May 02, 2025

2019-2020 General Catalog

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2019-2020 General Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG–FOR INFORMATION ONLY]

Degree Boosts

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The Southern Utah University Degree Boosts augment any degree with training in marketable skills. The boosts focus on skills that help graduates secure a first job after graduation and potentially a career in the relevant field. With strategic planning at the beginning of the degree, the boosts may require no additional cost or credits for graduation. They are available for any degree-seeking SUU student to earn.

The list below includes the 8 degree boosts: the curriculum, the designated primary contact SUU faculty, and the program that hosts the boost.

Entrepreneurship (12 Credits)

Department of Management, Marketing, and Hospitality

Tyler Stillman – BUS 226 – (435) 586-1912

Requirements

ENTR 3000 - Entrepreneurship Speaker Series 1 Credit(s) (must be taken 3 times) 3 Credit(s)
ENTR 3210 - Entrepreneurship 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 2220 - Small Business Management 3 Credit(s)
MKTG 3010 - Marketing Principles 3 Credit(s)

Event Planning (12 Credits)

Department of Management, Marketing, and Hospitality

Howard Hu – BUS 233 – (435) 586-5467

Requirements

HRHM 3000 - Introduction to Hospitality Management 3 Credit(s)
HRHM 3030 - Introduction to Event Planning 3 Credit(s)
HRHM 4110 - Meetings and Convention Management 3 Credit(s)
HRHM 4700 - Special Topics in Hospitality Management 3 Credit(s) (TOPIC: Supervised Event Management Internship)

Global Engagement (9-10 Credits)

Office of Learning Abroad

Kurt Harris – ST 169G – (435) 586-1991

Requirements

One course in a foreign language 3-4 Credit(s)
A semester study-abroad

Select two of the following:

GEOG 1300 - Globalization in the 21st Century: World Regional Geography 3 Credit(s)
POLS 2100 - Introduction to International Relations 3 Credit(s)
POLS 4300 - Special Topics in World Affairs 3 Credit(s)
SOC 3370 - Gender and Society in Global Perspectives 3 Credit(s)
SOC 4500 - Global Issues in Sociology 3 Credit(s)

Marketing (12 Credits)

Department of Management, Marketing, and Hospitality

Michael Kroff – BUS 220 – (435) 586-5478

Requirements

COMM 2300 - Introduction to Advertising and Public Relations 3 Credit(s)
MKTG 3010 - Marketing Principles 3 Credit(s)
MKTG 3030 - Buyer Behavior 3 Credit(s)
MKTG 4200 - Digital Marketing 3 Credit(s)

Social Media (12 Credits)

Department of Communication

Jonathan Holiman – EVT 213D – (435) 865-8037

Requirements

COMM 1030 - Introduction to Social Media 3 Credit(s)
COMM 2030 - Social Media Branding 3 Credit(s)
COMM 3030 - Social Media Strategies 3 Credit(s)
COMM 4030 - Social Media Management 3 Credit(s)

Sports Administration (12 Credits)

Athletics Department

Requirements

COMM 2507 - Reporting and Writing for Sports Media 3 Credit(s)
COMM 4507 - Sports Administration and Management 3 Credit(s)
HIST 3200 - Sports in American History 3 Credit(s)
SOC 3270 - Sociology of Sports 3 Credit(s)

Technical Writing (12 Credits)

Department of English

John Belk – BC 201 – (435) 865-8158

Requirements

COMM 1070 - Introduction to Visual Communication Graphics 3 Credit(s)
COMM 4240 - Technical Writing 3 Credit(s)
CSIS 1010 - E-Commerce in a Global Society 3 Credit(s)
PHIL 1250 - Reasoning and Rational Decision Making 3 Credit(s)

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