Overview
Earn an Azusa Pacific degree overseas. The Operation Impact (OI) Program provides educational support internationally to leaders of mission, government, nongovernment, and nonprofit organizations by delivering the Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership Program in a distributed-learning approach to global-learning groups worldwide. One- or two-week intensives held throughout the year are followed by semester-long study projects contracted for each course with professors via the Internet, including email and APU Library resources.
Southern California residents seeking to hone their leadership skills in a traditional program format can earn the Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership at the Azusa campus.
Benefits and Distinctives
- Intensive one- or two-week face-to-face sessions with APU full –time and adjunct professors who visit the international locations.
- Additional classes offered online.
- Projects, activities, assignments and classes relate directly to each student's occupational responsibilities and allow for personal and professional development.
Learn more about the program and our faculty.
School of Behavioral Studies and Applied Sciences Accreditation
Azusa Pacific University receives accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
University Reputation
Azusa Pacific University held its place for the second year in the most prestigious category of the U.S.News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges 2009, ranking in the third tier of the national category. Additionally, for the first time, APU ranked ninth among the best up-and-coming national universities. Previously, APU was ranked in the top 25 schools within the Western Universities-Master’s category, enjoying prominent placement and recognition for outstanding first-year and service-learning programs.
According to Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine, APU ranked number 6 in the nation in awarding the most master’s degrees to Hispanics. In addition, The Princeton Review included APU as 1 of 120 colleges in the 2009 Best in the West category.
