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. Students 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.

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

    Requirements

    • First LEAD 2000 Introduction to Leadership (3 credits) OR  PYC 2620 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)
    • 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) 

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