A Strategic Leadership Degree to Guide People and Organizations to Success

Good management is needed more than ever, but effective strategic leadership is a skill set that only a few possess. If you’ve ever wanted to captain your own business ship, organize a company for better efficiency or devise effective plans to solve complex challenges, a strategic leadership and management degree from Ohio University could be right for you.

This degree is ideal for future managers and executives, as well as strategists who are interested in learning why certain approaches work for business and why others don’t. With classes covering a diverse range of topics and many experiential learning opportunities, it’s a surefire program to prepare you for a career in business, leadership and strategy, no matter where your life takes you.

Choose From Three Leadership Degree Tracks

Strategic leadership majors choose one of three possible degree tracks. These tracks allow you to tailor your education to a specific focus or professional path — and they’re excellent ways to gain specialized knowledge for future career success.

View the Strategic Leadership and Management Major catalog page in OHIO's Undergraduate Catalog to read about required courses, individual core requirements or introductory cluster requirements. 

The three tracks include:

Strategic Management and Leadership Jobs and Careers

OHIO’s strategic management degree is highly valuable both for the skills it provides and for the wealth of job opportunities it enables. With a strategic management and leadership Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), you’ll be qualified for careers including but not limited to:

• Strategic business consultant
• Management analyst
• Entrepreneur
• Director of finance
• Department manager or upper-level executive, such as CFO/CEO, as your career progresses

Think of this degree as a door-opener instead of a credential that forces you into one career path. Students seeking endless opportunities and infinite career potential may be especially interested in this program!

Key Facts About OHIO's Business Leadership Degree

Strategic Leadership Degree Faculty Support and Additional Student Resources

Students of the strategic leadership degree program find that all of OHIO is committed to supporting them from day one.

Faculty Support

The renowned, experienced faculty of our strategic management and leadership degree program are also personally invested in the outcomes of their students. They act as personal mentors for students just like you — and they can answer any questions you have about the program, your future or where you should try to find employment post-graduation. Our faculty are known for their attention to detail, effective teaching methods, and real-world knowledge — many, in fact, have several decades of successful business experience under their belts.

Management Faculty

Bottom line: when you attend the strategic leadership and management degree program, you’ll be set up for success from the start. 

The OHIO Experience for Strategic Leadership Degree Majors

Complete Hands-On Experiential Learning

At Ohio University, we understand that experiential learning is what sets students apart from their peers. That’s why our strategic leadership degree program provides you with ample opportunities for hands-on practice and learning experiences. In this way, you’ll not just learn what to do in a leadership or management situation — you’ll also have practice putting those solutions into action.

Experiential opportunities include a mandatory internship for graduation, during which you’ll assist a business with some element of its management, structural or strategic challenges. The internship is a phenomenal boon to your resume, proving to prospective employers that you already have what it takes to succeed in your chosen field.

Ohio University students can also benefit from exciting collaborations and adventures abroad. For example, the Global Consulting Program (GCP) or the Ohio International Consulting Program (OICP) are available to all students from the College of Business — if you join, you’ll gain valuable experience working in the international business environment and can build your career while studying and working in one of an assortment of destinations.

Or you might jump into the Ohio Export Internship Program. In this program, you’ll collaborate with Ohio’s state government to foster economic development. Completion of the OEIP can, but does not automatically, result in a paid internship! Whatever you choose to pursue, you’ll build practical skills and work experience that can jump start your career.

OHIO's Strategic Leadership and Management Degree

The Bachelor of Business Administration in Strategic Leadership and Management is a well-rounded and highly versatile degree that prepares you for management-level work in many different companies and industries.

With this leadership degree program, you’ll learn about the challenges that businesses face as they grow, as well as human-focused difficulties regarding staff, hiring, organization, and more. You’ll gain skills that can set you up for success as a manager, executive, or other high-level professional.

But this business leadership degree program isn’t just about “how to be a manager.” Instead, students of our strategic leadership program learn:

• The motivations behind human actors in businesses and consumer groups
• The “big picture” reasoning needed for successful business decisions
• How to make management decisions the right way, even with imperfect information

In many ways, the program is about how organizations operate and how to run them successfully, not necessarily managing people. Due to this interdisciplinary focus, the strategic leadership degree offers value far beyond qualifying you for management positions.

Strategic Management and Leadership Major Curricula and Courses

The required courses ensure a variety of rich developmental experiences that can include community service learning, individual leadership and emotional intelligence assessments, case analysis, research projects, team-based active learning projects, and guest speakers, in addition to traditional classroom lectures and discussions.

View the Strategic Leadership and Management Major catalog page in OHIO's Undergraduate Catalog to see additional requirements, such as Individual Core Requirements or Introductory Cluster Requirements. 

Strategic Leadership and Management Major

Benefit From the Bobcat Alumni Network as a Strategic Leadership Degree Graduate

Finding employment post-graduation is easier than ever for our strategic leadership majors. That’s due, in large part, to the strength of the Bobcat Alumni Network.

OHIO’s alumni network is constantly growing, and members are invested in ensuring the next generation of grads have ample opportunities to showcase their hard-earned skills. Many of our strategic leadership students graduate already having job opportunities lined up (or job titles on their resumes).

In a big way, completing the strategic leadership and management program means joining a professional family that will lift you up throughout your career and life. It’s yet another reason why OHIO’s undergraduate experiences are exceptional choices for incoming students.