2008-09 Undergraduate Catalog
Leadership
Hours: 15 credits, with a cumulative GPA for all courses in the minor of 3.0 or better
The interdisciplinary minor in leadership, in conjunction with the successful completion of the degree program, provides students with the skills and knowledge necessary to assume positions in supervision and management in private companies and nonprofit organizations. Students will take courses in leadership theory and practice, ethics and communications, and will focus on one area of leadership: organizational leadership, community leadership or public policy leadership.
The minor is open to all students at the university. A cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 is necessary for admission to the minor. Students must also make a B or higher in AEE 3414.
Required Courses
| AEE 3414 Leadership Development | 3 |
| AEE 3413 Working with People: Interpersonal Leadership Skills OR AEE 4434 Communication and Leadership in Groups and Teams OR SDS 4410 Interpersonal Communication Skills OR SPC 2300 Introduction to Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| Ethics | 3 |
| Communications Development | 3 |
| Public Policy, Organizational or Community Leadership | 3 |
Ethics: take 3 credits
| AEB 4126 Agricultural and Natural Resource Ethics | 3 |
| ANT 4255 Environment and Cultural Behavior | 3 |
| BUL 4310 Legal Environment of Business | 4 |
| BUL 4443 Ethics in Business | 2 |
| FYC 4114 Ethical Issues in Family, Youth and Community Sciences | 3 |
| JOU 4700 Problems and Ethics of Journalism in Society | 3 |
| PET 4474 Moral and Ethical Issues in Sport | 3 |
| PHI 2630 Contemporary Moral Issues | 3 |
| PHI 3633 Bioethics | 3 |
| PHM 3032 Ethics and Ecology | 3 |
| PHM 3640 Ethics of Communication | 3 |
| POT 3302 Political Ideologies | 3 |
| POT 3503 Environmental Ethics and Politics | 3 |
| PUR 4203 Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Public Relations | 3 |
Communications Development: take 3 credits
| AEE 3030C Effective Oral Communication | 3 |
| AEE 3033C Research and Business Writing in Agricultural and Life Sciences | 3 |
| AEE 3073 Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| AEE 4031 The Communication Process in Agricultural and Life Sciences | 3 |
| AEE 4052 Communication Campaign Strategies in Agricultural and Life Sciences | 3 |
| ENC 2210 Technical Writing | 3 |
| ENC 3250 Professional Communication | 3 |
| ENC 3254 Professional Writing in the Discipline | 3 |
| FNR 4040C Natural Resource Communication | 3 |
| GEB 3213 Writing in Business | 3 |
| LEI 3832 Special Events and Meeting Planning | 3 |
| MMC 2100 Writing for Mass Communications | 3 |
| PUR 3000 Principles of Public Relations | 3 |
| SPC 2600 Introduction to Public Speaking | 3 |
Public Policy, Organizational or Community Leadership: choose one course from one area for 3 credits
| Public Policy Leadership | |
| FNR 4660C Natural Resource Policy and Administration | 3 |
| PAD 3003 Public Administration | 3 |
| POS 2041 American Federal Government | 3 |
| POS 2112 American, State, and Local Government | 3 |
| POS 3122 State Politics | 3 |
| POS 3204 Political Behavior | 3 |
| POS 3233 Politics and Public Opinion | 3 |
| POS 3263 Political Leadership | 3 |
| POT 3001 Introduction to Political Theory | 3 |
| Organizational Leadership | |
| AEB 3133 Principles of Agribusiness Management | 3 |
| AEB 4284 Human Resource Policy | 3 |
| AEB 4424 Human Resources Management in Agribusiness | 3 |
| GEB 3035 Effective Career Management in Business | 4 |
| HSC 4930 Leadership Skills and Styles | 3 |
| MAN 3025 Principles of Management | 4 |
| MAN 4301 Human Resource Management | 4 |
| MAN 4723 Strategic Management | 4 |
| PAD 3003 Public Administration | 3 |
| Community Leadership | |
| EDA 4930 Leadership (in special topics classes) | 3 |
| FYC 3001 Principles of Family, Youth and Community Sciences | 3 |
| FYC 3401 Intro to Social and Economic Perspectives on the Community | 3 |
| FYC 4126 Urban and Rural America in Transition | 3 |
| FYC 4409 Working with Nonprofit Organizations in Community Settings | 3 |
| LEI 3400 Recreation Programming and Leadership | 4 |
| POS 3142 Urban Politics | 3 |
| SOP 3004 Social Psychology | 3 |
| SYD 3410 Urban Sociology | 3 |
| SYP 3000 Society and the Individual | 3 |