Leadership and Ethics Across Disciplines Minor
Coordinators
Patrick Cottrell, Ph.D.
Virlena Crosley, D.B.A.
The LEAD minor draws from different disciplines—arts and humanities, social sciences, business—to help students develop versatile skills that will help them adapt to, and shape, the world of tomorrow. (Note: The LEAD Minor is only open to LEAD Honors students.)
Leadership is a values-driven, collaborative process defined by human interaction across a variety of contexts, from the personal to the professional and from the local to the global. The LEAD minor recognizes that although not everybody will readily identify as a leader, most will be confronted with ethical challenges and complicated problems, need to work well with people from a variety of different backgrounds, and require cross-disciplinary skills to thrive under conditions of complexity and uncertainty.
● Orientation program
● Cohort-based, Honors Inquiry Seminar
● Completion of Interdisciplinary course of study with the Leadership and Ethics Across Disciplines (LEAD) minor
● Participation in professional development institutes and LEAD forum
● Participation in extra-curricular / off-campus activities led by cohort faculty
The LEAD Minor is only open to LEAD Honors students.
Minor Requirements
Completion of 5 courses (up to 20 credits) plus a 1-credit Leadership Capstone, and two practicum requirements.1
The LEAD curriculum consists of the following:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| LEAD 250 | LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS ACROSS DISCIPLINES (Students are strongly recommended to take LEAD 250 in their first year.) | 4 |
| LEAD 490 | LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS ACROSS DISCIPLINES | 1 |
| Other Courses | ||
| Select one course from each of the following areas (the same course cannot be used to fulfill the requirement in two different areas): | ||
| Communication Skills Requirement | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| PUBLIC SPEAKING | ||
| NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| PERSUASION AND SOCIAL INFLUENCE | ||
| FICTION WRITING | ||
| NONFICTION WRITING | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO VISUALIZATIONS | ||
| MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF PR & CONTENT STRATEGY | ||
| LEADERSHIP, ETHICS, AND PERSUASION | ||
| POLITICAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| CURRENT DEBATES IN US FOREIGN POLICY | ||
| Ethics Requirement | ||
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| BUSINESS, ETHICS AND SOCIETY | ||
| FAIRNESS AND RESPONSIBILITY IN DATA SCI | ||
| HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT | ||
| WOMEN IN RELIGION | ||
| MEDIA ETHICS | ||
| LEADERSHIP, ETHICS, AND PERSUASION | ||
| ULTIMATE QUESTIONS IN LITERATURE | ||
| MORAL PROBLEMS | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS | ||
| SOCIAL & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY | ||
| GREAT POLITICAL THINKERS | ||
| INTERNATIONAL LAW, ETHICS, AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE | ||
| Cross-Cultural Competency Requirement | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL ETHNIC STUDIES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE | ||
| EQUITY AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING | ||
| GENDER AND SOCIETY | ||
| LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE | ||
| SPANISH IN THE US | ||
| TOPICS IN FRANOPHONE LITERATURE AND CULTURE IN ENGLISH | ||
| WORLD WAR I: EXPERIENCE, IDENTITY, AND MEMORY IN THE MODERN WORLD | ||
| FASCISM AND THE HOLOCAUST IN EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA | ||
| THE US-MEXICO BORDER REGION | ||
| RACE, IMPERIALISM, JUSTICE | ||
| QUEER THEORY | ||
| APPROACHES TO RELIGION | ||
| CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF NORTH AMERICA: THE NATIVE AMERICANS | ||
| RACE & ETHNICITY | ||
| LATINAS AND LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES | ||
Any advanced course in a language 201 or above | ||
| A relevant course taken abroad with approval from department and minor coordinator. | ||
| Upper Division | ||
| Complete one additional course at level 300 or above from Communication, Ethics, or Cross-Cultural Competency areas or 3 semesters of LEAD 390, or another course related to the LEAD minor learning outcomes subject to approval from your advisor and/or LEAD Honors director. 2 | 3-4 | |
| Experiential Practicum Requirements | ||
| Complete at least two total from the list of options below, including at least one off-campus practicum. Pre-approval required by LEAD advisor (preferred) or LEAD program director. All practicum experiences must be documented with reflections in your LEAD portfolio. | ||
| On Campus Practicum: | ||
One year of forensics (select at least two of the following): | ||
| DEBATE PRACTICUM | ||
| DEBATE PRACTICUM | ||
One year of ASLU or club/fraternity/sorority leadership | ||
One year as a writing fellow or as an editor for Camas | ||
One year on the Linfield Review editorial team | ||
One year as a RA/RLA/RHA/ROL | ||
Approved leadership role in athletics (e.g. team captain, SAAC) | ||
Sustainability work (select at least two of the following): | ||
| NATURAL HISTORY OF THIS PLACE WE INHABIT | ||
| COMMUNITY SERVICE | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES FORUM | ||
Other on-campus practicum experience may count, pending approval from LEAD Honors coordinator | ||
| Off-Campus Practicum | ||
| SERVICE LEARNING PRACTICUM | ||
| CAREER EXPLORATION INTERNSHIP | ||
IMPACT internship | ||
Study abroad (semester or January term) | ||
Any relevant department internship course or requirement | ||
Clinical work for nursing students and student teaching for education students | ||
| Total Credits | 18-21 | |
- 1
To maintain curricular integrity, 8 credits must be discrete to the minor and cannot be used to fulfill any other degree requirement (major, minor, LC). A minimum of 4 credits must also be taken from upper-division (300-level or above) courses.
- 2
Other courses from any discipline (including study abroad) may meet an elective requirement with approval from the student's LEAD advisor and/or coordinator of the LEAD Honors program.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Identify core facets of leadership from different disciplinary and theoretical perspectives, including what it means to lead with ethics, compassion, and integrity in different contexts.
- Reflect on personal leadership attributes, goals, values, identity, and growth through academic and experiential learning.
- Demonstrate social-relational skills including written and oral communication, listening, cultural awareness and adaptability, and the ability to work effectively in collaborative settings.
- Integrate interdisciplinary knowledge to analyze and/or address complex problems.
- Demonstrate civic awareness and responsibility.