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Leadership Studies Minor

Building off the already nationally recognized Excellence in Leadership program, the Office of Student Life in partnership with the Department of Educational Studies has created an academic minor in leadership studies.


Interested? Apply now!

Core Courses (6 hours)
The following two courses are required for all Leadership Studies Minors:
• EDHI 302B* - Foundations of Leadership (3 hours-Annual Fall offering)
• EDHI 402B* - Global Leadership (3 hours-Annual Spring offering)

Core Electives (3 to 6 hours)

• EDHI 102 - Intro to Students as Leaders: Excellence in Leadership (1-2 hours)
• EDHI 200 - Introduction to Personnel Services in Residence Halls (1 hour)
• EDHI 202 - Students as Group Leaders: Excellence in Leadership (1 -2 hours)
• EDHI 401A - Specific Topics: Greek Leadership (2 hours-Fall offering)
• EDHI 401B - Specific Topics: Multicultural Leadership (3 hours-Spring offering)

General Electives (6 to 9 hours)

• COMM 240 - Introduction to Human Communications (3 hours)
• COMM 330 - Small Group Decision Making (3 hours)
• COMM 340 - Communication Leadership (3 hours)

• POLS 130- American National Government (3 hours)
• POLS 411 - American Political Thought (3 hours)
• POLS 474 - Women and Politics (3 hours)

• SOC 242 -Social Problems (3 hours)
• SOC 320- Social Inequality (3 hours)
• SOC 441- Social Change (3 hours)

• PHIL 102 - Introduction to Techniques of Critical Reasoning (3 hours)
• PHIL 202 - Ethics (3 hours)

• EDMU 206- Advanced Study of Ethnic and Multicultural Group Behavior (3 hours)
• EDMU 302- Self and Social Construction of ID (3 hours)
• EDMU 370- Repres & Multicul: Thry & Prac (3 hours)
• EDMU 400- Tom Sem in Multicul Stds (3 hours)

• MIL 101- Introduction to Military Science (1 hour)
• MIL 102- Introduction to Leadership (1 hours)

• MGT 271-Introductory Organizational Behavior (3 hours)
Interested? Apply now!

  • Leadership Development
  • Excellence in Leadership
  • Leadership Studies Minor
  • All Campus Leadership Conference
  • Student Organization Presidents Retreat

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