Major and Minor Requirements

The Leadership Studies Major

Note: The grade point average of the coursework comprising the major must be no less than 2.0, with no course grade below a C- (1.7).

Students wishing to major or minor in leadership studies must apply for admission to the Jepson School of Leadership Studies during the fall semester of their second year.

A minimum of 12 units, including:

• LDST101 Leadership and the Humanities 

• LDST102 Leadership and the Social Sciences 

• LDST210 Justice and Civil Society 

• 1 course chosen from

  • LDST249 Quantitative Social Science

  • BIOL320 Experimental Design and Biostatistics

  • BUAD202 Statistics for Business and Economics

  • CHEM300 Measurement Statistics

  • ECON170 Statistical Analysis for Business and Economics

  • HS250 Epidemiology and Health Research Methods

  • DSST189 Introduction to Statistical Modeling

  • DSST289 Introduction to Data Science

  • PSYC200 Methods and Analyses

• LDST250 Critical Thinking and Methods of Inquiry 

• LDST300 Theories and Models of Leadership 

• LDST450 Leadership Ethics 

• LDST488 Internship

• LDST489 Internship

• Four additional units of advanced courses numbered above 300, not including any core classes (i.e. LDST 300, 450, 488, or 489). However, beginning with the Class of 2026; included in the four units MUST BE two of the following LDST courses: 301, 302, 303, 304, 306, 307, 308, 310, 317, 340, 345, 346, 351, 352, 354, 355, 357, 361, 368, 375, 377, 378, 383, 384, 386, 387, or 390.

Advanced coursework may include one unit of collaborative study, one unit of independent study, one unit of honors thesis work, or one unit of senior thesis work.

Majors may count a maximum of one unit of study abroad credit toward the advanced course requirement.