Learning Outcomes
Leadership Theories and Research
You will identify, research and analyze leadership frameworks using a theory-into-practice interdisciplinary-based approach to make effective data-inferenced decisions so you may function as an agent of change in diverse work environments.
Leadership Development
You will integrate and articulate diverse perspectives as you become aware of and develop your own personal leadership toward supporting inclusive workplace and collaborative conflict resolution practices.
Leadership Communication
You will demonstrate professional-oriented communication knowledge and skills to communicate ethically, confidently and effectively with individuals and groups representing diverse interests and populations to promote effective leadership practices.
Organizational Dynamics
You will diagnose and evaluate complex organizational situations and social effectiveness through critical, reflective and analytical tools to analyze systematic problems and opportunities in an effort to strengthen personal and organizational development.
Courses
As a multidisciplinary major, students will take courses from strategic fields of study culminating in a Bachelor of Science in Leadership Studies.
Up to 10 semester units of credit toward the major may be granted or approved for otherwise nontransferable coursework applicable to a technical or vocational degree or certificate, not to exceed 70 units.
Prerequisite to the major (3 units)
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LEAD 2500 - Leadership Development (3 units)
or
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MDIS 2500 - Leadership Development (3 units)
Major
Major courses (36 units minimum)
- MGT 3310 - Management Theory and Practice (3 units)
- PHIL 4401 - Professional Ethics (3 units)
- PSCI 3304 - Leadership for Public Service (WP) (4 units)
- SSCI 3010 - Introduction to Social Science Methodology (3 units) or
- LEAD 3000 - Contemporary Leadership Research (3 units)
- COMM 4190 - Conflict and Communication (3 units) or
- LEAD 4000 - Leadership, Collaboration, and Conflict (3 units)
- MGT 4360 - Organizational Behavior (3 units) or
- PSYC 3310 - Introduction to Social Psychology (3 units)
- COMM 3110 - Organizational Communication (3 units)
- COMM 3120 - Management Communication (3 units)
- COMM 4115 - Communication for Leadership (3 units)
- COMM 4165 - Communication in Global Organizations (3 units)
- MGT 4000 - Organization and Environment (3 units)
- MGT 4360 - Organizational Behavior (3 units)
- PSCI 4300 - Organization Theory (4 units)
- SOCL 4800 - Formal Organization in Modern Society (3 units)
- COMM 4160 - Intercultural Communication (3 units)
- ETHS 4200 - Racial and Ethnic Experiences (3 units)
- PSYC 3310 - Introduction to Social Psychology (3 units)
- PSYC 4790 - Analyzing and Changing Human Behavior (3 units)
- SOCL 4520 - Personality and Society (3 units)
- COMM 3215 - Public Relations (3 units)
- COMM 4110 - Communication Training and Consulting (3 units)
- COMM 4170 - Professional Interviewing (3 units)
- ECON 4331 - Managerial Economics (3 units)
- LEAD 4940 - Internship in Leadership Development (1-3 units)
- LEAD 4950 - Selected Topics in Leadership Studies (1-3 units)
- LEAD 4980 - Individual Study (1-3 units)
- MGT 4340 - Executive Leadership (3 units)
- MGT 4610 - Seminar in Human Resource Management (3 units)
- PSCI 4230 - The Presidency (WP) (3 units)
- PSCI 4328 - Grassroots Political Organizing for Policy Change (4 units)
- LEAD 4970 - Leadership Studies Capstone Portfolio (2 units)
Updated: January 21, 2022