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Ethics and Leadership Minor

The minor in Ethics and Leadership is a multidisciplinary program. It is designed to foster skills relevant to motivating, supervising, managing, and guiding people in a variety of organizational settings.

Emphasis is placed on navigating the moral dilemmas facing leaders in the real world today.

The minor consists of a minimum of 15 credit hours. These include electives in management, philosophy, communications, entrepreneurship, military science, and naval science, in addition to credits awarded for leadership activities performed outside of the classroom through internships and practicums.

Minor Requirements

A minor in Ethics and Leadership consists of the following courses:

A minimum of three (3) credit hours selected from the following gateway courses in leadership:

MGT 320Leadership

3
MSL 101Leadership and Personal Dvlp

2
MSL 201Innovative Team Leadership

2
Total Credit Hours:3-4

Three (3) credit hours of the following gateway course in ethics:

PHIL 212Ethics

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Three (3) credit hours from any of the following topical ethics courses:

COMM 475Communication Ethics

3
NS 402Leadership & Ethics

3
PHIL 214

3

PHIL 215Environmental Ethics

3
And
SUST 215Environmental Ethics

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Three (3) credit hours from any of the following communications courses:

COMM 301

3
COMM 322

3
MGT 412Executive Communicatn Technqs

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Additionally, three (3) credit hours from any of the following electives or from an internship that involves leadership, as approved by a coordinator of the minor:

COMM 397Comm Leadership Practicum

1-3
ENT 481Entrepreneurship & New Economy

3
JU 201Leadership Development

1
JU 397Leadership Practicum

1
JU 399

1
MSL 301Adaptive Team Leadership

3
MSL 302Leadership under Fire

3
MSL 401Developing Adaptive Leaders

3
MSL 402Leadership in a Complex World

3
NS 401Leadership & Management

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Total Credit Hours: 15-16