online master's degree of management and leadership
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$680 per credit hour.
32 total credit hours.
develop advanced leadership and analytical skills for today’s organizations.
The Master of Science in Management and Leadership program at Bellevue University is designed to help you become a confident, data-informed leader ready to manage people, projects, and organizational processes. This program blends essential management skills with advanced analytical and strategic decision-making tools, offering a focused alternative to an MBA and a broader scope than a traditional leadership degree. Through coursework that emphasizes both theory and application, you’ll gain the knowledge to lead teams, evaluate business practices, and make data-driven decisions that drive organizational success.
Earn stackable certificates that strengthen your resume.
Throughout your master’s program, you’ll have the opportunity to earn four certificates of completion at no additional cost, highlighting your expertise in key areas of business and management. These include: Management and Organizational Leadership, Quantitative Tools for Managers, Managing Change with Integrity, and Managing People and Processes. Each certificate showcases your specialized skills to employers and adds immediate value to your professional profile. The program’s curriculum also covers vital topics such as business intelligence, project management, talent development, business ethics, and organizational change management—ensuring you graduate with a well-rounded understanding of what it takes to lead in any environment.
streamlined, flexible, and designed for working professionals.
This fully online, accelerated cohort program is built with flexibility in mind. You’ll register once at the beginning of the program and progress through eight four-credit courses, one at a time, with short breaks between each course and no classes during most major holidays. This structured format makes it easier to balance your studies with work and life commitments while staying connected with the same group of peers throughout your program. With no GMAT or GRE required, you can focus on advancing your education and career in a program that’s designed to meet the real-world demands of modern management and leadership.
what you'll learn.
In this program, you’ll learn to apply modern management principles, ethical decision-making, and strategic communication to drive innovation and organizational success.
upon graduation, students will be able to:
- Investigate management principles necessary for effective organizational performance.
- Evaluate methods for generating creative and innovative practices in organizations.
- Formulate ethical solutions by practicing moral awareness, moral behavior, and power dynamics.
- Assess the alignment of organizational practices with current management theory and research.
- Propose evidence-based strategies to enhance process alignment in organizational structures.
- Design communication frameworks that join management practice with leadership vision.
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Management and Leadership degree courses
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Requirements (32 credit hours)
This course equips future leaders with the skills to drive change, foster innovation, and achieve organizational goals through strategic, adaptive leadership practices. Students will explore the interactional framework of leadership, focusing on how leadership effectiveness arises from the dynamic relationships between leaders, followers, and situational factors. Through practical exercises and real-world applications, students will assess their leadership strengths, develop agility in decision-making, and master situational adaptability. Emphasizing the role of values, ethics, and emotional intelligence, participants will learn to inspire high performance, motivate teams, and implement change effectively in diverse organizational environments.
This course examines core management principles and their application in today's business environment. Students will explore decision-making, performance management, and organizational effectiveness across three levels: individual, interpersonal, and collective. Topics include strategic planning, leadership influence, operational risk management, and data-driven performance evaluation. Through case studies and applied learning, students will assess management challenges, develop problem-solving strategies, and apply key metrics to drive organizational success. Emphasis is placed on aligning management practices with financial, operational, and strategic objectives to optimize performance and stakeholder outcomes.
This course introduces Al concepts and their applications in business management and leadership. Students will explore Al-assisted decision-making, automation, data analytics, and ethical considerations of the use of Al in leadership roles, including Human-in-the-­Loop {HITL) philosophies. The course emphasizes leveraging machine learning, natural language processing, and predictive analytics to integrate Al into business strategy effectively.
This course explores the role of business intelligence in managerial decision-making, covering data- and text-mining, warehousing, analytics, and visualization. It emphasizes skills for the effective communication of analytical insights and underscores the importance of a robust Bl team for data-driven decisions at all organizational levels and lifecycle stages. The course systematically examines Bi's application throughout the decision-making lifecycle, offering critical insights into a firm's health at each stage.
This course explores real-world financial data for informed management decisions. Topics include financial statement analysis, performance evaluation, public company financing {debt/equity), cash flow statements, capital investment assessment, and security valuation. Focused on economic events, it covers income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, technical skills for financial analysis, and the impact of accounting standards on reporting influenced by managerial incentives.
This course prepares students to manage organizational disruptions and planned changes. It prepares a foundation to evaluate both internal and external environments amidst disruptions, devising supportive organizational plans, and making informed decisions by drawing on research from diverse fields, including psychometric assessments. Moreover, students will discern the psycho-social impact of changes on the workforce and apply group-level and individual-level interventions. The course also cultivates coaching and process consultation skills for future use in organizational development.
This course will introduce learners to the building blocks managers use to lead the performance of individuals, teams, and organizations. Students will explore methods to create a work environment that empowers employee success. The major facets of talent management will be explored from developing core competencies to the design and implementation of performance management systems to identifying, assessing, and developing talent, to delivering performance coaching for individuals and teams to driving employee engagement and retention.
This course provides students with the fundamentals of project management, a comprehension of the project life cycle, and proficiency in effective initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closure. Concepts covered include change management, compliance, and risk assessment. The curriculum examines project attributes, timelines, roles, cost management, communication strategies, and introduces fundamental elements of the Agile methodology.
Major Requirements Credits
= 32 total credits*
University Accreditation
Bellevue University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission ( hlcommission.org ), a regional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Whether a college, university, or program is accredited is important to students receiving financial aid, employers who provide tuition assistance, donors, and the federal government.
This program is considered a non-licensure degree/certificate program and is not intended for those seeking licensure or the practice of licensed profession. This program may be relevant to multiple occupations that do not require licensure and was not designed to meet educational requirements for any specific professional license or certification.
*Consult with an admissions counselor to determine your eligible credits, as well as to verify minimum graduation requirements for this degree. Transfer credits must be from a regionally accredited college or university. Bellevue University makes no promises to prospective students regarding the acceptance of credit awarded by examination, credit for prior learning, or credit for transfer until an evaluation has been conducted.
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Flexible schedule.
Study on your own time with courses designed to fit your busy life—whether you're working, raising a family, or serving in the military.
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Engaging online learning.
Enjoy interactive courses designed for real-world application, with multimedia content, discussions, and hands-on projects.
grow with faculty who’ve been where you are.