Program Contact

Dr. Regan Dodd

Assistant Professor of Physical Education

Education Department

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785.594.8368

regan.dodd@bakerU.edu

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About

The interdisciplinary, undergraduate minor in leadership studies provides students with knowledge, skills, and behaviors that prepare them to become agents of change for the common good. Students develop the capacity to become adaptive leaders in their profession, organizations, and communities.

The minor includes theories and practice of personal leadership, team and organizational leadership, adaptive leadership, ethics, and inclusion.

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You can do it

Preparing students for leadership roles professionally, personally, and in their communities.

Leadership Studies Minor (Core) 12hrs

LR 100 – Introduction to Leadership (3 credit hours)

This course is an introduction to the dynamic field of leadership studies. With the underpinning that leadership is action and skills that can be taught and developed, students will explore their own leadership potential. Through a variety of leadership perspectives and framework, students will have the opportunity to examine multiple views of leadership, explore the differences between personal and positional leadership, study characteristics of leaders, and learn about the importance of personal development in becoming an effective and authentic leader.

LR 200 – Leadership in Organizations & Teams (3 credit hours)

This highly interactive course will focus on the interpersonal and structural dynamics that characterize successful group leadership and followership. Through methods of practical application, as well as leadership and group motivation theory, students will explore, discuss, and apply strategies for building effective teams in various settings. Students will develop interpersonal and leadership skills through exposure and participation in small and large team experiences.

LR 310 – Adaptive Leadership (3 credit hours)

This course will center on the practice of adaptive leadership and the principles and competencies upon which it is based. Leadership is the ability to mobilize others to make progress on deep, daunting, adaptive challenges that we face in our relationships, communities, nation, and world. The goal of this course is to learn ways in which you can work with others to make progress on difficult adaptive challenges.

LR 340 – Lessons in Leadership (3 credit hours)

This course will focus on the development of the awareness, knowledge, and skills necessary in the study of leadership and leadership-related activities. Through methods of discussion, as well as experiential and didactic learning, students will make connections between personal experiences, readings, and campus/community involvement through reflection in order to understand one’s own potential for leadership.