Business Degree Programs
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Undergraduate Degrees
Business Administration, BA/BS
Offered as a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Business
Concentrations: Accounting (Public or Management, 100% online option), Tourism Management, Management (100% online option), Marketing
A degree in Business develops you into an open-minded, responsible 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 interpersonal skills, professional judgment, and time management in addition to mastering many tangible skills involving software programs, finance, marketing, and accounting.
Innovation and Leadership, BS
Offered as a Bachelor of Science in Business
A BS in 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.
Bachelor of Applied Science in Management, BAS
Offered as a Bachelor of Applied Science in Business
This degree program offers a 100% online option.
Management and Tourism Management concentrations also available online.
The Bachelor of applied Science in Management, BAS degree prepares students for managerial careers in technical fields. Students will conduct a comprehensive analysis of individual and group behaviors in organizations, demonstrate a thorough understanding of the basic fundamentals of business, use critical thinking skills and practical knowledge to solve specific business management problems, and apply career development strategies and progress into management-level positions.
Sustainable Tourism Management, BS
Offered as a Bachelor of Science in Business
The multidisciplinary Sustainable Tourism Management program is designed to prepare individuals for leadership roles in destinations and tourism organizations looking to commit to sustainable practices. The program will provide learners with strategies and tools for developing and managing a sustainable tourism destination and/or business while minimizing the potential negative effects of the tourism sector, fostering community empowerment, and addressing global issues such as inequality, climate change, globalization/localization, and environmental degradation.
Graduate Degrees
Dual Degree Master in Management
Offered as a Master in Management Graduate Degree
Southern Oregon University (SOU) and the University of Guanajuato (UG) offer simultaneously the Master in Management at SOU, and the “Maestría en Alta Gestión” (Master in Management) at the University of Guanajuato to provide UG students with an educational option that allows them to obtain the degree of both institutions while living and working in Mexico. Participants completing the program earn a dual Master in Management degree (MM) from Southern Oregon University and the University of Guanajuato. This program makes it possible for students at UG to earn the Maestría en Alta Gestión from UG as they complete the MiM.
Master of Business Administration
Offered as a Master of Business Administration Graduate Degree (Evening Programs)
Concentrations: Finance, Accounting, Information Analysis and Decision Making, Business Analytics, Marketing, Human Resources, Nonprofit Management
This degree program offers a 100% online option.
The Master of Business Administration puts emphasis on the critical topics of leadership, teamwork, ethics, and effective communication. These topics are embedded in the program and students’ skills are strengthened through critical analysis and intensive teamwork to further broaden skills necessary to become more effective managers. Students will develop or enhance their critical thinking skills, analytical skills, mindful innovative thought and ethical environmental awareness.
Master of Business Administration: Arts Management Concentration
Offered as a Master of Business Administration Graduate Degree (Evening Program)
The MBA for the Arts Concentration at SOU is for high-potential arts and cultural managers seeking training in business, strategic and innovative thinking, and a broad knowledge of nonprofit management. The degree and concentration are designed to prepare artists to manage and lead on a local, regional or national scale, combine business strategy with community insights in innovative and resourceful ways, and connect artists, the arts, and audiences in ways that transform their communities.
Master of Business Administration (MBA Online Programs)
Offered as a Master of Business Administration Graduate Degree
Concentrations: General, Accounting, Business Analytics, Marketing, Finance, Healthcare Administration, Information Analysis & Decision Making
At Southern Oregon University (SOU), our Master of Business Administration online faculty are enthusiastic industry veterans who hold advanced degrees in their respective fields and are committed to guiding you toward your career goals. The MBA General Online program is designed to give you a broad knowledge base in all the major functions and practices of a business (accounting, marketing, finance, operations management, organizational behavior, economics, and information systems) and to help hone core competencies essential for business leadership.
Academic Minors
Business Administration Minor
Offered as a Secondary Discipline Minor
This degree program offers a 100% online option.
The School of Business invites you to discover the flexibility and value of completing a business minor as part of your undergraduate degree program. Everyone needs to learn about business because business is everywhere. You will gain a basic understanding of business practices, management theory, accounting and marketing concepts, and whatever else interests you in the field of business.
Esports Management, Minor
Offered as a Secondary Discipline Minor
Esports is a new and burgeoning billion-dollar industry. The gaming industry altogether is projected to supersede $3 billion by 2025. The opportunity truly is ripe. Southern Oregon University is perfectly positioned, as an innovative liberal arts school in the western U.S., to envision, execute, and live into some of the many opportunities that undoubtedly surround the Esports industry as a whole.
*The Esports Management Minor degree is housed within the Esports program website.
