Leadership Studies Minor 

The Leadership Studies Minor consists of 18 credit hours. 9 of those hours consist of the Core Leadership Classes while the other 9 are Elective Credits. Below are the requirements for completing a Leadership Studies Minor. Contact Dr. Tom Endres, Program Coordinator, to learn more about the program. If you'd like to declare a Leadership Studies Minor, please reach out to the Student Success Resource Center. 

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Core Leadership Courses  (9 credits)

LEAD 100 –Introduction to Leadership (3 credits)

Course Description: An introduction to contemporary leadership theory and practice through engaged leadership opportunities and interdisciplinary leadership texts.

LEAD 200 – Risk and Change in Leadership (3 credits)

Course Description: This course, which provides experiential learning opportunities, explores the core concepts of risk and change that inform the complex nature of engaged leadership.

LEAD 492 Leadership Internship (1-3 credits – with 1 credit minimum for minor)

Other 492 prefix Internship courses if approved by the Leadership Minor Coordinator.  Must include a leadership component and comply with other LEAD492 requirements.  

Course Description: This course offers variable credit in an approved study abroad and/or internship. Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.
Senior Seminar (2 credits)

LEAD 497 Senior Leadership Seminar (2 credits)—Global Justice and Responsiveness

Course Description: Serves as the culminating experience for students who have declared a leadership minor.  This course is designed to provide an opportunity for students to synthesize information learned throughout the program by focusing on application in a global justice and responsiveness context.

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Electives (9 credits)

Ethics Foundation - Choose one of the following (3 credits):

• PHIL 150 Ethics in Theory and Practice – LAC Category 3
• PHIL 350 Ethics
• LEAD 320 Globalization of Ethics

Global & Cross Cultural Foundation - Choose two of the following (6 credits):

• Africana Studies
  • AFS 420 African American Leadership and Politics
  • MCS 101 Multiculturalism in the United States – LAC Category 8
• Anthropology
  • ANT 313 Anthropology of Globalization
  • ANT 331 Global Population and Human Needs
• Business
  • BAMG 350 Management in Organizations
  • BAMG 354 Organizational Behavior
  • BAMG 454 Leadership and Organizations
• Communications
  • COMM 223 Intercultural Communication – LAC Category 7
  • COMM 431 Communication and Leadership
• Economics
  • ECON 335 Environmental and Resource Economics
  • ECON 341 Public Finance
  • ECON 344 International Economics
• Educational Foundations    
  • EDF 370 Social Foundations in Education
• Environmental Studies
  • ENST 315 Nature and Society
  • ENST 331 Global Population & Human Needs
• Geography
  • GEOG 310 Urban and Regional Planning
  • GEOG 320 Population Geography
• Gender Studies
  • GNDR 285 Global and Cross Cultural Perspectives of Women – LAC Category 7
• Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership
  • HESAL 301 Foundations and Praxis of Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership
  • HESAL 311 Leadership in Higher Education and Student Affairs Groups and Organizations
  • HESAL 355 Leadership for Social Change in Higher Education and Student Affairs
  • HESAL 496 Special Topics in Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership
• Leadership Studies
  • LEAD 250 Leadership in a Global Community: Living Glocal
  • LEAD 495 Special Topics
• Life of the Mind
  • MIND 182 Confluence of Cultures – LAC Category 3 & 8
  • MIND 286 Value Issues in Political Economy – LAC Category 5
  • MIND 289 Coming of Age in the 21st Century – LAC Elective
• Political Science and International Affairs
  • PSCI 110 Global Issues – LAC Category 5 & 7
  • PSCI 317 Transitions to Democracy
  • PSCI 323 Politics of Religion
  • PSCI 326 International Political Economy
• Sociology
  • SOC 235 Social Change in a Global Context
  • SOC 479 Sociology of Community: The Community
• Social Science
  • SOSC 350 Community Research and Engagement