Leadership Minor

Description

All undergraduate students are eligible for the Leadership minor, and many find it is a perfect complement with any undergraduate major. This makes “Leadership" the largest minor on campus. ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ develop key leadership skills and competencies while giving themselves a competitive advantage as they seek internships, employment and post-graduate study.

Although the minor requires 18 credits, students are able to use Core Curriculum courses and major requirements to count for 12 of these.

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    Requirements for the Leadership Minor (18 credits)

    Please note: Although a course may appear in more than one category, a course can only be used once to satisfy the requirements of the minor. Always follow the Leadership Minor sheet found on the University website.

    ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ are encouraged to take the introductory course as soon as possible in their academic career.

    Requirements

    • First LEAD 2000 Introduction to Leadership (3 credits)
    • Then one course from approved list in each area below:
      • Individual Leadership Skills (3 credits)
      • Group Skills (3 credits)
      • Organizational Management and Human Relations Skills (3 credits)
      • Community Engagement Skills (3 credits)
    • Final LEAD 4000 Leadership Capstone (3 credits) OR  PYC 4620 Leadership Capstone (3 credits)
    • Three of the six courses used for the minor must be at 3000 or above.

    1. Individual Leadership Skills

    • Self-awareness
    • Character and integrity
    • Ethics and values
    • ENGR 1000* Engineering Ethics (2 credits)
    • ETH 3580* Health Care Ethics (3 credits)
    • PHL 2010* Foundations of Ethics (3 credits)

    *Courses that may satisfy core University objectives

    2. Group Skills

    • Communication
    • Team building
    • Developing relationships
    • AENG 4100 Architectural Engineering Integrative Design (3 credits)
    • CIVE 4820 Civil Engineering Senior Design Project (3 credits)
    • CSSE 4951 Senior Design Project I (3 credits)
    • ELEE 4011 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Senior Capstone Design I (2 credits) AND ELEE 4012 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Senior Capstone Design I Laboratory (1 credit)
    • ENL 2750* Diverse Voices in Literature (3 credits)
    • GEO 2110 World Regional Geography (3 credits)
    • HUS 4410* Multicultural Understanding (3 credits)
    • MENG 4950 Prototype Design II (3 credits)
    • PAS 1010 Introduction to the Physician Assistant Profession (2 credits) 
    • PYC 2600* Social Psychology (3 credits)
    • PYC 2650* Psychology of Environment (3 credits)
    • PYC 4400* Cross-Cultural Socialization (3 credits)
    • PYC 4890 Group Dynamics (3 credits)
    • SOC 1000* Introduction to Sociology (3 credits)
    • TRE 1500* Fundamentals of Human Expression (3 credits)

    *Courses that may satisfy University Core Curriculum objectives

    3. Organizational Management and Human Relations Skills

    • Organizational management
    • Project management
    • Human relations
    • Public relations
    • AAS 3100* Science, Technology and Race (3 credits)
    • ADS 4360 Family-Based Approaches (3 credits)
    • ADS 4440  Advanced Internship (3 credits)
    • ARCH 3000 Professional Experience Preparation (1 credit)
    • BUS 3110 Organizational Design and Structure (3 credits)
    • BUS 3180 Leadership and Teams with Diverse Peoples (3 credits)
    • CIS 4505 Software Project Management (3 credits)
    • CJS 3950 Criminal Investigation (3 credits)
    • CJS  4540 Sociology of Deviant Behavior (3 credits)
    • CST 2040 Interpersonal Communication (3 credits)
    • CST 3040 Small Group Communication (3 credits)
    • CST 3140Intercultural Communication (3 credits)
    • DHY 8200 Concepts in Professionalism (3 credits)
    • ENGR 1080 Fundamentals of Engineering Design (2 credits)
    • ENGR 3110* Professional Practice of Engineering (2 credits)
    • ENL 2750* Diverse Voices in Literature (3 credits)
    • HOM 3585 Health Organization Management (3 credits)
    • HUS 4410* Multicultural Understanding (3 credits)
    • NUR 4650 Nursing Leadership Immersion (3 credits)
    • PYC 3700* Industrial and Organizational Psychology (3 credits)
    • PYC 4400* Cross-Cultural Socialization (3 credits)
    • SCIE 2300 Pre-Healthcare and Science Career Portfolio (1 credit)
    • SCIE 4120* Occupational Health (3 credits)
    • SWK 3200 Human Behavior: Multicultural Environment I (3 credits)
    • TRE 3060 Principles of Arts Management (3 credits)
    • WGS 2000* Gender, Sex, and Justice (3 credits)

    *Courses that may satisfy University Core Curriculum objectives

    4. Community Engagement Skills

    • Social change
    • Social justice
    • Partnerships for the common good
    • Mission and vision in broad context
    • AAS 2000* Critical Perspectives in African-American Studies (3 credits)
    • AAS 3100Science, Technology and Race (3 credits)
    • ADS 4170 Substance Use and Youth (3 credits)
    • ADS 4500 Assessment, Referral and Treatment (3 credits)
    • ARCH 3100 Public Interest Design Studio (5 credits)
    • BUS 3190 Ethics, Business Leadership, and Social Responsibility (3 credits)
    • CHM 4900* Recent Advances in Chemistry and Biochemistry (3 credits)
    • CIS 4650 Information and Society (3 credits)
    • CJS 4510 Criminology and Penology (1 credit)
    • CJS 4990 Violence in the Workplace (3 credits)
    • COM 8210 Concepts in Community Health (1 credits)
    • CST 4990 Capstone Seminar: Media Social Responsibility (3 credits)
    • CTA 3010 Engineering Co-op I
    • DHY 8240 Ethical and Legal Issues II (2 credits)
    • HOM 3300* Health in the Community (3 credits)
    • HOM 4610 Health Economics (3 credits)
    • HUS 4410* Multicultural Understanding (3 credits)
    • NUR 4755* Professional Practice from a Mercy and Jesuit Perspective (3 credits)
    • PHL 3560* Peace and Social Justice (3 credits)
    • RELS 3400* Class, Race and Gender (3 credits)
    • RELS 4140* Gender and Religion (3 credits)
    • SOC 2100* Cultural Anthropology (3 credits)
    • SWK 2100* Social Welfare and Social Justice (3 credits)
    • SWK 3100 Social Welfare Policy (3 credits)
    • TRE 2700 Theatre for Social Change (3 credits)
    • WGS 2000* Gender, Sex, and Justice (3 credits)

    *Courses that may satisfy University Core Curriculum objectives

    Final Course

    • LEAD 4000 Leadership Capstone (3 credits) OR PYC 4620 Leadership Capstone (3 credits) 

    ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ must complete the Leadership Minor Pre-Assessment during LEAD 2000: Introduction to Leadership, and the Leadership Minor Post-Assessment before the minor can be certified for graduation. ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ receive a notification to complete the Post-Assessment once they submit their graduation application.

Program Contact Information

Donald DiPaolo, Ph.D.
Professor and Director for the Leadership Minor Program
Briggs, Room 237
McNichols Campus

Email: dipaoldo@udmercy.edu
Phone: 313-993-1470