The
Leadership Minor - Watch the video description (WMV)
The Leadership minor provides formal opportunities and acknowledges efforts by Wartburg College students to demonstrate and reflect upon the Wartburg definition of leadership. Students completing the requirements for the program graduate with a minor in Leadership.
Students pursuing the Leadership minor initially develop an individual plan with assistance from their academic advisor and faculty and staff of the Institute for Leadership Education. The individual plan guides meeting the requirements of the program. The end result is a written portfolio presented to the Director of the Institute for Leadership Education for review that demonstrates competence in seven required areas.
Each student will complete requirements in seven areas. The elements of these components may be met through various combinations of curricular, co-curricular, and activities within or outside Wartburg College. The Leadership minor can be designed and tailored to each student’s interests. Click on each of the following components for additional information.
I. Academic
component - View video
description (WMV)
The student will complete a minimum of 5.5 courses:
| LS115: Exploring Elements
of Leadership OR WS150:Intro to Women’s Studies ID315: Leadership Theories & Practices Three elective courses: |
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| One course within
the student’s major One course outside the student’s major One course either in or out of the student’s major |
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LS405: Leadership Certificate Summary Seminar |
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II. Individual Plan
The student will develop an individualized plan that articulates how
s/he intends to meet the requirements of the leadership minor.
III. Initiative
component
The student will demonstrate initiative in some way that is consistent
with the Wartburg College definition of leadership. This may be undertaken
through curricular or co-curricular opportunities, or independent
of the college. View video description
(WMV)
IV. Difference
and diversity component
The student will have at least one significant experience where s/he
is exposed to a cultural environment different from his/her own. This
experience may be curricular, co-curricular, or independent of the
college. View video description (WMV)
V. Group
work component
The student will participate in a project demonstrating the capacity
to work effectively within a group toward a common goal. This experience
may be curricular, co-curricular, or independent of the college. View video description (WMV)
VI. Service
component
The student will engage in a project that is consistent with the Wartburg
College mission of “taking responsibility for our communities
and making them better through public action.” This activity
can be curricular, co-curricular, or independent of the college. View
video description (WMV)
VII. Leadership
summary
After completing all other components, the student will prepare a leadership resume and a summary reflection portfolio in LS405: Leadership Portfolio Summary Seminar that integrates student understanding of leadership.
You have several options for learning more about the minor: 1) continue reading through this web site, 2) contact your academic advisor, of 3) contact a representative of the Institute for Leadership Education.
