Leadership Minor

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The minor in Leadership is designed to introduce and guide students through the personal development of leadership skills, behaviors, and dispositions, and how these influence and are influenced by the group or organizational contexts in which they might find themselves as leaders. Starting with a focus on students’ awareness of their own personal identity as a leaders and followers, students will explore the theoretical models of leadership, examine how different models of leadership manifest themselves in different types of groups and organizations, and engage in practices of leadership in the context of the students’ major or anticipated profession. Elective courses provide an interdisciplinary examination of leadership in the context of facets of leadership, including: organizational development, the psychology of work, ethics, servant leadership, and conflict leadership.

Students enrolled in the Leadership minor will be able to:

1. Demonstrate personal introspection and awareness to design, evaluate and implement leadership strategies to facilitate problem solving, and critical analysis in the context of organizational needs and goals.
2. Reason about right and wrong human conduct, assess their own ethical values and the social context of problems, recognize ethical issues in a variety of settings, think about how different ethical perspectives might be applied to ethical dilemmas, and consider the ramifications of alternative actions.

Core Courses (3)

LDR 260 - Foundations of Leadership Credit(s):
LDR 261 - Leadership and Citizenship in Action Credit(s):
LDR 390 - Personalized Leadership Capstone Credit(s):

Electives (3)

Choose three electives from the list below. Other courses may count with permission of the program director. At least two elective courses must be taken outside the major. LDR 101 (2 crs) and LDR 201 (1 cr each semester) may count as one elective upon completion of four credits of LDR 101 and LDR 201.

COM 210 - Public Speaking Credit(s):
COM 212 - Persuasion Theory Credit(s):
COM 230 - Listening Credit(s):
COM 301 - Designing Effective Organizations Credit(s):
COM 316 - Training and Development Credit(s): This is offered on credit/no credit basis only
COM 319 - Leadership and Effective Communication Credit(s):
COM 311 - Conflict and Communication Credit(s):
COM 321 - Organizational Communication Credit(s):
COM 324 - Self-Leadership and Communication Credit(s):
COM 327 - Servant Leadership Credit(s):
COM 345 - Leadership, Film, and Communication Credit(s):
HCM 315 - Health Services Management, Organizational Behavior, and Leadership Credit(s):
HCM 400 - Health Strategic Management and Leadership Credit(s):
MGT 101 - Introduction to Responsible Business Management Credit(s):
MGT 312 - Responsible Business Leadership Credit(s):
MGT 316 - Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Credit(s):
PSY 316 - Ethics (IC) Credit(s): 4
PSY 317 - Group Dynamics (IC) Credit(s): 4
PSY 330 - Organizational Behavior (IC) Credit(s): 4
PSY 343 - Psychology of Relationships (IC) Credit(s): 4
PSY 407 - Organization Development (IC) Credit(s): 4