Previously named the Bachelor of Arts in management and human relations (MHR), this degree in organizational leadership has been helping busy professionals achieve their career goals for more than 30 years.
Our curriculum has a threefold approach aimed at helping you navigate today’s workforce with excellence and strategy. This accelerated bachelor’s program, created for students who have already completed a minimum of 40 college credit hours, includes coursework that prioritizes creativity, accountability and intentionality while emphasizing three key areas of study:
- Management Development
Enhance your capabilities to oversee teams and initiatives. Build skills and knowledge in key management areas such as strategic and systems management, human resources and marketing.
- Leadership Development
Expands your competency to perform in leadership roles within organizations. Receive insight on leadership theories, conflict resolution, change management, personal values and ethics in business.
- Personal Development
Become equipped with the knowledge needed to succeed in your career. Develop personal leadership skills, interpersonal relations, organizational behaviors and a biblical worldview.
What to expect
Flexibility. The program exists to provide working adults with the opportunity to complete a college degree in a schedule and format particularly designed to meet their unique needs.
Attend class face-to-face at one of Trevecca’s three locations only one night a week or complete your degree fully online. With either option, you’ll enjoy the ease of books and supplies delivered to your front door.
Study when it’s convenient for you—an hour in the morning over coffee, during your lunch break or after your kids’ bedtime. For more than 30 years, the manageable workload of our continuing education programs has made it a tremendous success for hundreds of working adults.
Support. Small class sizes allow faculty members to get to know students individually and provide mentoring relationships that help them achieve personal growth while simultaneously offering academically rigorous coursework. Additionally, Trevecca utilizes a cohort model of study, where students begin and complete their degree alongside a group of other classmates—either in person or online—who are taking the same classes and working toward the same goal. Your peers provide the support needed so you can get the most out of your studies. Even while taking online classes, you’ll stay engaged with your cohort, exchanging emails and online discussions on a weekly basis.
Success. The benefits of returning to college to complete your degree can be life changing! Whether it’s increasing your earning potential, positioning yourself for a promotion or jump-starting a new career path, earning a degree will leave you equipped and empowered for the future. Our graduates currently work in fields such as business, technology, ministry, government, military, social services and healthcare.
“Every class is taught from a practical perspective,” says program director Dr. Cathy Hendon. “Students want to know how this degree can be immediately applied to their professional life or goals, and we’ve structured the program with that in mind.”
Course Descriptions
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Financial Aid & Costs
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Admission Requirements
To be admitted to the BA program in Management and Leadership the student must:
- Complete online application.
- Complete FAFSA or appropriate reimbursement or payment plan agreements.
- Submit official transcripts from previously attended institutions, sent directly from granting institution to TNU.
- Have earned a grade point average of 2.0 for all academic work completed.
- Have successfully completed a minimum of 40 hours of semester credit from an accredited institution.
- All students are expected to have some proficiency with computer technology. Reliable access to technology will be required through the program.
- Submit confidential Medical Health History and Immunization Forms to Trevecca's Student Health Clinic prior to registration (see Immunization Information entry at the end of this section). Applies only for students enrolled in face-to-face courses.
- Provide photocopy of government-issued identification (e.g., driver's license, state ID, military ID, passport). This requirement ensures that Trevecca complies with the U.S. Department of Education expectations for student verification. (This is only required for students enrolled in an online program.)
For students who have not completed the necessary 40 credit hours, there are still options for starting a degree. The online associate’s degree programs are open to students, regardless of credit hours. View our associate degrees to learn more.
The Bachelor of Arts in management and leadership degree is designed to uniquely fit the needs of working adults—with creativity, accountability and intentionality at the forefront. This degree has been helping busy professionals achieve their career goals for more than 30 years.
Trevecca's degree in organizational leadership integrates a Christian worldview and seeks to build servant leaders and global citizens who can successfully navigate today’s workforce with confidence and strategy. Interdisciplinary in nature, the curriculum includes liberal arts classes with an emphasis on general management and leadership skill building. Writing, speaking and research skills are cultivated in each class.
“Our students build confidence in their written and verbal communication skills throughout the program,” says program director Dr. Cathy Hendon. “In today’s global, hyper-connected society, it’s vital for employees to know how to effectively communicate with each other.”
The program has a threefold approach aimed at helping you navigate today’s workforce with excellence and strategy. This accelerated degree includes coursework that focuses on three key areas of study:
Management Development
Enhance your capabilities to oversee teams and initiatives. Build skills and knowledge in key management areas such as strategic and systems management, human resources and marketing.
Leadership Development
Expands your competency to perform in leadership roles within organizations. Receive insight on leadership theories, conflict resolution, change management, personal values and ethics in business.
Personal Development
Become equipped with the knowledge needed to succeed not only in the classroom, but also in your career. Develop personal leadership skills, interpersonal relations, organizational behaviors and a biblical worldview.
Trevecca offers optional minors to non-traditional undergraduate students. Minors provide an excellent path to gain expertise in a focus area while you secure enough credit hours to complete your degree!
- Minor in Business
- Minor in Healthcare Administration
- Minor in Christian Ministry Online
- Minor in Psychology
- Minor in Leadership
- Minor in Criminal Justice
To graduate with a bachelor's degree in management and leadership, students will need a minimum of 120 credit hours, satisfying the following requirements:
General Education (30 semester hours)
- 6 semester hours of communications (of which one course must be in English composition)
- 3 semester hours of humanities (at least one course must be from the following: literature, philosophy, art or music appreciation, art or music history, fine arts, history)
- 9 semester hours of social/behavioral science
- 6 semester hours of math/natural science
- 6 additional semester hours in any above general education area
Core Classes (36 semester hours)
General Electives (54 semester hours)
TOTAL: 120 semester hours
Students also need to maintain a 2.0 cumulative GPA to be eligible for graduation. Trevecca accepts transfer credit and prior learning towards the above requirements. To learn how your previous credit or prior learning will apply and see what your personal path to a bachelor's degree will look like, fill out the form and an enrollment counselor will contact you!
Course Descriptions
Get details on all the courses you’ll complete as you work toward this degree at Trevecca.*
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Cohort Schedule
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