This hands-on, interactive, Applied Liberal Arts class is specially designed to help students develop the skills and confidence they need to grow as leaders. Group exercises and a self-designed team project allow them to practice and reflect on key leadership roles. Their experiences in the Leadership Lab will help them be more confident and successful in their work on campus, in their community, and in the world. The Leadership Lab is a 1-credit, pass-fail, mini-course offered in both the first and second half of the fall term.
What will students learn in the Leadership Lab?
The Leadership Lab will help students learn to:
- Work with a group to identify critical issues, brainstorm small-win solutions, implement ideas at a small scale, and improve their ideas
- Collect evidence about problems and solutions that are important to them through leadership experiments that test their ideas against the world
- Build a leadership “toolkit” that is based on their own skills, abilities, vision, and personal style
- Reflect on their experiences to continuously improve their effectiveness and the teams they work with
Fall 2026 (Atlas Link) (Course Guide Link)
Enrollment is open until the first day of class.
7-week course that starts during the week of August 31
- Section 003 | Class number 26961 | Wednesdays 4-6 PM | MH 1640
7-week course that starts during the week of October 26
- Section 001 | Class number 25932 | Tuesdays 6-8 PM | LSA 1280
- Section 002 | Class number 25933 | Wednesdays 4-6 PM | MH 1640
