Program: Leadership Studies Minor - Widener University

Apr 13, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

The leadership studies minor is open to all undergraduate students regardless of major. With this minor, students develop the skills and capacities to recognize relevant theories and styles of effective leadership. Students also develop the ability to critically assess, reflect, and learn from their own leadership experiences, inside the classroom and beyond. The minor is specifically designed to provide opportunities for students to practice and hone four key attributes of professional and civic leadership: integrity, initiative, collaboration, and decision-making skills. The minor includes the introductory course LEAD 101 and the capstone course LEAD 401, which is designed to integrate and crystallize what students have learned about leadership throughout their Widener experience. For more information contact the Oskin Leadership Institute.

Curriculum

LEAD 101 - Introduction to Leadership Theory 3 Credit(s)
Leadership-in-Context Course 3 Credit(s) *
Leadership-in-Context Course 3 Credit(s) *
Leadership-in-Context Course 3 Credit(s) *
LEAD 201 - Module 1.5 Credit(s) **
LEAD 202 - Module 1.5 Credit(s) **
LEAD 401 3 Credit(s) ***

Total Credits: 18

*Leadership-in-Context courses are available through the College of Arts and Sciences and most of our schools. Professors of Leadership-in-Context courses have woven different dimensions and components of leadership into their overarching course themes and topics. Each Leadership-in-Context course has been approved by the Oskin Academic Committee. Students should speak to their advisor to discuss which of these courses best suit their needs. Contact the director of the Oskin Leadership Institute to learn more about Leadership-in-Context courses.

**These modules are open only to students who have taken LEAD 101 and are on track to earn a minor in leadership studies.

***LEAD 401 is open only to students who have taken LEAD 101 and are on track to earn a minor in leadership studies.

The program of study that appears here applies to students who were admitted for the summer session of this catalog year and later. Students admitted prior to that term should select the appropriate catalog year of their admission. Choose previous catalogs from the Home, Graduate, or Undergraduate Catalog Page at http://Catalog.widener.edu.