Innovation and Leadership

An accelerated bachelor’s degree for working professionals eager to develop their skills in innovation and leadership. Take your career to the next level. The degree is now delivered both in person and 100% fully online!

SOU Innovation and Leadership Program

What if you could complete your bachelor’s degree in less than two years while working full time? The Innovation and Leadership (INL) degree is a multidisciplinary bachelor’s degree completion program for working professionals. Classes are offered in two models, either through accelerated 5-week courses with class in person, one night a week in Medford, or in 10 weeks fully online delivery. The applied approach to academic content encourages working professionals to move quickly through material and dive deeper into understanding workplace and management challenges. The seventeen courses of the major are offered over a 21 month period and include courses from Business, Communication, Emerging Media and Psychology. The degree reflects the realities of leadership in today’s workplace by offering courses such as Digital Portfolios, Emotional Intelligence, Conflict Management, Group Dynamics, Creative Thinking, Applied Business Research, IT Ethical and Legal Issues and Entrepreneurship in Organizations.

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What INL Students are Saying

This degree has been absolutely perfectly timed for me in so many ways! I have applied lessons from every class, usually before the class is even over and I don’t see that stopping anytime soon. I look forward to it continuing to grow professionally and personally.

Will ClellandBS in Innovation and Leadership - 2021

The Innovation and Leadership degree has helped me learn how to bring groups together and accomplish complex tasks. Before this degree, I would have been floundering and running into the same obstacles that plagued prior efforts.

John PattersonBS in Innovation and Leadership - 2017

The Innovation and Leadership program at Southern Oregon University has allowed me to continue my educational journey as a working professional with relevant, enriching courses led by amazing professors to enhance my career path.

Kathleen HoltschneiderInnovation and Leadership – 2018

I don’t believe I would have completed my degree without this program. The accelerated format was helpful and allowed me to focus the little time I had. I would highly recommend this program to non-traditional students looking to continue their education.

Allen WhittBS in Innovation and Leadership - 2017

The Innovation & Leadership program taught me how to communicate and gave me the confidence to know I can talk to people and diffuse a situation. Without the INL program, I would never been able to do this job.

Andrea BudavariBS in Innovation and Leadership - 2017

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How to Apply

Apply to SOU: Contact the Office of Admissions to pursue steps to gain admission to the University. In your admission application indicate that you want to be in the Innovation & Leadership (INL) program.

Determine whether you want to apply for the online or classroom-based degree.

Online: Fill out the INL Online Application Form.

Classroom: Fill out the INL In-Person Accelerated Application Form, write a short (max 500 words) statement addressing how this program relates to your career goals, and how your prior work and educational experience will contribute to a rich learning environment in the classroom, submit the application, essay, and your resume.

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Contact Innovation and Leadership

SOU Innovation and Leadership Program
Higher Education Center, Room 102
101 South Bartlett Street
Medford OR 97501
541.552.8103

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