The Leadership Minor provides students with the opportunity to combine campus and community services with leadership studies in order to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for assuming leadership positions in our increasingly interconnected world. The minor has three phases: Introduction, Theory, and Application.

Students graduating with a minor in Leadership will be able to:

1. Understand traditional and emergent leadership theories
2. Apply leadership theory to practice
3. Develop, implement, and assess plans for continually improving their leadership skills and abilities

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Introductory Course - Select One		3
BADM 260	Management
or LEAD 200	Introduction to Leadership
Theoretical Courses (Select four electives, three must be 300 level or higher, two must be outside students' major area of study) 1		12
AMGT 375	Arts and Culture Leadership
BADM 361	Organizational Behavior
BADM 366	Team Facilitation
BADM 390	Managing Workplace Diversity
BADM 490	Special Topics in Business Administration (as appropriate)
COMM 396	Public Relations
HIST 240	Reacting to the Past
IDST 360	Topics in Culture and Society (as appropriate)
PHED 300	Fundamentals of Coaching
PHIL 322	Business Ethics
POSC 313	American Political Institutions
POSC 315	Topics in United States Political Science (as appropriate)
POSC 316	Topics in Global Political Science (as appropriate)
POSC 323	Political Psychology
PSYC 230	Social Psychology
PSYC 335	Organizational Psychology
SOWK 355	Community Organizing
THEA 370	Collaboration
Application Course - Select one 2		3
AMGT 445	Community Engagement in Arts & Culture
BADM 440	Advanced Leadership
or BADM 440H	Honors: Advanced Leadership
CCAP 300	Capstone Seminar: (Service Leadership)
LEAD 395	Leadership Practicum
LEAD 540	Leadership Internship 3
PSYC 495	Special Topics in Psychology (as appropriate)
Total Hours		18

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Note:  With the approval of the Leadership Minor Coordinator, students may obtain elective credit for taking other classes, provided they relate to leadership studies.

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Note: With the approval of the Leadership Minor Coordinator, students may obtain Application Course Credit for a 400-level course, provided it has a significant leadership component.

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Note: Students may use an internship in another department in place of LEAD 540 provided that they can demonstrate to the Leadership Minor Coordinator that their on-site work and educational experiential objectives contain a significant leadership component.  Students may take any combination of 1-3 credit internships and practica to add to a total of 3 credits.  Students may take no more than one internship or practicum per semester.