2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Leadership and Professional Development Major

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(32-38 credits)

The Bachelor of Science in Leadership and Professional Development is designed for working adults with documented work, military, educational, and/or life experience. This degree-completion program is ideally designed for adult learners with at least 75 credits of undergraduate course work, prior learning, and/or an associate (AA/AS) degree. The admission requirements are consistent with University guidelines (2.0 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale in all college-level studies). Applicants are encouraged to apply for prior learning credit that may not be formalized education.

With fast-paced (8-week semesters), online learning, flexible for today's workers, the degree will help students gain a competitive advantage in their workplace or take their careers in a new direction with contemporary skills for today's marketplace. Students will complete a 5-credit focused degree with an emphasis on transferable leadership skills, like communication, problem-solving, and motivating others. The 5-credit core is paired with a focused plan of study in an area of their choosing, where students will engage in individualized professional development and enhance their teamwork, collaboration, and community-building skills.

The program is restricted to students who have completed at least 75 credit hours.The program is designed for non-traditional transfer and returning adults, not for first-time college students.

Leadership and Professional Development Core (5 credits):

Foundational Studies Path

75-89 credits: Students who enter ISU with 75-89 credits will need to complete 12 credit hours in the following Foundational Studies categories:

  JR Composition, Global Perspectives and Cultural Diversity, Ethics and Social Responsibility, and the Upper Division Integrative elective. 

90 credits: Students who enter ISU with 90 credits will need to complete 9 credit hours in the Foundational Studies categories:

  JR Composition, Ethics and Social Responsibility, and the Upper Division Integrative elective.  

Advisor Approved Track/Concentrations (27 credits minimum):

Advisor-approved track/concentrations are intended to match the market needs and should be created through courses, certificates, and minors that already exist. Along with the pre-approved concentrations below, a student in conjunction with their advisor can create an open track allowing for flexibility to meet student needs.

Intergenerational Relationships Concentration (27 credits):

Choose Between Two Options:

Criminal Justice Studies Concentration (27-33 credits):

Choose Between Two Options:

Education Entrepreneurship Concentration (30-33 credits)

Completion of the following:

  • Early Childhood Minor (15 credits)

AND

  • Entrepreneurship Minor (15 credits) OR Business Administration Minor (18 credits)

Health Care and Health Care Policy Concentration (27 credits):

Select 27 credits from the following:

Nonprofit and Civic Engagement Concentration (29 credits):

Public Lands Philanthropy & Advocacy Concentration (27 credits)

Completion of the track will also result in completion of the Public Lands & Recreation Administration, Nonprofit Leadership, and Civic Leadership Certificates.

Open Track (min 27 credits):

Courses are choosen in conjunction with an advisor. 

Note:

  1. Note:

    All students must have 45 credits of 3/400 level coursework which should be considered when choosing elective credit to complete requirements.

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