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Cohort 77 - Class Schedule
This is a draft schedule and may be subject to change - updated August 23, 2017.
The AU MSOD consists of 11 courses (33 graduate credits) over approximately 20 months. Each course is taught over two 3-day class weekends held one month apart. Each class involves 2 weeks of preparation prior to a class weekend, the class weekend, and then 2 weeks of follow-up after a class weekend. One Residency course happens in each year of the MSOD program: the Use of Self Residency in the middle of the first year and the International Residency near the end of the curriculum. The MSOD program begins with the residential "Becoming A Learning Community" course, which introduces students to experiential education and the learning community and leads up to MSOD Orientation.
Module 1 - Foundations
SPRING 2018 (6 CREDITS)
- Intro to Experiential Education & the Learning Community (Airlie Center, VA) - Jan. 13 (10am) - 16 (3pm)
- Orientation (AU) - Jan. 17 (8:15am-3pm)
- Intro to Organization Development & Change - Feb. 2-4, March 2-4
- Organization Theory & Diagnosis - April 6-8, April 27-29
Summer 2018 (6 credits)
- Methods and Models of Change - May 25-27, June 22-24
- Use of Self in Professional Practice (Airlie Center, VA) - July 21-27
Module 2 - Skills
Fall 2018 (6 credits)
- Applied Research Methods - Aug. 24-26, Sept. 28-30
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- Mid-Program Review for Student Progress - Oct. 12
- Consultation and Coaching Theory & Skills - Oct. 26-28, Nov. 30-Dec. 2
Spring 2019 (9 credits)
- Organization Analysis and Strategy - Jan. 11-13, Feb. 8-10
Module 3 - Applications
- Global Diversity and Cultural Capacity I - March 8-10
- International Residency - April 2-13
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- Arrival - April 2
- Global Diversity and Cultural Competence II
- International OD Consultation
- Practicum Introduction - Virtual - May 4 (9am - 1pm)
Summer 2019 (6 credits)
- Learning Community: Residency Debriefing Dinner - May 23 (evening)
- Implementing System Change - May 24-26, June 21-23
- Practicum - July 26-28, Sept. 6-8
Fall 2019 (Maintain Matriculation)
- Practicum Due Date - Oct. 14
- Practicum Presentations - Oct. 19
- Cohort Closing Celebration - Oct. 20
- University Commencement - December (Date TBA)