Interdisciplinary Minor in Leadership Studies
Do you want to make a difference in your career and your community? Serve the future and serve yourself by becoming a Leadership Studies minor at Idaho State University.
The Leadership Studies minor provides students with a conceptual and practical understanding of the art and science of leading others. Contrary to some popular judgments, leadership is a competency that can be improved with knowledge and practice.
The Leadership Studies minor provides students with an understanding of historical and modern conceptions of leadership, as well as the skills needed to transform opinion and guide decisions in today's diverse cultural climate.
What students learn in Leadership Studies at Idaho State University will prepare them to assume leadership positions in a variety of not-for-profit, community, high technology, and industrial settings.
Interdisciplinary Minor in Leadership Studies (21 credits)
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.
To register your intent to take the Leadership Studies minor, please go to the Communication and Rhetorical Studies department office in Frazier Hall, Room 219.
Next, begin taking these Core Courses and Emphasis Courses as they are offered and as they fit into your schedule.
| CORE COURSES (9 credits) | ||
| LEAD 201 | Foundations of Leadership | 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.