Program Overview
The Team Science Minor is a multidisciplinary program that explores the dynamics and functioning of teams and small groups in the workplace. It equips students with knowledge and skills in group dynamics, team processes, leadership, and technological support for teams. The program prepares students to build effective teams, harness collaborative technology, and achieve cross-disciplinary goals efficiently. It is taught on campus, online, and in a hybrid format and takes approximately 2-3 semesters to complete.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Team Science Minor is a multidisciplinary program that focuses on the interpersonal, intrapersonal, organizational, physical, environmental, technological, societal, and political contextual factors in the workplace. It explores the collaborative functioning of teams and small groups, often involving cross-disciplinary and cross-functional groups. The program aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills to build better teams, harness collaborative technology, and achieve cross-disciplinary goals efficiently.
Teaching:
The program is taught by faculty members within the Department of Learning Technologies, who are known for their scholarship, grant acquisition, teaching, and service activities.
Other:
- The program studies the antecedent conditions, collaborative processes, and outcomes associated with teams and small groups.
- Topics covered include: group dynamics, team processes, leadership, team leadership, team training, team evaluation, team cognition, intergroup conflict, change theory, complexity leadership theory, decision-making/problem-solving skills, and systems thinking.
- The program also provides a preview of the technologies used to support teams and small groups in the workplace.
- The program is offered on campus, online, and in a hybrid format.
- It takes approximately 2-3 semesters to complete and requires 24 credit hours.
