Professional Development & Leadership
Boost Your Resume. Lift your Career.
Southern Utah University’s Professional Development and Leadership program offers opportunities for working adults to advance in their careers and pursue educational goals by providing access to a number of in-person and online training, certificate and degree options.
Apply Your Earned Credits
Depending on educational background and goals, SUU Professional Development students have opportunities to apply academic credits toward SUU bachelor’s or master’s degree programs. To find out how to apply your earned credits toward a degree, call (435) 865-8463 or email prodev@suu.edu.
SUU Professional Development certificates and courses with checkmarks in the table below are approved to transfer into the Master of Interdisciplinary Studies (MIS), Master of Public Administration (MPA), Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Education (M.Ed) programs. SUU bachelor degree programs (B.A. or B.S.) may accept professional development credits and Continuing Education Units (CEUs) through the Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) process.*
Certificates/Courses | MIS | MPA | MBA | M.Ed | B.A./B.S. |
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Aviation Maintenance Training Generals | ✔ | ||||
Best Friends Executive Leadership | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Better Your Business Academy | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Community Health Worker | ✔ | ||||
Cyber Security Fundamentals | ✔ | ||||
Enriched Teaching Skills & Practices for the Professional Instructor | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Entrepreneurship Case Studies & Applications | ✔ | ||||
Online and Remote Teaching Foundations | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Parks and Public Lands Stewardship | ✔ | ||||
Principles of Contemporary Animal Services | ✔ | ||||
Remote Work Foundations | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
System Agility and Innovation | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
UMCA Conference Course | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
*SUU bachelor degree programs (B.A. or B.S.) may accept 5000-level credits as upper-division elective credits and/or 0500-level credits through the Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) process. SUU master degree programs accept 5000-level credits as elective credits or course substitutions.
For assistance contact prodev@suu.edu or (435) 865-8482.
Melynda Thorpe
Executive Director
Community & Professional Development
(435) 865-8255
melyndathorpe@suu.edu
Susie Knudsen
Assistant Director
Community & Professional Development
(435) 586-7759
susieknudsen@suu.edu
Tanner Vario
Program Manager
Community & Professional Development
(435)-865-8482
tannervario@suu.edu
Mailing Address:
351 W University Blvd
Cedar City, Ut 84720
Physical/Office Address:
300 W. University Blvd.
J. Reuben Clark, Jr. Center
Cedar City, Ut 84720