ACCELERATED DEGREE PROGRAM
Executive
Leadership
Academy
ELA is a unique alternative to the traditional method of earning an undergraduate degree. This program serves adult learners who develop structured approaches and solutions to real-world problems.
The Executive Leadership Academy is an accelerated concentration under the business entrepreneurship degree.
Students will engage in a unique alternative to the traditional method of earning an undergraduate degree.
ELA serves adult learners who develop structured approaches and solutions to real-world problems. ELA is designed for
accelerated nontraditional degree options at Simmons College of Kentucky. ELA serves adults ages 23 and older
who have completed a minimum of 45 college semester hours with a cumulative 2.0 GPA or better.
Adult learners are typically employed full-time. Thus, ELA offers flexible evening courses in the following formats: Online, Campus, or Blended. Each of our degree options is one night per week over an 18-month period. ELA offers the adult learner the opportunity to earn the requisite semester hours of credit. We value prior knowledge, work experience, and technical training.
Our students are eligible to receive additional semester hours of credit through the required prior learning portfolio process. Credit hours can be earned for technical and professional non-collegiate training, employment, and life-learning experiences through a Portfolio Curriculum. Students identify their experiences in a mandatory essay format and document all appropriate credentials in a portfolio for evaluation.
ELA Course Offerings for Fall 2023
Course | Section | Title | Meeting Type |
|---|---|---|---|
ELA 201 | 1 | Career Pathway & Portfolio Management | In-Person |
ELA 202 | 1 | Group and Organizational Behavior | In-Person |
BUS 101 | 1 | Foundations of Business and Society | In-Person/Online |
BUS 201 | OL2 | Foundations of Management | Asynchronous Online |
BUS 102 | OL1 | Corporate Responsibility | Synchronous Online |
BUS 204 | OL2 | Foundations of Accounting | Asynchronous |
ELA 211 | 1 | Economics for Managers | In-Person/Online |
ELA 203 | OL2 | Human Resources Management | Asynchronous |
BUS 200 | 1 | Foundations of Law and Business | In-Person |
BUS 203 | 1 | Foundations of Finance | In-Person |
ELA 311 | 1 | Organizational Ethics | In-Person/Online |
ELA 440 | OL2 | Action Research Project | Asynchronous Online |
ENG 102 | OL2 | English Composition II | Asynchronous Online |
CIS 100 | OL2 | Introduction to Computers | Asynchronous |
To learn more, please contact Shirrod LeDet,
Director of the Executive Leadership Academy (ELA) at sledet@simmonscollegeky.edu
1018 South 7th Street
Louisville, Kentucky 40203
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