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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog

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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Leadership Studies,BA

Required Credits:36

Will. Power. 101

Required Course: 1

WPS 1010 Will. Power. 101 Credits:

University Core Curriculum

Required Credits: 40

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World Languages Requirement

Required Credits: 0-6

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Foundational Courses

Required Credits: 21

To fulfill the 21 credit requirement, Nine additional credits must be selected from these foundational level offerings or, by advisement, from additional areas of related interest. At least 9 credits of the foundational level courses must be taken at the 2000-level or higher.

Quantitave Skills

Reqired Credits:3

Course completion or PLA credit in at least one of the following options:
ACCT 2110 Financial Accounting Credits: 3.0
ECON 2010 Macroeconomic Principles Credits: 3.0
MATH 1170 Business Math Credits: 3.0
MATH 1300 Elementary Statistics Credits: 3.0
MATH 1600 Calculus I Credits: 4.0
PHIL 2100 Logic Credits: 3.0
POL 2020 Research Methods in Political Science Credits: 3.0
PSY 1200 Evidence-Based Living Credits: 3.00
PSY 2020 Experimental Psychology I: Applied Statistics Credits: 4.0
SOC 2110 Elementary Social Statistics Credits: 3.0
SOC 3010 Research Methods Credits: 3.0

Cultural Competency

Required Credits:3

Course Completion or PLA credit in at least one of the following:
ANTH 2020 Diversity and Equity in Schools Credits: 3.0
ANTH 2300 Culture, Identity & Cognition Credits: 3.0
ANTH 2700 Anthropology of Inequality Credits: 3.0
ANTH 2800 Introduction to Transgender Studies Credits: 3.0
ANTH 3250 Faces of Diversity Credits: 3.0
ANTH 3710 Health and Healing Credits: 3.0
ASN 3940 Modern India Credits: 3.0
ASN 2000 Chinese Culture in The Global Context Credits: 3.0
ASN 2580 Asian American Experience Credits: 3.0
ASN 3410 Asian and American Cross-Cultural Communication Credits: 3.0
ASN 3550 Women and Gender in South Asia Credits: 3.0
ASN 3590 Women and Islam Credits: 3.0
AWS 2010 African Civilizations Credits: 3.0
AWS 2070 Racism and Mass Media Credits: 3.0
AWS 2140 African American Family Life Credits: 3.0
AWS 2250 Race,Gender and Social Justice Credits: 3.0
AWS 2550 The Black Woman Experience Credits: 3.0
AWS 2620 Caribbean Women:Cultr and Soc Credits: 3.0
AWS 3210 Haiti: Its History, People, and Culture Credits: 3.0
AWS 3580 Psychology of African Americans Credits: 3.0
COMM 3400 Intercultural Communication Credits: 3.0
ENG 2280 Latino/A Literature in The US Credits: 3.0
ENG 3260 Native American Literature Credits: 3.0
ENG 3510 Asian American Literature Credits: 3.0
ENG 3520 African American Poetry Credits: 3.0
GEO 2040 Multicultural Geography of USA Credits: 3.0
HIST 2410 African-American History to 1865 Credits: 3.0
HIST 2510 Modern Women and Gender Credits: 3.0
LAS 2010 Introduction to Latin American Studies Credits: 3.0
LAS 3050 Latino Cultural Studies Credits: 3.0
PHIL 2330 Gendered Technologies Credits: 3.0
PHIL 3240 Philosophy and Feminism Credits: 3.0
PSY 3650 Cross Cultural Psychology Credits: 3.0
SOC 2410 Minority Groups in America Credits: 3.0
SOC 2420 Muslims and Islamic Institutions in the United States Credits: 3.0
WGS 1800 Gendered Lives and Societies Credits: 3.0
WGS 2070 Women, Sport and Culture Credits: 3.0
WGS 2100 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies Credits: 3.0
WGS 3580 Asian American Women: Gender Transformations Credits: 3.0
WGS 3530 NJ’s Immigrant Communities Credits: 3.0

Ethics

Required Credits:3

Course completion or PLA credit in at least one of the following:
AWS 1180 African Political Thought Credits: 3.0
COMM 2210 Advanced Communication Theory Credits: 3.0
COMM 4660 Corp Social Responsibilty Credits: 3.0
ENV 1100 Environmental Sustainability Credits: 4.0
HIST 2100 United States Labor History Credits: 3.0
LAW 2010 Legal Environment of Business Credits: 3.0
MGT 3500 Ethics and Business Credits: 1.5
MGT 3550 Values,Ethics and Sustainability Credits: 3.0
PHIL 1600 Ethical Well Being Credits: 3.0
PHIL 2000 Ethics Credits: 3.0
PHIL 2190 Philosophy of Justice Credits: 3.0
PHIL 2220 Political Philosophy Credits: 3.0
PHIL 2010 Diverse Approaches to Ethics Credits: 3.0
PHIL 2350 Latin American Philosophy Credits: 3.0
PHIL 2400 Ethics and Community Engagement Credits: 3.0
PHIL 3330 Philosophy of Law Credits: 3.0
PHIL 3350 Environmental Ethics Credits: 3.0
POL 1150 Power, Justice and Freedom Credits: 3.0
POL 1250 Law in Everyday Life Credits: 3.0
POL 2220 Ethics and the Public Sector Credits: 3.0
SOC 3230 Labor Relations and Law Credits: 3.0

Organizational Understanding

Required Credits:3

Course completion or PLA credit in at least one of the following:
COMM 2310 Organizational Communication Credits: 3.0
MGT 2000 Principles of Management Credits: 3.0
MGT 3060 Organizational Behavior Credits: 3.0
MGT 3080 Organizational Theory Credits: 3.0
POL 3800 Public Management Credits: 3.0
PSY 2600 Psychology in Business and Industry Credits: 3.0
SOC 2200 Social Organization of Work Credits: 3.0
SOC 3720 Sociology of Organization Credits: 3.0

Professional Competency

Required Credits:6

Professional Analysis

Required Credits:3

Choose LPS 3010 or one of the following:
AWS 2800 Minority Enterprises Credits: 3.0
AWS 3050 Community Development Credits: 3.0
COMM 1210 Communication Theory Credits: 3.0
COMM 2630 Public Speaking Credits: 3.0
FIN 3200 Corporate Finance Credits: 3.0
LAW 2510 Business Law I: Contracts Credits: 3.0
MGT 3200 Technology Applications Credits: 3.0
MGT 3350 Social Media for Business Credits: 3.0
MKT 2100 Principles of Marketing Credits: 3.0

Professional Communication

Required Credits:3

Choose LPS 3020 or one of the following:
ANTH 2400 Language Matters Credits: 3.0
COMM 3480 Public Relations Credits: 3.0
ENG 2070 Effective Business Writing Credits: 3.0
ENG 3000 Technical Writing Credits: 3.0
MGT 3150 Human Resources Management Credits: 3.0

Applied Core and Capstone Requirements

Required Credits:9

LPS 3000-Foundations of Leadership
LPS 4000-Applied Leadership Project
LPS 4800-Leadership Capstone: The Future of Work

Technology Intensive Requirement

Required Courses: 2

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Writing Intensive Requirement

Required Courses: 4

One (1) Writing Intensive course is completed as part of the University Core Curriculum, Area 2B: ENG 1100

Three (3) additional Writing Intensive courses are required for graduation.

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