Career Constellations

CU's versatile bachelor's degree in Organizational Leadership and Change applies to a wide range of professional fields and career contexts. Course constellations help students map course offerings to disciplines and professional goals.

Click the drop-downs below to explore the Constellations

Human Systems & Well-Being

Trauma Informed Leadership | Neurodiversity & Inclusion | Emotional Intelligence | Burnout & Resilience | Group Dynamics

*This constellation is for those drawn to healing, therapy, and resilience; it focuses on how people function inside organizations under stress and change.*

Career Contexts

School Leadership
Behavioral Health Administration
Youth & Family Services
Nonprofit HR
DEI & Wellness Coordinator

Course Offerings

AAH315 History of Immigration
CVC205 Critical Care and Critical Generosity
OLC305 Communication Skills for Leaders
OLC306 Individual and Community Engagement
OLC325: Human Resource Management
SBS225 Contemporary Social Problems
SBS302 Mindfulness
SBS321 Gender Studies
SCI206 Environmental Science
SCI394 Food Justice
SCI393 Climate Literacy

Justice, Policy & Institutional Change

Education Equity | Race and the Law | Housing and Incarceration | Human Rights | Reform Movements

*The focus of this constellation is on how systems create, and can dismantle, inequality by examining the rules, rights, and structures that govern society.*

Career Contexts

Policy Analyst
Civil Rights Nonprofit Leadership
Legal Advocate/ Law School
Housing & Reentry Program Director
Philanthropy Program Officer

Course Offerings

AAH200 American Labor History
AAH 230 Wisdom at Work: Applied Philosophy for Leaders
CVC221 Public Speaking and Debates
CVC230 Critical Public Policy: Theory & Practice
CVC304 Human Rights in the World and in Our Lives
CVC308 The Power of Participation: Exploring U.S Democracy and Civic Responsibility
OLC225 Social & Organizational Ethics
OLC309 Systems Thinking & Sustainable Impact for Social Justice
SBS214 Conflict Resolution
SBS300 Bodies, Power, & Community
SBS322 Impact of Incarceration on Families
SBS380 Race & Law

Education, Youth & Learning Systems

*This constellation focuses on how learning environments shape lives and futures.*

Career Contexts

School or Program Administrator
Youth Development
Teaching
Workforce Development Manager
Community Education Leader

Course Offerings

AAH 231 Memory, Meaning, and Social Transformation
CVC350 Teaching Social Studies and Growing Social Consciousness
OLC330 Leadership and Motivation
SCI341 Introduction to the Science of Reading
SBS240 Foundations of Core Values for Equity Centered Education
SBS340 Educational Psychology
SBS392 Supporting Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Learning for All Learners
SBS393 Teaching Methods for Special Education
SBS394 Collaboration, Co-Teaching & Community
SCI340 Teaching Methods for Structured Literacy
* denotes access to early childhood education courses via a partner organization

Community Development & Housing Justice

Place-based Leadership | Mutual Aid | Housing Systems | Trauma & Displacement | Community Organizing

*This constellation focuses on how place, housing, and community infrastructure affect stability and opportunity. A healthy community requires stable housing and a healthy planet.*

Career Contexts

Housing Nonprofit Director
Community Development Coordinator
Homelessness Prevention Programs
Housing Authorities
Urban Policy Organizations

Course Offerings

AAH310 Grassroots Community Organizing
CVC210 Globalization and Community
CVC330 Sustainable Economic and Community Development
MTH201 Personal and Financial Wellness
OLC217 Leading Change
OLC300 Collective Decision Making
OLC345 Leadership in Action
SBS200 Collaboration and Group Dynamics
SBS306 Individual and Community Engagement
SBS335 Studies in Community and Place

Social Innovation, Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership

Program Evaluation | Radical Philanthropy | Grantmaking | Social Entrepreneurship | Organizational Change

*This constellation focuses on the engines of change, how to fund, lead, and sustain impact, targeting the "business" side of social change.*

Career Contexts

Nonprofit Executive
Foundation Program Officer
Grant Writer
Social Venture Leader
Impact Analyst

Course Offerings

AAH300 Digital Storytelling
AAH390 Grant Writing
CVC305 Global Citizenship
MTH300 Organizational Financial Wellness
OLC210 Introduction to Entrepreneurship
OLC350 Project Management
OLC331 Radical Philanthropy
OLC375 Understanding Nonprofit Management
SBS214 Conflict Resolution
SBS325 Participatory Action Research

Arts, Culture & Creative Leadership

Public Humanities & Community Memory | Creative Placemaking | Arts-based Facilitation | Storytelling for Social Change | Cultural Organizing

*This constellation positions creativity as a driver of social impact, community healing, and public engagement. *

Career Contexts

Community Arts Organizations
Museums & Public Humanities
Artists
Youth Arts Programming
Arts & Healing Initiatives

Course Offerings

AAH205 Creative Writing
AAH220 Arts & Engagement
AAH222 Visual or Sonic Storytelling for Social Change
AAH221 Radical Literacy Lab: Writing, Drawing, and Designing for the Future
AAH320: Imaging Identities: Autobiographical Narratives and the Representation of Others
CVC220 Public Narrative: Identity, Agency, and Action
OLC303 Critical Perspectives in Leadership Studies
OLC304 Critical Perspectives in Organizational Studies
OLC335 The Art of Leadership
SBS209 Liberatory Design

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