Master of Arts in Management with a concentration in Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Online
Become an equity-focused changemaker when you build, implement, and sustain programs for an inclusive workplace setting through culturally competent improvements.
Program Overview
Discover the Avila online master’s management – diversity, inclusion & belonging program
Strengthen your workplace culture when you earn an online Master of Arts in Management with a concentration in Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging from Avila University. Meet the increasing demand for people-oriented leaders who empower teams with advanced knowledge in privilege, bias, and identity. Elevate your ability to build and manage diversity programs purposefully designed to meet your organization’s unique challenges.
Flexible, 100% online coursework enables you to continue working full-time while you complete your M.A. Management – Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging. Plus, our highly engaged faculty will continuously support your learning process with personalized attention.
Career opportunities:
- Manager/Director Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
- Chief People and Culture Officer
- DEI Program Manager
- Principal Associate of Global Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Manager/Director Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
- Chief People and Culture Officer
- DEI Program Manager
- Principal Associate of Global Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
$18,000
Total Tuition
As few as 12 months
Duration
30
Credit Hours
Tuition
Invest in your future with affordable, pay-by-the-course tuition
The M.A. Management – Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging online program tuition is the same affordable, pay-by-the-course rate for all U.S. residents. Fees are included in the total tuition, and financial aid may be available. Choosing Avila University means choosing a top 10 affordable online master's program, according to Forbes (2024).
| Program | Per Credit Hour | Per Course | Per Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| M.A. Management – Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging | $600 | $1,800 | $18,000 |
Tuition breakdown:
$18,000
Total Tuition
$600
Per Credit Hour
Calendar
Don’t miss these important dates and deadlines
Ideal for working professionals, the M.A. Management – Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging online program features 8-week courses and multiple start dates each year so you can begin at the time that works best for you. View the full calendar for all upcoming starts and corresponding deadlines.
| Term | Start Date | App Deadline | Document Deadline | Registration Deadline | Tuition Deadline | Class End Date | Term Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2 2024 | 10/21/24 | 10/7/24 | 10/16/24 | 10/16/24 | 10/20/24 | 12/15/24 | 8 weeks |
| Spring 1 2025 | 1/6/25 | 1/2/25 | 1/2/25 | 1/3/25 | 1/6/25 | 3/2/25 | 8 weeks |
| Spring 2 2025 | 3/3/25 | 2/26/25 | 2/26/25 | 2/28/25 | 3/3/25 | 5/4/25 | 8 weeks |
Now enrolling:
1/2/25
Apply Date
1/6/25
Class Starts
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Admissions
How to apply for the diversity master's degree online program
We’ve simplified the admission process to help you get started quickly and easily. You can find all requirements for admission to the Avila online M.A. Management – Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging below.
Admission Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree
- 2.75 GPA
- No GMAT or GRE required
In order to be eligible to receive an M.A. Management degree from Avila University, you must have the following:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
- GPA requirements for unconditional admission: 2.75 cumulative grade point average at the completion of the undergraduate degree
- GPA requirements for conditional admission: 2.5 cumulative grade point average at the completion of the undergraduate degree
- Official transcripts from all institutions previously attended
Submit all official transcripts to:
Email: [email protected]
Mail: Avila University
11901 Wornall Road
Kansas City, MO 64145
Courses
Read about the online master’s in diversity and inclusion coursework
In order to earn the M.A. Management – Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging online, you will complete 10 courses for a total of 30 credit hours. There are no leveling courses or prerequisites required.
MG 622: Organizational Behavior and Development
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The study of the structure, individual and group behavior, and development of organizations.
MG 630: Financial Decision Making for Managers
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed as a survey and overview of fundamental and intermediate statistical and financial concepts and techniques. The emphasis is primarily on the thought processes behind different types of analyses and secondarily on the mechanical execution of such analyses. The primary topics covered will blend key concepts from three disciplines: statistics, finance, and decision science.
MG 650: Strategic Communication
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on the interpersonal communication and leadership skills needed for effective organizational development. The course emphasizes conflict management, presentation skills, and informal writing, as well as important leadership skills ranging from giving and receiving feedback to performance appraisals. The course is designed as a “train the trainers” course, enabling learners to later pass on skills to consulting clients, co-workers, and employees.
