The leadership skills learned in Rockhurst University's leadership development program prepare students for the wide variety of challenges and situations that emerge when managing people and organizations, using leadership traits both learned and inherent to solve problems.
Program Overview
A minor in leadership development from Rockhurst University is designed to pair with any bachelor's program. In addition to providing a well-rounded educational experience, a minor in leadership studies can increase hiring potential after graduation.
This minor requires 15 credit hours and is open to students in any Rockhurst undergraduate program. The minor consists of three required courses (9 credit hours), and two elective courses (6 credit hours). The available electives were chosen because they offer leadership skill building, explore leadership in context, or expand the student’s worldview.
Learning Outcomes
- Knowledge in the fundamentals of leadership team development.
- Skills to become a dynamic team leader, students will learn how to develop leadership skills and implement strategic leadership.
- Exploration of topics such as collaboration, managing conflict, and leading in diverse contexts.
Program Outcomes
- Graduates with a leadership development minor present a desirable addition to a variety of career paths.
- Graduates with effective leadership skills are highly qualified for work in sales, retail, human resources, entrepreneurship and general management.
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Course Map
Degree and class descriptions and requirements can be found by clicking on the course catalog listing below:
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Students will identify a change they would like to see on campus or in society, and will work together in teams to devise a hypothetical plan to advance that change. Their change plans will integrate course topics such as collaboration, managing conflict, and leading in diverse contexts.
Students will identify a change they would like to see on campus or in society, and will work together in teams to devise a hypothetical plan to advance that change. Their change plans will integrate course topics such as collaboration, managing conflict, and leading in diverse contexts.
The study of moral virtues is, both in Western culture and also in many Eastern cultures, a primordial philosophical approach to how to live well as a human being. Yet it has been mostly ignored academically in the last century in the West. This course examines the phenomenon of admiration as the origin of moral consciousness, and the historical centrality and the current revival of attention to the study of moral virtue and human character.
This course will focus on the study of the principles and processes unique to group situations. Topics will include leadership, followership, group roles, norms, tasks, social functions, problem-solving, decision-making, and conflict resolution. Emphasis is on learning and acquiring group communication skills, including self-disclosure, conflict management skills, and leadership and followership skills.
Degree Info
- Rockhurst leadership development students are asked to complete an applied leadership course.
- Applied leadership students are required to arrange and assume a leadership role on campus, at work or in a service project.
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