SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
OLLU's academic areas are organized into the College of Arts and Sciences and the Schools of Business, Professional Studies and Social Service.
College of Arts and Sciences
Dean: Michael J. Laney, PhD
The College of Arts and Sciences offers Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Applied Studies in traditional liberal arts and sciences disciplines and in several interdisciplinary combinations. In addition, programs in the disciplines required for teacher certification are also offered. At the graduate level, a Master of Arts in English with five concentrations is available.
College of Arts and Sciences
School of Professional Studies
Dean: Marcheta Evans, PhD
The School of Professional Studies is comprised of four academic departments: Applied Social and Cultural Sciences, Education, Communication Disorders and Psychology. It offers the Bachelor or Arts, the Bachelor of Science, and the Bachelor of Applied Studies degrees, as well as certificate programs. The graduate programs provide research-based curricula and focus on development of scholar-practitioners applications.
School of Professional Studies
School of Business and Leadership
Dean: Dwayne Banks, PhD
The School of Business and Leadership offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs nationally accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs. The school’s computer security degree programs and Center for Cyber Security Policy are notable in that both are certified by the National Security Agency. The school offers the first bachelor’s degree of its kind with a focus in Hispanic marketing and offers an interdisciplinary leadership studies program that includes a full range of degree offerings up to a doctoral degree.
School of Business and Leadership
Worden School of Social Service
Interim Director: Phyllis Thompson, PhD
The Worden School of Social Service offers bachelor's and master's degrees accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, provides an emphasis on practice with Hispanic children and families, and offers a dual-language certification option at the undergraduate level.
Worden School of Social Service