The interdisciplinary, undergraduate minor in Leadership Studies provides students with knowledge of leadership theories, principles, and concepts to better prepare for success in future professional roles. The minor is structured to include theories and principles of personal leadership, team and organizational leadership, community leadership, and ethics and diversity. Students must complete at least one course in each of the five categories. For more information, please contact Dr. Jera Niewoehner-Green niewoehner-green.1@osu.edu or (614) 292-9094.
The leadership minor requires of a minimum of 15 credit hours (of which a minimum of 6 hours must be in courses numbered at the 3000 level or above) from the following list.
| Department | Course Number |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
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Personal Leadership Foundations (choose one): |
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| BUSMHR | 2210 |
Personal Leadership and Team Effectiveness |
3 |
| COMLDR | 3530 |
Foundations of Personal and Professional Leadership |
3 |
| ESHESA | 2572 |
Intro to Leadership Development in Learning Organizations |
3 |
|
Team and Organizational Leadership (choose one): |
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| AEDECON | 3160 |
Human Resources Management in Small Businesses |
2 |
|
BUSMHR |
3100 | Foundations of Management and Human Resources | 3 |
| BUSMHR | 4221 |
Concepts and Competencies for Managing People |
3 |
| BUSMHR | 4232 | Leading and Managing Change | 3 |
| COMLDR | 4430 |
Leadership in Teams and Community Organizations |
3 |
| COMM | 3325 | Introduction to Organizational Communication | 3 |
| COMM | 4635 | Small Group Communication | 3 |
| KNSISM | 4245 |
Leadership and Programming in Sports Industry |
3 |
| ESHESA | 2570 |
Team and Organizational Leadership |
3 |
| ESHESA | 2575 |
Student Organization Leadership Training |
3 |
| ENGR | 5680 |
Leading in Engineering Organizations |
2 |
| MILSCI | 2001 |
Individual Leadership I |
2 |
| MILSCI | 2002 |
Individual Leadership II |
2 |
| PSYCH | 4522 |
Organizational Psychology |
3 |
| PUB AFRS | 2130 |
Leadership in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors |
3 |
|
Community Leadership (choose one): |
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| ESHESA | 2571 |
Leadership in Community Service |
3 |
| POLITSC | 3912 |
Political Leadership |
3 |
| PUB AFRS | 2120 |
Public Service and Civic Engagement |
3 |
| RURLSOC | 4500 |
Leadership and Community Development |
3 |
| SOCIOL | 2391 | Social Organization of COmmunities | 3 |
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Ethics and Diversity (choose one): |
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| BUSMHR | 3211 |
Leadership and Character |
3 |
| BUSMHR | 4020 | Cross Cultural Management | 3 |
| COMLDR | 3535 | Toward Cultural Proficiency | 3 |
| COMLDR | 5430 | Professional Leadership Ethics | 3 |
| COMM | 3668 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| ECON | 3048 |
Ethics and Social Responsibility in Economic Life |
3 |
| ESHESA | 2577 |
Leadership and Inter-Group Dialogue |
3 |
| ESHESA | 3573 |
Theories of Leadership in Learning Organizations |
3 |
| PHILOS | 3300 |
Moral Philosophy |
3 |
| PSYCH | 3375 | Sterotyping and Prejudice | 3 |
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Capstone (choose one): |
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| Major dept | 4193 or above |
context-based leadership practicum |
3-4 |
| COMLDR | 4480 |
Leadership Practicum |
3-4 |
Restrictions and General Information
1. The Leadership Studies minor is not available to students majoring in Agriscience Education or Community Leadership.
2. The minimum overall GPA in courses comprising the minor shall be 2.0. A minimum grade of "C-" is required in each course comprising the minor.
3. The minor should be declared before the student accumulates 60 hours to provide time to complete all requirements.
4. A maximum of one course may overlap between the minor and the GE (Writing and Communication, Foreign Language, Literature, Visual and Performing Arts, Culture and Ideas, Historical Study, Quantitative Reasoning, Data Analysis, Natural Science, Social Science, Cross-Disciplinary Seminar, Service-Learning, Education Abroad).
5. Courses taken on a pass/non-pass basis may not be applied to the minor.
6. At least 6 hours of courses comprising the minor must numbered at the 3000 level or above.