Minors - Leadership
Hours: 15 credits, with a cumulative GPA for all courses in the minor of 3.0 or better
The minor is open to all students at the university. Admission to the minor is by application only. A cumulative GPA of 3.0 is necessary for admission to the minor, which must be added before a student completes 90 credit hours. Applications are due the fourth Friday of fall and spring semesters. Additional information and application.
The interdisciplinary minor in leadership, in conjunction with the successful completion of the degree program, provides students an opportunity to develop fundamental skills and knowledge necessary to assume leadership, supervisory or management positions in private companies and nonprofit organizations. Because the minor is interdisciplinary, it will draw on the expertise of faculty and staff in colleges across campus, which may include Agricultural and Life Sciences, Business Administration, Health and Human Performance, Journalism and Communications, and Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Requirements: Students must earn a B or higher in AEC 3414, Leadership Development, to continue in the minor. An overall GPA of 3.0 in all courses taken in the minor is required for the minor to be conferred.
Required Courses
| AEC 3414 Leadership Development | 3 |
| Take two of the following courses for a total of 6 credits: AEC 3413 Working with People: Interpersonal Leadership Skills (3) AEC 4434 Communication and Leadership in Groups and Teams (3) AEC 4465 Global Leadership (3) FYC 4905 Special Topics in Organizational Leadership for Non Profits (3) | 6 |
| Ethics | 3 |
| Communications | 3 |
Ethics: take 3 credits
| AEB 4126 Agricultural and Natural Resource Ethics | 3 |
| FYC 4114 Ethical Issues in Family, Youth and Community Sciences | 3 |
| JOU 4700 Problems and Ethics of Journalism in Society | 3 |
| PHI 2630 Contemporary Moral Issues | 3 |
| PHI 4662 Ethical Theory 1 | 3 |
| PHM 3640 Ethics of Communication | 3 |
| POS 3263 Policy, Ethics and Public Leadership | 3 |
Communications: take 3 credits
| AEC 3030C Effective Oral Communication | 3 |
| AEC 3033C Research and Business Writing in Agricultural and Life Sciences | 3 |
| AEC 3073 Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| COM 4930 Organizational Communication | 3 |
| COM 4930 Nonverbal Communication | 3 |
| ENC 2210 Technical Writing | 3 |
| GEB 3213 Professional Writing in Business | 3 |
| GEB 3218 Professional Speaking in Business | 3 |
| MMC 4302 World Communication Systems | 3 |
| SDS 4410 Interpersonal Communication Skills | 3 |
| SPC 2608 Introduction to Public Speaking | 3 |