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 201 | Foundations of Leadership (will be offered in Fall 2008) | 3 cr |
| LEAD 360 | Student Leadership Practicum | 1-3 cr |
| (prerequisite: LEAD 201) | ||
| LEAD 480 | Leadership Capstone | 3 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 308 | Persuasion | 3 cr |
| MGT g441 | Organizational Behavior | 3 cr |
| (prerequisite: MGMT 312) | ||
| COMM g441 | Interpersonal Communication | 3 cr |
| POLS g541 | Org. Theory & Bureaucratic Structure | 3 cr |
| (prerequisite: POLS 405 recommended) | ||
| COMM g452 | Conflict Management | 3 cr |
| Cultural Understanding | ||
| SOC 248 | Social Diversity | 3 cr |
| MGT g465 | International Business | 3 cr |
| (prerequisites: ECON 202, FIN 317) | ||
| Leaders | ||
| POLS g403 | The Presidency | 3 cr |
| HIST g439 | Women in History | 3 cr |
| COMM g447 | Rhetoric of Hitler and Churchill | 3 cr |
| Ethics | ||
| PHIL g450 | Ethical Theory | 3 cr |
| POLS g458 | Public Administration Ethics | 3 cr |
| MGT g462 | Business and Society | 3 cr |
| (prerequisite: Sr. standing and permission of instructor) | ||
Questions? Contact Jim Fullerton, ISU Leadership Program Director, at fulljim@isu.edu.