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Description

The largest minor on campus, all undergraduate students are eligible to add a Leadership Minor to their major. This minor is a perfect compliment to any field of study at the University. This minor has been coordinated with every individual college on campus so that students can achieve the minor with just four additional courses:

• First LEAD 2000/PYC 2620 - Exploring Leadership (3 credits)
• Then one course from approved list in each area below:
  • Individual Leadership Skills (3 credits)
  • Group Skills (3 credits)
  • Organizational Mgmt. & HR Skills (3 credits)
  • Community Engagement Skills (3 credits)
• Final LEAD 4000/PYC 4620 - Leadership Capstone (3 credits)

Requirements for the Leadership Minor

Leadership Minor Course Matrix – 5.2.14

Introductory Course	LEAD 2000/PYC 2620
Students choose one course from each of the four Leadership Skills areas below: (12 cr.) Three of the six courses used for the minor must be at 3000 or above *Courses that may satisfy core university objectives as of Winter 2014 (new core pending)
1. Individual Leadership Skills self awareness character and integrity ethics and values
CAS 2000	Catholicism: Spirit and Methods*
CAS 3530	Dynamics of Spiritual Growth*
ETH 2590	Business Ethics*
ETH 3580	Health Care Ethics*
ETH 3680	Catholic Health Care Ethics*
ENGR 1000	Ethics and Politics of Engineering*
PHL 2010	Ethics*
RELS 2000	Catholicism: Spirit and Methods*
RELS 3570	Spiritual Autobiographies
RELS 4340	Christian Ethics
2. Group Skills communication team building developing relationships
CIVE 4820	Civil Engineering Senior Design Project
CJS 4160	Gangs and Juvenile Delinquent Group
CST 2040	Interpersonal Communications
CST 3040	Small Group Communication
ELEE 4010 or ELEE 4011 and 4012	ECE Senior Capstone Design I Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept Senior Capstone Design I and Lab
HIM 4600	Strategic Planning and Management of Health Information Systems
MTH 3060	Mathematical Thinking
MENG 4950	Prototype Design I
PYC 2600	Social Psychology*
PYC 3330	Human Relationships and Parenting.
PYC 3540	Sex Differences and Sex Roles
PYC 4400	Cross-Cultural Socialization
3. Organizational Management and Human Relations Skills organizational management project management human relations public relations
BUS 3110	Organizational Design and Structure
BUS 3180	Behavior and Leadership in Organizations
CIVE 4850	Project Management and Costing
CJS 2500	Introduction to Police Administration
CST 2400	Principles of Public Relations
ENT 3000	Interdisciplinary Design Entrepreneurship and Service
HSA 3010	Overview of the U.S. Health Care Systems
HSA 3200	Health Services Planning and Marketing
HSA 3585	Health Services Organization Management
NUR 4440/4625	Nursing Leadership
POL 3200	Public Administration*
POL 3230	Personnel Management and Labor Relations
PYC 3700	Industrial and Organizational Psychology*
4. Community Engagement Skills social change social justice partnerships for the common good mission and vision in broad context
BIO 4990	Biology and Social Issues
BUS 3190	Business and Society
BUS 4000	Global Sustainable Development
CHM 4740	Recent Advances in Biochemistry
EDU 4400	School and Society*
ETH 3590	Ethics and Public Policy*
HSA 3100	Health Care Law and Regulations
HSA 3300	Health in the Community
NUR 4420/4300	Community as Partner: Implications of Urban Health/Nursing Practicum
POL 3650	Peace and Social Justice*
POL 2600	Introduction to Comparative Politics*
POL 3100	Women and Politics*
POL 3220	Public Policy Analysis*
POL 3460	Civil Liberties and Equality*
RELS 3470	Catholic Social Thought*
RELS 3480	Justice: Contemporary Issues and Theories*
SWK 2100	Social Welfare and Social Justice
Final Course	LEAD 4000/PYC 4620/PYC 4950

Program Contact Information

Leadership Minor Coordinator: Donald DiPaolo, Ph.D.
Reno Hall, Room 201
McNichols Campus

Phone: 313-578-0472
Fax: 313-578-0472
Email:don.dipaolo@udmercy.edu