Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship
Department of Management and Information Systems
www.kent.edu/business/mis

Contact Information

• Program Coordinator: O. Felix Offodile | foffodil@kent.edu | 330-672-1141
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Fully Offered

• Delivery:
  • In person
• Location:
  • Kent Campus

Description

The Leadership minor provides students skills in understanding the business environment as a system of interrelated and interdependent parts. Students learn how to analyze the system to identify opportunities and challenges for addressing stakeholder concerns, in addition to gaining skills for influencing others to work toward sustainable practices.

Responsible leadership involves making sustainable business decisions that consider the interests of all stakeholders including employees, clients, suppliers, customers, society, the environment and future generations. Addressing these varied and often conflicting concerns requires skill.

Admission Requirements

Admission to a minor is open to students declared in a bachelor’s degree, the A.A.B. or A.A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree (not Individualized Program major). Students declared only in the A.A. or A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree in Individualized Program may not declare a minor. Students may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline.

• To declare the minor, students must have a minimum 2.000 overall Kent State University GPA. No Kent State University GPA is required if the student is a first-semester freshman or transfer student admitted in good standing.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of leadership principles and theory.
2. Demonstrate skills in assessing and proposing solutions for critical issues managers face.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the workplace as a system of interrelated and interdependent parts.

Minor Requirements

Graduation Requirements

• Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
• Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
• Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at Kent State (in residence).