeking to pioneer and efficiently implement diversity, equity, inclusion, and community engagement efforts in the workplace. The innovative curriculum is beneficial for those wanting to start or advance their career in leadership, HR, talent acquisition/recruitment and diversity & inclusion positions. This track is also relevant for anyone seeing areas of injustice and inequity in their workplace, or finds their organization lacks diversity, inclusion and engagement in the community, and would like to be an agent of change.
• Human Resource Development:
  Develop your fundamental knowledge of Human Resources as well as the analytical and strategical skills necessary for the modern HR role. This track focuses on coaching and talent management, mediating conflict, data analytics needed to understand human dynamics in the organizational environment, employee satisfaction and more. Successful completion of this program will help prepare graduates for the Certified Professional Human Resources (PHR) exam.
• Counseling and Human Relations:
  Students in this track become well rounded leaders by developing foundational knowledge of mental health needs within culturally diverse populations, mental health methodology and techniques, and the skills to effectively incorporate this knowledge into leadership and management roles. Students acquire both interpersonal and intrapersonal skills to tactfully resolve conflict, negotiate solutions, build relationships and maintain workload balances which culminate in authentic leadership. Graduates can advance professionally and further their education by pursuing a master’s program in Counseling, Human Resources, Social Work or other related disciplines.
• Career & Technical Education:
  This track is designed specifically for occupation-based career and technical education instructors in Kentucky technical centers or secondary schools who want to pursue a change in rank. Courses focus on teaching career and technical education, evaluation, instruction, and classroom management skills. Graduates receive a Rank I from the Kentucky Educational Professional Standards Board by completing the CA-1 form. Qualifying individuals have been accepted to the New Teacher Institute program through the Kentucky Department of Education Office of Career and Technical Education.