Minor in Leadership and Service
The Minor in Leadership & Service equips students with essential leadership skills through the Missouri Method of experiential learning. This program is designed to complement any major, providing students with practical, high-impact experiences that enhance classroom learning. Core and advanced studies include leadership, public policy, ethics, and social issues, with a strong emphasis on service learning and community service internships. Special activities such as internships, hands-on learning, research, field operations, study abroad, mentoring, and shadowing are integral to the program. Graduates are well-prepared for careers in various fields, including public service, non-profits, and corporate leadership roles, with top prospects in employment due to their developed skills in creative thinking, leadership, service orientation, and more. This minor ensures students are ready to enter the job market with a competitive edge and a commitment to lifelong learning and community engagement.
Requirements
To complete this minor, students must fulfill a total of 16 credit hours across five distinct components, each designed to cultivate leadership skills through communication, service, and reflection; and a one credit hour culminating experience.
| Leadership Communication Course (choose one) | 3 | |
| ENGINR 2011 | Engineering Leadership and Strategic Communication | 3 |
| AG_ED_LD 2260 | Team and Organizational Leadership | 3 |
| JOURN 4242W | Strategic Communication Leadership - Writing Intensive | 3 |
| or LEAD 4242W | Strategic Communication Leadership - Writing Intensive | |
| COMMUN 4476 | Organizational Communication | 3 |
| MANGMT 4140 | Business Communication | 3 |
| Leadership Service Experience | 3 | |
| SRV_LRN 2021 | MU Community Engagement Project | 2-3 |
| SRV_LRN 3028 | Civic Leaders Internship | 3-6 |
| SRV_LRN _0501 | Global Service | 0 |
| Any internship or practicum course at MU involving service to a nonprofit or civic entity | ||
| Community Engaged Learning | 3 | |
| Any Service Learning course (either SRV_LRN or course with Service Learning Attribute) | ||
| Culminating Experience | 1 | |
| SRV_LRN 1090 | Independent Study-Service Learning | 1-3 |
| Leadership Electives | 6 | |
| Choose courses from options below | ||
| Any LEAD Course * | ||
| MIL_SC 1100 | Foundations of Officership | 1 |
| MIL_SC 1110 | Introductory Military Science Laboratory I | 1 |
| MIL_SC 1120 | Basic Leadership | 1 |
| MIL_SC 1130 | Introductory Military Science Laboratory II | 1 |
| MIL_SC 2200 | Individual Leadership Studies | 2 |
| MIL_SC 2210 | Intermediate Military Science Laboratory I | 1 |
| MIL_SC 2220 | Leadership and Teamwork | 2 |
| MIL_SC 2230 | Intermediate Military Science Laboratory II | 1 |
| AERO 1100 | Heritage and Values of the United States Air Force | 2 |
| AERO 1200 | Heritage and Values of the United States Air Force | 2 |
| PUB_AF 4710 | The Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector | 3 |
| COMMUN 3460 | Organizational Advocacy | 3 |
| COMMUN 3571 | Group Decision Making Processes | 3 |
| COMMUN 3572 | Argument and Advocacy | 3 |
| COMMUN 3580 | Crisis Communication | 3 |
| COMMUN 4440 | Ethical Issues in Communication | 3 |
| COMMUN 4474 | Persuasion | 3 |
| COMMUN 4476 | Organizational Communication | 3 |
| MANGMT 3200 | Business and Society | 3 |
| MANGMT 4350 | Leadership Development | 3 |
| AG_ED_LD 2250 | Introduction to Leadership | 3 |
| AG_ED_LD 2260H | Team and Organizational Leadership - Honors | 3 |
| or AG_ED_LD 2260W | Team and Organizational Leadership - Writing Intensive | |
| AG_ED_LD 3010 | Leadership in Today's World | 3 |
| AG_ED_LD 3776 | Litton Leadership Scholars | 1-2 |
| AG_ED_LD 4240 | Leading Organizational and Community Change | 3 |
| ABM 3241W | Ethical Issues in Agriculture - Writing Intensive | 3 |
| PRST 3210 | Personnel Management and Leadership | 3 |
| AG_ED_LD 4340 | Designing and Delivering Educational/Leadership Programs | 3 |
| ED_LPA 2150 | Data and Decision Making for Education Leaders | 3 |
| ED_LPA 3110 | Foundations of Peer Education | 3 |
| ED_LPA 3204 | Social Justice for Educational Leaders | 3 |
| ED_LPA 4151 | Leading Educational Organizations in Global Contexts | 3 |
| ED_LPA 4152 | Leadership for Student Learning in a Global Context | 3 |
| ED_LPA 4153 | Leading Professional Development in Global Contexts | 3 |
| ED_LPA 4154 | Leadership for School-Community Partnerships in a Global Context | 3 |
| ED_LPA 4404 | Introduction to Academic Advising | 3 |
| ED_LPA 4408 | Introduction to Ethics and PK-12 Policymaking | 3 |
| ED_LPA 4428 | Curriculum Leadership | 3 |
| CDS 4500 | Emergency and Disaster Management in Healthcare | 1 |
| CDS 4985 | Healthcare Organization and Leadership | 3 |
| HLTH_SCI 4500 | Health Care Management | 3 |
| HLTH_SCI 4510 | Essential Tools for the Health Care Leader: A Problem-Based Approach | 3 |
| HLTH_ADM 4410 | Introduction to the US Health Care System | 3 |
| HLTH_ADM 4430 | Health Informatics for Leaders | 3 |
| HLTH_ADM 4580 | Project Management for Health Administration | 3 |
| P_HLTH 3620 | Public Health Promotion and Program Planning | 3 |
| P_HLTH 3460 | Introduction to Public Health and Emergency Preparedness | 3 |
| P_HLTH 4610 | Race, Ethnicity, and Health: An Intersectional Examination of Health Inequalities | 3 |
| ENGINR 2010 | Women in Engineering Leadership | 3 |
| ENGINR 2011 | Engineering Leadership and Strategic Communication | 3 |
| NAVY 3140 | Leadership and Management | 3 |
| NAVY 4940W | Leadership and Ethics - Writing Intensive | 3 |
| INFOTC 3650 | Leadership and Ethics in Information Technology | 3 |
| JOURN 1060 | Chancellor's Leadership Class | 1 |
| or LEAD 1060 | Chancellor's Leadership Class | |
| JOURN 4246W | Taking People With You: Entrepreneurial Leadership and Innovation - Writing Intensive | 3 |
| JOURN 4268 | Strategic Communication Practicum | 3 |
| JOURN 4310 | News Producing | 2-3 |
| JOURN 4320 | Advanced Broadcast Reporting | 3 |
| JOURN 4379 | Documentary Post Production | 3 |
| JOURN 4970W | Strategic Campaigns - Writing Intensive | 3 |
| JOURN 4972 | Photo and Visual Editing | 3 |
| JOURN 4978 | Media Management and Leadership | 3 |
| JOURN 4980 | The Picture Story and Photographic Essay | 3 |
| JOURN 4984 | Magazine Staff | 3 |
| JOURN 4988 | Advanced Publication Design | 3 |
| JOURN 4991 | Journalism Reporting Projects | 3 |
| JOURN 4992 | Innovation and Audience Research in Digital Media | 3 |
| JOURN 4994 | Magazine Publishing | 3 |
| NURSE 4300 | Nursing Issues/Leadership and Management | 3 |
| NURSE 4420 | Nursing Ethics and Leadership | 4 |
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Any LEAD course refers to courses taught through the Novak Leadership Institute.