Entrepreneurial Thinking: Your Lifelong Advantage
Congratulations! You’re on the road to secure your future career. At the College of Entrepreneurial Leadership, you will discover how interdisciplinary education results in the kind of thinking that creates innovative leaders. It’s simple: entrepreneurial thinking takes you beyond what exists, to imagine possibilities and envision solutions.
Entrepreneurship is about more than starting a business. It is an interdisciplinary approach to life. It is valuable in the workplace, the artist studio, the backcountry, at the writing desk, or on the startup team. At the SNU Tahoe College of Entrepreneurial leadership, you will be prepared for the future. You will be ready for everything. We guarantee it.
Our Guarantee
Complete your education at the SNU Tahoe College of Entrepreneurial Leadership, and we are confident that you will find a suitable job related to your degree by the time you graduate. In the unlikely event that you are unable to find immediate employment, it’s not the end. You are welcome to come back to SNU Tahoe for a full semester – at no charge. In that semester, the mentorship, courses, and preparation necessary to land that first position in your chosen field will set you on the right path.
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Majors and Programs
Creativity
Studio Art, Creative Writing, & Communications
Our faculty and visiting artists are exhibiting artists, working journalists, and award-winning authors. They will mentor you as you will build your portfolio and gain the skills to survive - and thrive -in your chosen field. Entrepreneurial thinking is nothing new in the creative and communication arts. Learn to make a living doing what inspires you, in an environment that has inspired generations. Our students win awards, fellowships, and top graduate school spots across the country.
Join us. Exhibit, publish, create and innovate in materials from metal to clay, ink to the internet, on small screens and in vast landscapes.
Undergraduate Majors
Interdisciplinary UG Programs
- Digital Arts & Business
- Journalism
- Outdoor Adventure Leadership
- Psychology & Art or Music
- Sustainability
Graduate Degrees
Leadership
Enterprise Creation & Management
Learn the practical tools of enterprise creation and management from professionals. Exercise those tools in competitions where you apply your entrepreneurial thinking skills. Get mentor input from the successful entrepreneurs who gravitate to the Tahoe Basin and have joined SNU Tahoe's Center for Leadership Mentors.
Join the Tahoe Entrepreneur's Assembly. Dive into Reno's growing tech scene, including the Tesla/Panasonic gigafactory, UNR Innevation Center, Switch, and a growing group of start-ups.
Change the world with your next enterprise, big or small, local, national, or international.
Undergraduate Majors
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance and Economics
- Global Business Management
- Marketing
- Ski Area & Resort Management
Interdisciplinary UG Programs
Sustainability
Environmental, Social, & Life Sciences
We live and work in a one-of-a-kind science and sustainability laboratory. The Tahoe Basin is a unique ecosystem, home to years of research and stewardship.
Intern with the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (on campus), USFS, USGS, the Desert Research Institute, or medical and mental health practitioners. Our students and faculty publish in scientific journals, do professional field research, and land spots in top internships and graduate schools.
Whether your focus is medicine, environmental research, or sustainable practices, this is an unmatched environment for learning-by-doing.
Undergraduate Majors
Interdisciplinary UG Programs
Teacher Education
SNU’s Teacher Education department has been teaching successful teachers for three decades. We offer undergraduate and graduate degrees, at several convenient locations and online. All on-ground classes are scheduled after school hours, so you can get your degree while you’re working.
All our degree programs qualify for federal student aid. Our schedule makes it possible to complete your degree in under two years. Endorsement, continuing education, and licensing courses are also offered.
Undergraduate Degrees
Graduate Degrees
Learn how to make this YOUR future.