Undergraduate programs
in Organizational Leadership, Policy and DevelopmentJoin our community of undergraduate students! The Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development at the University of Minnesota is surrounded by thriving industries, offering a multitude of career and educational opportunities for our students. We offer two different majors and three certificates, find your perfect fit below:
BME and HRD undergraduate students attending a presentation.
Majors
Business and marketing education
Learn a broad set of skills to prepare for a variety of careers, from positions in Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurial startups, and international organizations to nonprofit management.
Human resource development
Gain the skills you need to offer workplace training and contribute to organizational development in a variety of public and private organizations.
Certificates
Adult education certificate
Learn a broad set of skills to prepare for a variety of careers, from positions in Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurial startups, and international organizations to nonprofit management.
Human resource development certificate
Learn a broad set of skills to prepare for a variety of careers, from positions in Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurial startups, and international organizations to nonprofit management.
Sales certificate
Learn a broad set of skills to prepare for a variety of careers, from positions in Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurial startups, and international organizations to nonprofit management.
About our students
Quote from Paige Puntillo
I was drawn to OLPD because it allowed me to pursue coursework and projects using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and I continue to love being part of this department because of the faculty and colleagues who were incredibly welcoming from the beginning and have been very supportive and genuinely invested in my work.
Paige is working on a group project in her E-Marketing class that focuses on the digital marketing strategy of Lufthansa, the leading airline based out of Germany. They are researching social media, search engine optimization, digital touch points, and web content/user experience.
Faculty
Peggy Andrews Peggy Andrews
- Lecturer
- pandrews@umn.edu
Prior to beginning an academic career, I worked in the field of human resources for more than 20 years and held staff and leadership positions at The Pillsbury Company, Personnel Decisions International, Ameriprise Financial (formerly American…
Joshua Collins Joshua Collins
- Associate Professor; Director of Undergraduate Studies
- collinsj@umn.edu
I am concerned with the challenges associated with learning and work for racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual minorities.
Heather Dorsey Heather Dorsey
- Senior Teaching Specialist
- 612-626-4780
- dors0034@umn.edu
I have been a faculty member of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota for 17 years. I teach in the First Year Inquiry program which involves multidisciplinary team teaching and learning communities.
Meg Fitzgerald-Sisk Meg Fitzgerald-Sisk
- Lecturer
- 612-625-0060
- mfsisk@umn.edu
My academic interests are in the fields of HRD, instructional design, and higher education, and my principal interest lies in exploring how faculty in higher education learn to teach.
Barbara Hodne Barbara Hodne
- Lecturer
- she, her, hers
- 612-625-7847
- hodne002@umn.edu
I coach my students to be "first-class noticers" who think deeply about events and attitudes in the workplace and decide how and whether writing could address the issues they see at work.
Minjung Kim Minjung Kim
- Lecturer
- kim00242@umn.edu
OLPD 5615 – Training & Development of HR OLPD 3601 – Introduction to HRD OLPD 3424 – Sales Training OLPD 5619 – Planning and Decision-Making I believe that exploring human resources development in a diversity of organizational contexts…
Sehoon Kim Sehoon Kim
- Associate Professor; Coordinator of Graduate Programs in Human Resource Development
- 612-626-4079
- kimsh@umn.edu
My scholarship is seeking a comprehensive understanding of HRD to foster incessant development of individuals, organizations, communities, and the whole society.
Walter Novillo Walter Novillo
- Lecturer
- 612-624-9719
- novi0007@umn.edu
My education background is in human resource development, business, public administration, and law.
Gary Peter Gary Peter
- Senior Lecturer
- he, him, his
- 612-626-0433
- peter901@umn.edu
I've been at the University of Minnesota since 2002 and have taught a wide variety of courses in a wide range of disciplines to both undergraduate and graduate students.
Louis Quast Louis Quast
- Senior Lecturer
- he, him, his
- 612-626-3046
- louquast@umn.edu
Louis Quast's primary appointment is as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development , in the College of Education and Human Development.
Matthew Schuelka Matthew Schuelka
- Lecturer
- schu1168@umn.edu
I have experience at all levels of education, from kindergarteners to graduate students. I have also lived and taught in several countries around the world: Bhutan, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.
Stephanie Sisco Stephanie Sisco
- Assistant Professor
- 612-626-7255
- pleasant@umn.edu
My research seeks to understand how social issues appear at work and influence the learning and development of professionals of color.
Jonathan Stuart Jonathan Stuart
- Lecturer
- he, him, his
- 612-625-8697
- stua0042@umn.edu
Coming from the fields of adult education and human resource development, my work experience the past twenty years intersects between training at companies and teaching in higher education.
