Leadership for Social Impact (Minor)
Leadership is a discipline that Simmons students develop across a whole array of courses including, the PLAN curriculum. This minor builds on the leadership skills in the PLAN curriculum and focuses on the behavioral side of management offering a set of courses that together, build a student’s knowledge, abilities and skill-set of leadership, of self and others. The role of business practices is highlighted and made applicable to for-profit, non-profit, entrepreneurial and social enterprise settings. This minor will provide students with an opportunity to identify and describe exemplary and personal leadership with a relational, inclusive and equitable lens.
Minor Requirements:
Required Courses:
| BUS 137 | Entrepreneurial Mindset | 4 |
| BUS 224 | Social Action Leaders | 4 |
| BUS 291 | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Organizations | 4 |
Electives (choose two):
| BUS 100 | Introduction to Business and Management | 4 |
| BUS 213 | Nonprofit Management Study | 3 |
| BUS 221 | Project Management | 4 |
| BUS 229 | Corporate Social Responsibility: Managing People, Planet, & Profit | 4 |
| BUS 234 | Organizational Communication & Behavior | 4 |
| BUS 320 | Negotiations | 4 |