The mission of the management and leadership major in business administration is to prepare young students for both the people and leadership challenges inherent in modern organizations. We believe that leadership is primarily an art, rather than a science, and involves the exercise of substantial judgment, creativity, and style. Educating leaders requires significant attention to both general principles and theories, and the development of the individual. This development includes building interpersonal and small group skills, gaining awareness of one’s strengths, weaknesses, and values, and becoming motivated to learn continuously from experience.
Each offering in the leadership major is designed to address the issues of leadership, ethics, system dynamics, and cultural diversity as it focuses on its primary content area. Additionally, to build the behavioral competencies central to leadership, the courses in this major will employ a variety of engaging and interactive activities including case studies, role plays, simulations, group projects and presentations, and class discussions.