$7,000.00
Leadership and Professional Studies
Degree: B.A
For Returning Adult Learners
The only program of its kind in New Jersey, the innovative BA in leadership and professional studies lets you combine your work and life experiences and create an individualized degree path that prepares you for a prominent professional role. This affordable program:
-Allows you to focus on your career goals while building competencies in communication, collaboration, negotiation, and emotional intelligence.
-Utilizes insight from leaders to develop a curriculum that helps you become a top-level candidate for various opportunities and promotions.
-Offers supportive resources such as mentors, a success counselor, and faculty advisors.
-Includes a capstone project in which you will showcase advancement toward your leadership goals.
What Will You Learn?
In our community and social justice studies programs, students learn in-demand skills that employers have identified as critical for job candidates, including:
-Social justice competency
-Community-based research
-Critical thinking skills
-Understanding of community development needs and programs
-Understanding of public policy issues with a social justice perspective
Our five major programs—Africana World Studies, Anthropology, Community Development and Social Justice, Leadership and Professional Studies, and Women’s and Gender Studies—include hands-on learning activities and field experiences. Students have the opportunity to work with faculty on ongoing research and advocacy projects. They also develop skills through the Department’s collaborative partnerships with local organizations and communities in northern New Jersey.
| Analytical Skills | Community Advocacy | Community Development |
| Digital Fluency | Proposal Writing | Public Speaking |
| Research Verbal & Written Communication |
Program Partner
Career Opportunities
Project Manager
Human Resources Manager
Corporate Trainer
Organizational Development Specialist
Business Consultant
Leadership Coach
Operations Manager
Community Outreach Coordinator