Hospitality and Tourism Management Minor
Offered as a Secondary Discipline Minor
The Hospitality and Tourism Management minor offers a variety of courses to prepare learners for a successful career in hospitality and tourism. Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world, and the sector is growing rapidly, with over one billion people traveling around the world each year. With the growing number of people traveling comes the need for a skilled workforce.
Marketing Minor
Offered as a Secondary Discipline Minor
The new Marketing minor is designed to prepare individuals for leadership roles in organizations that require expertise in marketing. Students will be prepared to contribute to key areas in strategic vision and the tactics required to successfully meet the organization’s goals.
Certificate Programs
Certificate in Applied Finance and Economics (CAFE)
Offered as an Academic Certification
The Certificate in Applied Finance and Economics program equips you with a base of analytical methods and tools used in finance and economics and develops critical and quantitative thinking. Discover how to measure and secure the efficient use of financial resources. Learn problem-solving skills, including the ability to analyze business and financial conditions.
Certificate in Business Analytics (CBA)
Offered as an Academic Certification
The Certificate in Business Analytics program combines three areas of expertise: analytical skills, information technology knowledge and skills, and business knowledge and communication skills.
Certificate in Business Information Systems (CBIS)
Offered as an Academic Certification
This certificate program offers a 100% online option.
This certificate program provides students with an opportunity to gain expertise in business software applications and to develop an in-depth knowledge of organizational information systems. The increasingly critical role of information systems within organizations has created a demand for graduates who are knowledgeable about both information systems and business.
Certificate in Interactive Marketing and eCommerce (CIMeC)
Offered as an Academic Certification
Business marketing, computer technology, design, and multimedia skills to succeed in Internet marketing and e-commerce: the Certificate in Interactive Marketing and E-Commerce develops advanced marketing knowledge in the fast-moving moving technological era. Identifying relationships with customers, engaging through multi-channel marketing, and developing a brand are essential in today’s marketplace.
Certificate in Management of Human Resources (CMHR)
Offered as an Academic Certification
An interdisciplinary program for those who want to bring out the best in others, this program equips candidates with specialized skills to work with the most important resource at an organization-people. Students develop a practical knowledge base in the following areas: interviewing and staff selection, training design and implementation, team-building, employee relations, conflict resolution, and more.
Certificate in Nonprofit Management (CNPM)
Offered as an Academic Certification
This degree program offers a 100% online option.
Nonprofit organizations have great social significance, providing a range of goods and services not provided by business or government. Many of us are drawn to nonprofit work due to a dream of helping others or the desire to advance a compelling cause. In today’s dynamic, competitive environment, passion alone is not enough to fulfill an organization’s promise. Instead, successful nonprofits employ management practices that have proven to be effective in many organizations.
Certificate in Sustainable Tourism (CST)
Offered as an Academic Certification
The certificate in Sustainable Tourism is an undergraduate interdisciplinary program designed to prepare individuals for leadership roles in tourism organizations looking to commit to sustainable practices. The program will provide learners with an understanding of corporate sustainability and sustainable practices in tourism development. More specifically, learners will study tourism community impacts, sustainable destination planning and management, and managing a sustainable tourism business while addressing global issues such as poverty, climate change, globalization/localization, and environmental degradation.
Certificate in Wine Business (CWB)
Offered as an Academic Certification
The Wine Business certification provides students with the opportunity to learn many aspects of the wine business from the history, geography, and environmental requirements to grow grapes, to the processes to make, bottle, and sell wine, to sensory evaluation techniques and communication about wine. Students will apply business principles from sales and marketing to effectively market and promote wine, along with learning management, accounting, and other related skills.
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Accounting
Offered as a Post-Baccalaureate Academic Certification
This certificate program offers a 100% online option.
Business students working toward a Post-baccalaureate Certificate in Accounting will be instructed in the foundations of Accounting. Students will be thoroughly prepared for business, including real world experiences, an interactive class environment, and one-on-one comprehensive professional instruction and guidance. The certificate in accounting program has been developed for a variety of career objectives including the CPA, CMA, and government and industrial accounting.
Micro-Credentials
Foundations of Sustainability and Tourism
Offered as an Academic Micro-Credential
By completing this Badge, learners gain an understanding of corporate sustainability and sustainable practices in the tourism business and destination development. This is a “stackable credential” and all classes can be applied towards either the Certificate in Sustainable Tourism or the Certificate in Sustainable Leadership.
Project Management
Offered as an Academic Micro-Credential
Learners who complete the Project Management micro-credential will gain an understanding of traditional project management tools and processes including project networks, budgets and schedules. They will learn how to scope projects effectively to get projects done on time and within budget. They will also apply a variety of risk management tools in their work.
Contact the Business Program
SOU School of Business
1250 Siskiyou Blvd.
Ashland, OR 97520
541.552.6484
business@sou.edu
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