Technical Leadership Program

The B.S. degree in Technical Leadership is an interdisciplinary degree intended for students who have earned an A.A.S. technical associate degree or have completed a “career” degree program. The program will provide the knowledge and skills needed to undertake leadership and supervisory roles that complement the technical expertise the student acquired at the community or technical college. Students will be able to enter this program after completing their associate degree program or after years of technical experience and practice in the field to develop their interpersonal and managerial skills.

For questions regarding this program, please contact: Jason Madsen, advisor, at: Jason.E.Madsen@usd.edu.

Student Learning Outcomes for Technical Leadership, B.S.

1. Demonstrate an understanding of differences and recognize level of cooperation in a professional setting. Apply this to interactions with others.
2. Apply fundamental concepts and practices of business and management.
3. Identify the communication requirements for a professional situation and employ communication in formal and informal settings.
4. Describe accepted regulations that govern professional behavior and demonstrate creative, ethical behavior in professional settings.
5. Employ an understanding of methods that develop trust while motivating others to work toward goal accomplishment.
6. Demonstrate the ability to evaluate, synthesize, and deploy information.
7. Students will interact with other students and evaluate the effort put into team tasks, interactions with others, and the quantity and quality made to team discussions.
8. Students will be able to demonstrate the cultivation of knowledge, skills, values and motivation that will enable them to make a difference in the civic life of communities and promote the quality of life in a community and engage in activities of personal and public concern that are both individually life enriching and socially beneficial to the community.
9. Students will be able to demonstrate cognitive, effective, and behavioral skills that support effective and appropriate interaction in a variety of cultural contexts.
10. Students will be able to assess their own ethical values and the social context of problems, recognize ethical issues in a variety of settings, think about how different ethical perspectives might be applied to ethical dilemmas and consider the ramifications of alternative actions.
11. Students will engage in purposeful, ongoing learning activities that improve their knowledge, skills and competence in their personal and professional lives.

Programs

• Technical Leadership (B.S.)