2007-08 Catalog
Leadership Studies Requirements

Students must declare this minor no later than second semester of their junior year. No more than two courses in one's major will count toward this minor. Leadership Minors are expected to put together a Leadership Studies Portfolio based upon papers and projects for their Leadership Studies courses, to be the basis for an integrated project in the capstone course and for assessment purposes.

Leadership Studies Minor: 6 coursesLEAD 200 (Introduction to Leadership Studies), LEAD 400 (Leadership Studies Capstone), and four additional courses, one from each of the following four areas:

Ethics: Courses in this area center on the formal study of ethics. They focus on theories of the human good and norms of conduct. Courses available: PHIL 315, PHIL 325, PHIL 320, and RELS 333.

Interpersonal/Small Group: These courses examine the relationship between a leader and a small group. More specifically, course content emphasizes the direct influence the leader has on the individual members of the group, and the dynamics between the group and the leader in terms of the interpersonal relationships that are likely to arise within groups. Courses available: PSYC 325, COMM 222, and COMM 324.

Institutional/Societal: Courses in this area explore the interactive relationship between leader(s) and followers within the context of societal entities or large organizations (e.g., national leaders and their constituencies, CEOs and the members of the corporate organization). Courses available: BUAD 337, COMM 322, COMM 426, and POLI 336.

Leadership in Context: Courses in this area place the study of leadership within a particular context such as a discipline, political system, culture, historical period, gender, or ethnic group; or will make comparisons across two or more contexts. Courses available: LEAD 350, LEAD 360, LEAD 378, and LEAD 389; also MILS 201 (Fall) or MILS 202 (Spring).

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