Leadership Minor

The interdisciplinary Leadership Minor, offered through the Center for Transformational Learning & Leadership, is open to all students interested in developing high-demand applicable leadership skills. Students will learn leadership theories, examine the ethics and social responsibility of leadership, consider the centrality of diversity, equity, and inclusion to leadership, and develop leadership skills through engagement in service-learning and self-selected leadership experiences. Students can explore discipline specific leadership development through elective courses. All students will take three leadership core classes including H D 205 or H D 305; H D 315; and H D 415 or H D 416. Students will take one class in each of three categories (ethics; diversity, equity, & inclusion; and leadership electives). In addition to the above courses, students will participate in an approved self-selected leadership experience where they will explore leadership theories and develop leadership skills through hands-on experiential learning, culminating in a required leadership portfolio completed through a one-credit HD 499 course. The minor requires a minimum of 19 credits. At least 9 credits must be upper-division taken in residence at WSU or through WSU-approved education abroad or educational exchange courses. A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.6 is required in courses applied to the minor.

Leadership Core (3 courses required): H D 205 or 305; 315; 415 or 416

Ethics Elective (1 course required): ASIA 320; B A 211; COM 440; CRM J 450; CST M 467; MGMT 487; NAV SCI 402; NURS 309; PHIL 103, 360, 365, 370, 450; SPMGT 365; WGSS 462/PHIL 462

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (1 course required): ANTH 220, 316; CES 101, 291, 440, 462, 464, 489; COM 321; CRM J 205; H D 350, 403; HISTORY/WGSS 399; NURS 455; PSYCH 309; SOC 340; WGSS 120; WGSS/ENGLISH/SOC 300/310/300; WGSS/SOC 385

Leadership Electives (1 course required): AERO 311; AMDT 440; HBM 381; H D 334; I BUS 280, 480; KINES 315; MGMT 301, 401; MIL SCI 301; NAV SCI 206; NURS 405, 408; POL S 442; PSYCH 308; SOC 341; UNIV 295, 497

Leadership Experience (1 credit H D 499): Leadership Minor students must complete at least one applied leadership experience lasting one semester or more (Fall, Spring, or Summer Session). Not all leadership experience requires an official title or leadership position. Students must confirm leadership experience by the start of the semester in which it will be completed by emailing the Leadership Minor faculty advisor (ctll.leader@wsu.edu) and enrolling in one (1) credit of H D 499, which will be taken during the approved leadership experience. At the conclusion of H D 499, students will produce a leadership portfolio that will highlight their experience, career goals, and leadership development. Students must complete H D 315 prior to the leadership experience.