OD 640: Organizational Development and Planned Change
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An experiential approach to the study of change for the internal or external OD professional or organizational manager. Topics regarding consulting and motivating for high-performing systems include interpersonal interventions, team development, and continuous improvement processes.
Learning Outcomes:
- Articulate the impact of Organizational Development from both a historical perspective and future-oriented application
- Apply concepts, theories, models of the behavioral sciences that facilitate organizational change
- Understand the importance of data gathering and diagnosis in developing effective interventions
- Promote effective and ethical problem solving and decision-making for interventions from a systems perspective
- Recognize and understand the difference between individual, team, and organizational interventions
- Advance generative dialog and collaborative skills Gain skills that can be applied as functioning OD practitioners
OD 662: Strategic Human Resources
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
One of the most important skills leaders and practitioners can have is the ability to influence others to achieve work and organizational objectives. Many organizations welcome diversity as an asset, but lack strategic thinking for managing diversity, inclusion and belonging effectively. This program provides participants with a strategic planning model and an understanding of the critical role diversity councils play in organization success. There is a blend of facilitation skills and activities that will enable organizations to appoint effective diversity councils, develop a mission statement, a vision for the organization, objectives, strategies, and employee action plans.
MG 688: Leadership and Influence Process
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This is a course about leadership theory specifically in the context of management and organizations. In this course, you will survey the broad spectrum of leadership theories and the research that led toward the theoretical conclusions. You will learn to appreciate the strength of the theories but understand the limitations so that as practitioners you can apply your own set of principles based on what we do know about leadership
MG 695: Applied Research Project
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is the capstone of the M.A. in Management program. It requires the completion of a faculty-approved project that demonstrates professional competence. The project is informed by and contributes to the appropriate discipline literature. It is comparable to a project a student would complete as an internal or external professional. The purpose of the Applied Research Project is the application and demonstration of skill and proficiency as a direct result of student learning accomplished throughout the Master’s program and in their work experience and integrating that with a knowledge base that provides evidence of the ability to research and give meaning to theory and assumptions
OD 631: Diversity Awareness
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This interactive course increases students understanding of a variety of models of individual, cultural, and social group identities, focusing on several contemporary frameworks for understanding differences. Special emphasis is placed on providing the skills and competencies necessary for working with multicultural, inclusive teams
Course objectives:
- Identify diversity issues at the individual level
- Critically evaluate and apply common models of identity used in diversity and inclusion initiatives
- Develop an understanding of the importance of self as an agent of change in diversity and inclusion work
- Identify and understand unearned privilege
- Use the dimensions of diversity in the work
- Use a current vocabulary in diversity and inclusion practice
- Build and utilize a diversity change agent toolbox
- Explain unconscious bias
OD 632: Diversity Planning & Goal Setting
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
One of the most important skills leaders and practitioners can have is the ability to influence others to achieve work and organizational objectives. Many organizations welcome diversity as an asset, but lack strategic thinking for managing diversity, inclusion and belonging effectively. This program provides participants with a strategic planning model and an understanding of the critical role diversity councils play in organization success. There is a blend of facilitation skills and activities that will enable organizations to appoint effective diversity councils, develop a mission statement, a vision for the organization, objectives, strategies, and employee action plans.
Course objectives:
- Identify and implement strategic planning tools and models in diversity and inclusion
- Facilitate leaders through a vision, mission, goals, objectives strategies and value proposition schematic
- Develop tools to implement and evaluate a comprehensive diversity plan
- Position diversity councils for success
- Identify the top ten characteristics common among high-functioning diversity councils
OD 633: Developing Inclusion Training
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Effective diversity training is ensuring that leadership and employees have an experience that raises awareness, changes behaviors, and does not reinforce stereotypes and biases. Increasingly, when diversity training is developed improperly, it is fraught with legal risk and may cause backlash. This interactive course enhances skills in developing and delivering diversity, inclusion and belonging training
Course objectives:
- Use a training needs assessment
- Develop a diversity and inclusion detailed training plan
- Use instructional tools, PowerPoint Slide Show, videos, etc.
- Decide whether diversity, inclusion and belonging training is the right intervention
- Deal effectively with the difficult issues (e.g., race, gender, sexual/affectional orientation, unearned privilege, generational gaps)
- Evaluate success and minimize failure
- Manage training consultants
- Gain knowledge of emerging issues in diversity training
