Leadership Program

  • "Leadership and learning are indispensable
    to each other."

    - John F. Kennedy
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Interdisciplinary Minor in Leadership Studies

(Beginning in Fall 2008, pending final approval by the State Board of Education)

Attention, undergraduate students in the College of Arts & Sciences, the College of Business (especially Management majors), and students in other colleges with elective credits: this new Minor in Leadership Studies may be a great opportunity for you!

This will be a collaborative partnership between the College of Arts & Sciences (with the Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies as the academic home) and the Division of Student Affairs to provide a new 21-credit interdisciplinary Minor in Leadership Studies. Three new core courses will be offered for a total of nine credits, with the remaining 12 credits chosen from selected emphasis courses already offered.

Interdisciplinary Minor in Leadership Studies (21 credits)

CORE COURSES (9 credits)
LEAD 201Foundations of Leadership (will be offered in Fall 2008)3 cr
LEAD 360Student Leadership Practicum1-3 cr
 (prerequisite: LEAD 201)
LEAD 480Leadership Capstone3 cr
 (prerequisites: LEAD 201, LEAD 360)
EMPHASIS COURSES (12 credits)
Students will take one three-credit course in each of the following four emphasis areas:
Organizational / Interpersonal
COMM 308Persuasion3 cr
MGT g441Organizational Behavior3 cr
 (prerequisite: MGMT 312)
COMM g441Interpersonal Communication3 cr
POLS g541Org. Theory & Bureaucratic Structure3 cr
 (prerequisite: POLS 405 recommended)
COMM g452Conflict Management3 cr
Cultural Understanding
SOC 248Social Diversity3 cr
MGT g465International Business3 cr
 (prerequisites: ECON 202, FIN 317)
Leaders
POLS g403The Presidency3 cr
HIST g439Women in History3 cr
COMM g447Rhetoric of Hitler and Churchill3 cr
Ethics
PHIL g450Ethical Theory3 cr
POLS g458Public Administration Ethics3 cr
MGT g462Business and Society3 cr
 (prerequisite: Sr. standing and permission of instructor)

Questions? Contact Jim Fullerton, ISU Leadership Program Director, at fulljim@isu.edu.

Last Modified: 12/05/07 at 11:14:12 AM