Minor In Leadership

The Leadership minor provides an opportunity for students from a variety of disciplines to gain a substantive introduction to the concept of leadership and the application of leadership to designing, managing, and evaluating change in our public, private, and nonprofit organizations. The hallmark of the minor is a focus on how vision, integrity, change, communication, decision-making and evaluation influence leadership and shape change in organizations and in the community.

The minor in Leadership requires 18 credit hours distributed as follows: all core courses listed below (9 credits) and three additional courses of restricted electives (9 credits). Three credits of the restricted electives must be a COMM course. The remaining 6 credits must be selected from outside the student's major field of study. All courses included in the minor must be completed with a grade of C- or better.

9 Credits of Core Courses

LEAD 100   Leadership, Integrity and Change OR LEAD 101 Global Contexts for Leadership                             

LEAD 200   The Leadership Challenge                                                                   

LEAD 300   Leadership, Creativity and Innovation

3 Credits of COMM Courses

COMM 212   Oral Communication in Business

COMM 256   Principles of Communication Theory

COMM 330   Communication and Interpersonal Behavior

COMM 341   Theories of Interpersonal Communication

COMM 417   Communication and the Management of Conflict

COMM 442   Topics in Organizational Communication

COMM 456   Communication in Organizations

6 credits of Restricted Electives

The list of acceptable restricted electives for the Leadership minor can be found in the online catalog.  Courses not on the list may be accepted with prior approval of the advisor. Restricted elective courses must be selected from outside the students major field of study.