Organizational Leadership & Regional Commerce
Real-World Leadership Skills
Earn a future-focused, career-ready organizational leadership and regional commerce degree.
Business leadership and managerial job openings will grow by nearly one million by 2030. The median annual salary for management occupations was $102,450 in May 2021, the highest wage of all the major occupational groups.1
Employers want tech-savvy staff who understand leadership fundamentals and business management. The Bachelor of Applied Science in Organizational Leadership and Regional Commerce equips you with these valuable, highly marketable skills.
"Real-World Ready" means you'll graduate ready to do a job because you've already done it in your classes. You'll be prepared to jump into virtually any industry and succeed.
Whether your goal is to start your own business, lead at the corporate level, create change through a non-profit, or further your career in the military, the Organizational Leadership and Regional Commerce program will help you get there.
When you apply for our organizational leadership degree or regional commerce degree at the College of Applied Science & Technology, you join the University of Arizona, a top 50 public university with the nation's #7 online bachelor's degree.
Our organizational leadership degree gives you maximum flexibility to choose your own study path while ensuring you're prepared to succeed. Upon graduation, you'll have the knowledge and skills to transcend business, personal and organizational boundaries.
Our regional commerce degree includes both theory-based and applied coursework. You'll have an opportunity to work with local economic development professionals, economists, and business leaders through internships, research projects, and business plan development. The program culminates in a capstone where you develop and implement a real-world business plan.
The Certificate in Enterprise Leadership certificate trains you in both soft and hard management skills via interactive coursework, live synchronous classes, and other hands-on activities. You don't just study leadership; you practice and apply it immediately.
The Minor in Enterprise Leadership is a perfect complement to a variety of degrees, like Cyber Operations, Intelligence and Information Operations, Applied Computing, and Administration of Justice. To earn an Enterprise Leadership Minor, students must complete six courses (18 units) of specific Organizational Leadership coursework.
AWARDSS
Organizational Leadership and Regional Commerce founding faculty member Dr. Brandy Perkl leads the Access, Wellness, and Relational Determinants of Student Success in Education-Related Fields (AWARDSS) program for the University of Arizona.
The program is funded by the Institute of Education Sciences, is open to students of all disciplines that lead to a PhD program in an education-related field, such as education, social science, and public health.
AWARDSS is designed to provide upper-level undergraduate students, recent graduates, and masters students with experiences in conducting educational research while preparing participants for doctoral study. The training program includes faculty, students, and recent alumni from the University of Arizona's main campus and its partner, the College of Applied Science and Technology at the University of Arizona.
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Learn about and apply to AWARDSS, an exceptional year-long training program to prepare you for doctoral study in an education-related field, such as education, social science, and public health. Image
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Business Simulation Environment
Working with the Cyber Operations Center of Excellence, the Organizational Leadership and Regional Commerce program has developed cutting-edge simulation technology to provide students with a unique and practical experience they can immediately apply on the job.
This cloud-based Business Simulation Environment enables students to interactively act as small business owner, marketing manager, or a human resources manager, depending on the course focus. Students select a business, set budgets, choose marketing activities, and manage staff.
The Business Simulation Environment enables students to try different strategies and to learn on-the-job best practices, with the freedom of knowing that, even if they ‘fail’ in the BSE, they are learning and becoming qualified, adaptable business leaders. This technology is available 24/7 and is offered to students free of charge.
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1 "Management Occupations," Occupational Outlook Handbook, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.