Leadership Program

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

    - John F. Kennedy
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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 201Foundations of Leadership3 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: 05/27/09 at 01:00:47 PM