What You Will Study

As a Community Leadership major, you will explore cultural diversity and the organizations that various groups create to meet their personal, social, and economic needs. You will develop your ability to conduct social research, and learn to analyze community issues and evaluate various strategies for addressing them. Through concrete action projects, you will develop your interpersonal, communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills. You will manage small groups, develop marketing strategies, refine your interviewing skills, write business proposals, develop social-change strategies, debate value questions, and develop your ability to influence the political process.

Through various off-campus experiences, including an internship, you will apply your learning in community-based settings. You will conduct organizational studies and develop strategies for addressing local political issues. You may choose to do your internship in a local private or public organization, or take advantage of one of our national or international opportunities.