The Leadership minor is designed to strengthen your leadership skills—no matter your chosen profession. In this program, you’ll take a mixture of leadership courses, psychology courses, sociology courses, and choose from various electives spanning many disciplines. You’ll finish the program with a portfolio to show what you’ve learned and accomplished.
The following information comes from the official EWU catalog, which outlines all degree requirements and serves as the guide to earning a degree. Courses are designed to provide a well-rounded and versatile degree, covering a wide range of subject areas.
Leadership Minor
The purpose of the Leadership Minor is to educate and empower students to become proactive leaders in our society, regardless of their chosen profession. The minor provides a focus on the theoretical and experiential understanding of leadership. Students benefit from a broad spectrum of courses that entail a leadership component. Collectively, these courses provide a rich compilation of perspectives on leadership. Students also benefit from the thorough examination and critique of their evolving leadership style.
Grade Requirements: students must maintain a cumulative grade point average in the minor ≥2.5 with no single course grade <C-.
| Required Courses | ||
| Basic leadership–choose from the following | 3 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP | ||
| BASIC MILITARY SKILLS I and BASIC MILITARY SKILLS II and BASIC MILITARY SKILLS III (must take all 3 courses in the sequence) | ||
| Theory and Philosophy–choose two from the following | 7-10 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP | ||
| SPORTS AND LEADERSHIP | ||
| TOPICS IN LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION | ||
| LEADERSHIP, INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY | ||
| INTERDISCIPLINARY SR CAPSTONE | ||
| ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP | ||
| BASIC MILITARY TEAM BUILDING I and BASIC MILITARY TEAMBUILDING II and BASIC MILITARY TEAM III (must take all 3 courses in the sequence) | ||
| MILITARY SCIENCE & TACTICS I and MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS II and MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS III (must take all 3 courses in the sequence) | ||
| OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP | ||
| Required Application Courses | ||
| CMST 493 | LEADERSHIP APPLICATIONS | 3 |
| CMST 494 | PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP | 2 |
| Total Credits | 15-18 | |
Cross-listed: GWSS 418.
Notes: may be stacked with DSST 510.
Pre-requisites: junior standing or instructor permission required.
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Pre-requisites: SOCI 101.
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Pre-requisites: junior standing.
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Pre-requisites: sophomore standing.
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