Applied Humanities-Rural Leadership and Renewal (BA)

Applied Humanities: Rural Leadership and Renewal Emphasis

Bachelor of Arts

Coursework Location(s)

Main/Tucson, Online - Arizona Online

Overview

Rural communities routinely face a multitude of challenges, from economic stagnation, population decline, and environmental degradation, to public health crises, persistent systemic racism, and, in the case of many indigenous peoples, the continued effects of a long history of willful neglect. In the Rural Leadership & Renewal emphasis, you'll learn how to create opportunities for overcoming these challenges through innovation in the public and applied humanities, agricultural production, e-commerce, environmental entrepreneurship, and sustainable tourism. In the process, you'll develop skills in project planning, community enrichment, environmental stewardship, entrepreneurial strategy, innovation literacy, and intercultural competence.

Program Details

In the BA in Applied Humanities: Rural Leadership & Renewal emphasis, you will learn how to create opportunities for rural communities to overcome challenges such as economic stagnation, population decline, environmental degradation, persistent systemic racism, and public health crises.

You will be introduced to the principles and practices central to organizational innovation and leadership and develop skills in project planning, community enrichment, environmental stewardship, intercultural competence, and more. Through this emphasis, you will learn how to help revitalize and serve historically underserved yet vital communities.

The exploration of the public and applied humanities, agricultural production, e-commerce, sustainable tourism, and entrepreneurial leadership will equip you with the skill base necessary to be a leader of change. These invaluable skills have the potential to make an impactful difference within agricultural organizations that extend across educational, public, governmental, and industrial settings and environments.

Skills

Earning your Bachelor of Arts in Applied Humanities: Rural Leadership & Renewal Emphasis will build core skills, including:

• Abstract and critical thinking
• Analytical abilities­
• Communication skills
• Entrepreneurial skills
• Flexibility
• Innovation development
• Leadership
• Opportunity recognition
• Organizational skills
• Professionalism
• Resource mobilization
• Strategic planning
• Storytelling
• Teamwork/collaboration
• Creative problem solving
• Adaptability
• Intercultural competence
• Interdisciplinary problem solving
• Iterative problem solving