Program Overview

Global Leadership Studies Major

The Global Leadership Studies Major is an interdisciplinary program that enables students to understand leadership competencies, theories, and frameworks. The program is designed to help students develop their own self-awareness, values, and purposes, with a focus on the challenges facing global leaders in the 21st century.

General Education Core Requirements

The program requires the completion of 59-61 hours of general education core requirements, including:

• SOC 1010, Introduction to Sociology (3 hours)
• ECO 2210, Principles of Macroeconomics (3 hours)
• REL 3090, Spirituality in World Religion (3 hours) or REL 3095, Ethics in World Religion (3 hours)

Core Requirements

The program requires the completion of 9 hours of core requirements, including:

• GLS 1100, Introduction to Global Leadership (3 hours)
• GLS 3100, Leadership Across Cultures (3 hours)
• GLS 4015, Senior Capstone for Global Leadership (3 hours)

Tool Requirement

The program requires participation in an approved Study Abroad program, earning at least 3 hours of credit.

Area Emphasis

Students must choose 7 courses from the following areas, with at least one course from each area:

• Communication and Psychology
  • COM 3150, Intercultural Communication (3 hours)
  • COM 3340, Organizational Communication (3 hours)
  • PSY 3250, Cross Cultural Psychology (3 hours)
• Political Science
  • PSC 2300, International Relations (3 hours)
  • PSC 2400, Comparative Politics (3 hours)
  • PSC (one upper-level International Political Science course) (3 hours)
• Religion
  • REL 2510, Christian Ethics (3 hours)
  • REL 3510, Poverty & Justice (3 hours)
  • REL 3540, Eco-Justice & Faith (3 hours)
• Business
  • ECO 3900, The Chinese Economy or MKT 3010, International Marketing (3 hours)
  • ECO 4400, International Economics (3 hours)
  • INB 3300, International Business (3 hours)
  • MKT 3210, Principles of Marketing (3 hours)
• History and Humanities
  • ENL 4370, Advanced Studies in World Literature (3 hours)
  • HIS (one upper-level World History course) (3 hours)
  • HUM 3500, Topics in Asian Culture (3 hours)
  • PHI 3230, Comparative Philosophy (3 hours)

Minor Requirements

The program requires the completion of 18 hours of minor requirements.

Electives

The program requires the completion of 19-21 hours of electives.

Total Hours

The program requires the completion of 128 hours.

Global Leadership Studies Courses (GLS)

GLS 1100. Introduction to Global Leadership (3 hours)

This course enables students to understand leadership competencies, theories, and frameworks, with a focus on the challenges facing global leaders in the 21st century.

GLS 3100. Leadership Across Cultures (3 hours)

This course compares leadership across cultures and countries, exploring the relationship between culture and leadership styles, ideas of cultural diversity and globalization, and implications for leading within and across national borders and global regions.

GLS 4015. Global Leadership Studies Capstone (3 hours)

The capstone course is designed to be the culminating work for the Bachelor's degree in Global Leadership Studies. Students will design a project to demonstrate their mastery of leadership competencies, theories, and models, considering their own personal approach to global leadership and integrating knowledge from across several disciplines and their study abroad experience.