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Leadership & Management Consulting Major and Management Consulting Minor

Photo 1: Male business student wearing a suit displaying management and leadership skills while giving a presentation. Photo 2: Two female and one male business student collaborate and discuss a project with management professor.

As a leadership and management consulting major in Loyola’s Sellinger School of business, you’ll develop the in-demand leadership, management, innovation, and consulting skills required to succeed as an effective collaborator in a broad range of organizations—from management consulting firms and for-profit businesses to entrepreneurial ventures, non-profits, and governmental agencies.

Through an immersive management curriculum, you’ll take courses in organizational behavior, leadership, strategic management and more. Apply what you learn through a hands-on consulting practicum, where you’ll compete with classmates to solve problems faced by today’s business and organizations.

A minor in management consulting is available to all students except those majoring in International Business, Leadership and Management Consulting, or Sustainability Management. Coursework fosters skill such as research, critical thinking, evidence-based problem solving, and analytical reasoning.

Why should you study leadership and management consulting at Loyola?

Crucial Competencies

You’ll graduate ready to demonstrate the knowledge, behaviors, and skills employers are looking for, including bold leadership, creative innovation, excellent communication, collaboration, engaged citizenship, inclusiveness, and evidence-based problem-solving.

Top-Ranked Program

Loyola's business and management programs consistently enjoy top national rankings. This track record of excellence has helped Sellinger graduates land jobs at some of the world’s top brands—from Disney and Under Armor to Exelon and PwC.

A Versatile Degree

Not only will you develop a critical understanding of management processes and problems faced by organizations, but you’ll also gain the tools to create, implement, and evaluate creative solutions applicable in a variety of work environments.

From developing important competencies to be effective, innovative leaders to gaining critical problem-solving and decision-making skills, graduates of Loyola’s leadership and management consulting program will:

  • Develop skills necessary for effective leadership, people management, negotiation, and conflict resolution;
  • Practice creative and critical thinking as well as judgement and decision making;
  • and Collaborate, cooperate, and coordinate with others to solve complex problems while developing emotional intelligence.

Managing Innovation & Entrepreneurship

MG 407
Examine the emerging practice of applying entrepreneurial capabilities to the development of new ventures and innovative ideas within organizations. Gain practical experience through an internal case competition judged by faculty and local professionals—preparing you to engage in and manage such processes in your career.

Managing Corporate Strategy (Consulting Practicum)

MG 407
Examine the emerging practice of applying entrepreneurial capabilities to the development of new ventures and innovative ideas within organizations. Gain practical experience through an internal case competition judged by faculty and local professionals—preparing you to engage in and manage such processes in your career.

Managing Teams

MG 306
Discover concepts and techniques for how to effectively engage in collaborative behaviors, set conditions for effective teamwork, manage high-performance teams, and facilitate flexible, responsive team solutions to problems.

Explore our course catalogue for a full listing of courses, descriptions, suggested course sequences, and more.

Major Minor

Faculty experts 

Our management courses are taught by experts with the highest level of qualifications. Loyola faculty are teacher-scholars who are attentive to students’ ambitions and needs who have a deep personal interest in each student’s academic success. In addition, our executives in residence bring significant industry knowledge and experience to their teaching and student advising and mentorship.

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Interdisciplinary studies major in leadership and management consulting and psychology

Combining leadership and management consulting and psychology allows students to explore the underpinnings of human behavior in organizations. The courses required for this pathway provide excellent preparation for careers in human resource management, organizational development, and human capital consulting. It is also an excellent foundation for graduate studies in industrial/organizational psychology or organizational behavior. 

Learn more about the interdisciplinary studies option, established pathways, and the process for declaring or changing your major to interdisciplinary on the academic advising site.

Who is Hiring Loyola management grads?

  • Microsoft
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Social Security Administration
  • The Walt Disney Corporation
  • Whiting Turner

Rankings & Accolades

No. 2 in Maryland
Best Colleges for Business
Niche
Top 25% Nationally
Undergraduate Business Schools
U.S. News & World Report
Top 3% Nationally
Best undergraduate business
universities by salary
PayScale.com
No. 33 Nationally
Management in Undergraduate
Business Programs
U.S. News & World Report

The leadership and management consulting major is part of the Sellinger School’s Management & Organizations Department

Dave Luvison
Department Chair
Management & Organizations Department
Executive in Residence
Sellinger Hall 418b
410-617-2679
dluvison@loyola.edu

Debra Mitchell
Program Assistant
Sellinger Hall 418
410-617-2357
dmitchell4@loyola.edu

Visit the Management and Organizations Department page