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Why Major in Leadership?

What else could be more relevant to your future? Leadership is providing purpose, direction, and motivation while operating to accomplish the mission and improving the organization (FM 22-100). Today's volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous global environment makes the Army officer's duty extremely challenging.

In order to meet that challenge, leaders must constantly improve their skills. A major in Leadership will provide you with new knowledge about the issues involved with leading at the individual, group, and organizational level that you can apply to your experiences as a leader in the Corps and in the Army. You'll study concepts and learn new skills in areas from individual counseling to leading organizations through change. Our goal is to help you become a more effective leader in today's Army.

"Leadership and management are neither synonymous nor interchangeable. Clearly good civilian managers must lead, and good military leaders must manage. Both qualities are essential to success."
GEN Edward C. Meyer

Leadership Major Coursework (Core Classes)

Cadets can find specific course information on this and all our majors on the Cadet Web.

Complete two of the following Leadership Electives (your choice):

HI387 - Generalship: Art of Command	PL361 - Research Methods
MG381 - Introduction to Management	PL371 - Introduction to Sociology
MG390 - Negotiations	PL383 - Social Psychology
MS350 - Military Communications	PL385 - Organizational Theory
PL472 - Cross-Cultural Org Behavior

Leadership Honors Major Program

Cadets who wish to enroll in the optional honors program will take the following as one of their two "Leadership Electives":

• PL361 - Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences

And will take the following two additional courses:

• PL497 - Seminar in the Behavioral Sciences
• PL498 - Advanced Individual Study (Leadership Research Project)

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