Contemporary Leadership, Minor College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences
Minor
The Science & Society Program offers a minor in Contemporary Leadership, open to all undergraduate students regardless of major. The minor provides a broad overview of leadership theory and practice, and engages students in critical thinking, self-reflection, problem solving and multicultural education. Students should contact the minor advisor for course selection and plan approval.
Consult advisors often to insure timely enrollment in SAS 192 and SAS 190X only offered in spring quarter once a year.
Minor Advisor
The list of appropriate courses may change over time. To request an advising appointment, consult Elvira Galvan Hack in Science & Society (Plant Pathology).
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Core Leadership Courses | ||
| SAS 130 | Contemporary Leadership | 4 |
| SAS 192 | Internship in Science & Society (must be taken concurrently with an approved internship for 2 units) | 2 |
| SAS 190X | Science & Society Seminar (2 units required) | 2 |
| Core Leadership Courses Subtotal | 8 | |
| Preparatory Subject Matter | ||
| Students are required to complete 4 units from each of the following four categories; all courses are 4 units except where noted: | 15-16 | |
| Ethics & Values | ||
| Ethics of Animal Use | ||
| Ethics in an Age of Technology | ||
| Freedom of Expression | ||
| Problems in Normative Ethics | ||
| Ethical Theories | ||
| Foundations of Ethics | ||
| Genius, Creativity, & Leadership | ||
| Communication, Interpersonal Relationships & Human Dynamics | ||
| Race, Class, Gender Systems | ||
| Organizational Communication | ||
or CMN 136V | Organizational Communication | |
| Social Inequality: Issues & Innovations | ||
| Language, Gender, & Society | ||
| Social Psychology | ||
or PSC 151V | Social Psychology | |
| Social Interaction | ||
| The Sociology of Gender | ||
| Writing in the Professions: Business Writing | ||
or UWP 104AV | Writing in the Professions: Business Writing | |
or UWP 104AY | Writing in the Professions: Business Writing | |
| Writing in the Professions: Law | ||
| Writing in the Professions: Journalism | ||
| Writing in the Professions: Elementary & Secondary Education | ||
| Writing in the Professions: Science | ||
| Writing in the Professions: Health | ||
or UWP 104FV | Writing in the Professions: Health | |
or UWP 104FY | Writing in the Professions: Health | |
| Organization Structure & Cultures | ||
| Corporate Cultures | ||
| Community Development | ||
| Social Theory & Community Change | ||
| Community Governance | ||
| Theories of Organizations & Their Role in Community Change | ||
| Social Movements | ||
| Complex Organizations | ||
| Gender & Law | ||
| Multiculturalism, the Global Community & Social Change | ||
| The Individual & Community in America | ||
| Race, Culture & Society in the United States | ||
| Comparative Ethnicity | ||
| Topics in Comparative Racial & Ethnic Literary Studies | ||
| Becoming an American: Immigration & American Culture | ||
| Race, Culture, & Nation | ||
| The Politics of Global Inequality | ||
| Recent U.S. Foreign Policy | ||
| Preparatory Subject Matter Subtotal | 15-16 | |
| Total Units | 23-24 | |