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
Personalized learning experience
You will receive a personalized learning experience online. Faculty regularly engages in value-added comments and feedback providing the same level of instruction as if you were in person.
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. Financial aid may be available.
Program | Per Credit Hour | Per Course | Per Program |
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M.A. Management – Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging | $600 | $1,800 | $18,000 |
Tuition breakdown:
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 |
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Fall 1 2024 | 8/26/24 | 8/12/24 | 8/21/24 | 8/22/24 | 8/25/24 | 10/20/24 | 8 weeks |
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 |
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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.
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
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
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
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
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