Leadership Minor
The Minor in Leadership consists of 3.0 credits, including all required courses (2.0 credits) plus a minimum of a 1.0 credit from the list of elective courses. No fewer than 2.0 credits may be senior.
Required courses: (2.0 credits):
OL200/MB200 - Communication Skills for Leadership,
OL140 - Leadership Foundations,
OL224/PD224,
One of: OL401 - Leadership Skills: Practice and Application OR OL485 - Expanding Leadership Potential
Elective courses: (1.0 credit)
Any two courses from the following:
OL101 - Leadership and Personal Development
OL201 - Applying Leadership Experience
OL202 - Designing Leadership Experience
OL233/CC233/HS233 - Introduction to Social Science Research Methods
OL251/HR251 - Workplace Diversity in the 21st Century
OL270 - Leadership: Understanding Followers and Leaders
OL298 - Entrepreneurship
OL300 - Leadership Ethics or MB300 - Ethics, Technology and Organizations
HR301/OL301 - Development Theories, Approaches, and Issues
OL314 - Nonverbal Communication and Listening Skills
HR322/OL322 - Non-Profits and NGOs
OL340 - Leadership, Culture and Change
OL365 - Influence, Persuasion and Negotiation
OL370 - Power and Governance in Organizations
OL380 - Directed Studies
OL401 - Leadership Skills: Practice and Application (if not taken as requirement above)
OL430 - Advanced Topics in Leadership
OL481 - Project Management
OL485 - Expanding Leadership Potential (if not taken as requirement above)
WS209 - Women and Leadership
- Students should be aware that some of these courses have prerequisites. Although these prerequisites may be waived by the department administering the course, it is the responsibility of the student to make such arrangements.
- The Leadership Minor is available at the Brantford and Waterloo campuses, and online.
- Students in the BBA program are excluded from registering in Leadership courses and may not complete the Leadership Minor.
- Refer also to the Regulations Governing All Minors/Options.
