Management
MANAGEMENT
Upon completion of the Bachelors of Applied Science in Management program, students will be able to:
- Address managerial and workplace issues and opportunities in their field of interest by applying a problem-solving approach that integrates multiple disciplines and functions.
- Compose solutions to workplace issues and opportunities that integrate fiscal and social responsibility perspectives.
- Challenge assumptions such as those formed by culture or irrational logic by analyzing the origins and perpetuation of explicit and implicit bias.
- Construct a platform for personal career/occupational growth and community impact by analyzing the levers of social capital, power, and privilege.
- Demonstrate leadership and professional presence by modeling workplace appropriate norms.
The Skagit Valley College Bachelor’s in Management program prepares its graduates to practice people-first leadership, adapt with agility, think in systems, and harness technology to succeed in the workplace of today and to shape the future with confidence. Designed for accessibility and relevance, the program combines online flexibility with wrap-around, community-based support to create a connected learning experience.
Program Highlights
- Human Skills: communication, collaboration, and leadership that foster trust and help teams thrive.
- Systems Thinking: how to see connections, anticipate ripple effects, and make smarter managerial decisions.
- Learning Skills: the ability to adjust, navigate ambiguity, solve problems, and continuously evolve in dynamic environments.
- Technology Skills: from generative AI to Python and more, tools that advance progress in the workplace.
- Entrepreneurial Spirit: The creativity, resilience, and mindset that identifies opportunities, takes initiative, and drives growth in every context from large workplaces to new ventures.
- The program offers two tracks: General management and Healthcare Management.
- Selective admissions program with a single Fall entry point.
Management, BAS
If you are interested in complementing your associate degree with a bachelor qualification so you can succeed in a management role, this degree might be for you. Known as the learning lab for the 21st century workplace, students with a Bachelor’s degree in Management will be prepared for a variety of management or supervisory positions in almost any type of business or industry. Additionally, students can use this degree to build their own business.
Healthcare Management, BAS
If you are interested in complementing your associate degree with a bachelor qualification so you can advance to a management role in healthcare, this degree might be for you. Known as the learning lab for the 21st century workplace, students with a Bachelor in Management - Healthcare Management degree will be prepared for a variety of non-clinical management or supervisory positions in the healthcare sector. Additionally, students can use this degree to build their own business.
Faculty and Staff
(Pronounced Sue-nay-nah Ver-en-dra)
Management Instructor & Program Chair
Lewis Hall, L-301D
360.416.7635
Sunaina.Virendra@skagit.edu
Sunaina Virendra is tenured faculty and Department Chair of the Bachelor of Applied Science in Management at Skagit Valley College. Her career includes 25 years in global roles with Fortune 500 organizations and more than a decade devoted to the craft of learning and teaching. A study in contrasts, she pairs creativity with structure, a fascination with emerging technologies and AI with a commitment to human connection, and a global outlook with a deep investment in her local community. Energized by potential, she thrives on seeing possibilities and bringing them to life.
Throughout her career, Sunaina has been energized by ideas, by asking “what if?”, and by the challenge of turning possibilities into something useful. She is fascinated by the opportunities and challenges created by emerging technologies and by how people discover and develop capabilities they may not yet see in themselves.
Her work has spanned strategy, finance, marketing, public affairs, and revenue management in global organizations, and today focuses on management education and creating meaningful learning experiences for working adults.
She welcomes conversations about management, higher education, generative AI, and the possibilities that emerge when people connect ideas with action.
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