Leadership Archives - SOU Academic Programs SOU Academic Programs Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:34:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Values-Based Leadership, Micro-Credential /academics/degree/values-based-leadership-micro-credential/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:20:30 +0000 /academics/?post_type=degree&p=90713 In addition to values-based leadership training from industry professionals, students will gain internship experience, and take a course that challenges them to consider how local entrepreneurship takes place in wider systems of influence. Students will come away from the program with extended social/professional networks as well as a portfolio resumé for use in their own entrepreneurial endeavors and future job searches.

The badge requires participation in a 10-week humane leadership training course workshop (4 credits), an internship with the Local Innovation Lab (4 credits), and one elective course selected from the list of “systems of influence” courses (4 credits). All three components may be taken simultaneously or sequentially.

Leadership, Values, Ethics, Leadership Development, Leadership Skills, Ethical Leadership, Values-Based, Leadership Training

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Team Leadership & Collaboration, Micro-Credential /academics/degree/team-leadership-collaboration-micro-credential/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:18:41 +0000 /academics/?post_type=degree&p=90710 This Micro-Credential will teach social and emotional intelligence and how these competencies can strengthen leadership skills, enhance personal and professional growth, and promote a deeper understanding of collaboration.

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Leadership in Higher Education, Micro-Credential /academics/degree/leadership-in-higher-education-micro-credential/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 17:42:35 +0000 /academics/?post_type=degree&p=90645 The Leadership in Higher Education micro-credential provides the foundational knowledge and problem-solving skills necessary for leadership roles in higher education.

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Leadership in Early Childhood Education, Micro-Credential /academics/degree/leadership-in-early-childhood-education-micro-credential/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 17:39:22 +0000 /academics/?post_type=degree&p=90642 The Leadership in ECE micro-credential will prepare you to apply research and assessment tools to evaluate and advance instructional choices and educational policies for the young children of today and tomorrow.

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Sustainability Leadership, Certificate /academics/degree/sustainability-leadership-certificate/ Tue, 25 Jun 2024 21:12:31 +0000 /academics/?post_type=degree&p=90274 The Certificate in Sustainability Leadership (CSL) is an undergraduate interdisciplinary program designed to prepare individuals for leadership roles in organizations committed to sustainable practices. The program is designed to give students a strong foundational understanding in the three E’s of sustainability: economy, environment, and equity (also known as the Triple Bottom Line). The certificate provides students with a broad understanding of all of the major applied areas of sustainable organizational leadership, including alternative transportation, waste reduction, renewable energy, green building, corporate social responsibility, fair trade, shared value, localization, community finance, and other emerging sustainable business practices. Certificate students complete coursework in corporate sustainability, management, ecological economics, natural resource management, life sciences, and earth sciences.

Environmental Leadership, Sustainable Leadership, Green Leadership, Leadership in Sustainability, Eco-Leader, Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Practices

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Outdoor Adventure Leadership, Minor /academics/degree/outdoor-adventure-leadership-minor/ Fri, 21 Jun 2024 20:15:03 +0000 /academics/?post_type=degree&p=89973 The OAL minor complements any major. Now the music major can play their guitar while guiding an overnight rafting trip, the physics teachers can explain the dynamic forces involved with rock climbing, biology majors can explore the deep forest or ocean bottoms, history majors can explain how the 10th Mountain Army Division started the U.S. […]

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Outdoor Adventure Leadership, BA/BS /academics/degree/outdoor-adventure-leadership-ba-bs/ Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:22:06 +0000 /academics/?post_type=degree&p=89729 A degree in Outdoor Adventure Leadership (OAL) inspires passion, drive, transformation; teaches technical abilities, judgment, interpersonal skills; and gives graduates the capacity to change the way people think, feel, and perform.

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Business Administration, BA/BS (Management Concentration) /academics/degree/business-administration-ba-bs-management-concentration/ Tue, 18 Jun 2024 18:32:26 +0000 /academics/?post_type=degree&p=89615 Gain applicable skills in management of business practices through critical analysis and experience. Be confident in your future success.

A degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing develops you into a creative and responsive citizen with skills to carry you throughout your career. You can travel the world, start your own successful business, and inspire those around you. In this program, you will practice digital and one-to-one marketing, exercise professional judgment and learn how to promote products, services, and even yourself. In addition to mastering many tangible skills in marketing, the Business Administration degree teaches you to become a leader in the workplace. With our small class environment, you build relationships with faculty and peers that can help you for a lifetime.

Human Resources, Finance, Nonprofit, Business Analytics, Models in Decision-making

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Innovation and Leadership, BS /academics/degree/innovation-and-leadership-bs/ Fri, 16 Feb 2024 21:22:12 +0000 /academics/?post_type=degree&p=86630 This degree program offers a 100% online option.

An Innovation and Leadership degree enables students to demonstrate an operating understanding of organizational leadership and culture including theories about individual and group behaviors. From this experience, they can apply innovative solutions to organizational systems using modern data analysis techniques, emerging media tools, creativity, and critical thinking skills. This allows students to excel in local and regional organizations in the community, analyze the legal, ethical, financial, and physical environment in which an organization operates. There is a success in a student’s ability to demonstrate increased skill in effective communication using a wide range of technological tools, interpersonal skills, and writing techniques which is a requirement of the curriculum.

The Division of Business, Communication & Environmental Studies offers a multidisciplinary bachelor’s degree program for working professionals who are emerging and developing leaders within their organizations. The degree can be completed either through classes that are accelerated, scheduled in 5-week modules with class in person or in 10-week classes that are fully online. This program supports the use of credit for prior learning (CPL) as part of meeting general education, program pre-requisites, and elective requirements.

Leadership, Management, Teams, Innovation, Change Management, Organizational Development, Design Thinking, Project Management, Conflict Management

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