Leadership minor most popular at CMU
The leadership study minor is the most signed minor at Central Michigan University with 425 students as of September.
“The numbers have consistently increased every semester,” said Eric Buschlen, instructor in Recreation, Parks and Leisure and the minor’s coordinator.
It provides students with lifelong skills that are relevant to their field of choice, he said.
Buschlen said the minor is popular for a variety of reasons.
The leadership study minor is a 24-credit, interdisciplinary program that has four required classes and a wide assortment of electives that can be taken to complete the program. CMU began offering it in 2006.
“The courses in this program allow individuals to work as a team,” Buschlen said. “Individuals are also required to serve the community by working for nonprofit organizations and by adopting families through certain programs.”
Other popular minors
According to the Office of the Registrar, the minor with the second-most students is psychology, with 285, followed by Reading K-8 with 246 and child development with 240.
One of the unique core classes in the leadership program is LDR 200: Introduction to Leadership, Buschlen said. Students who work in Residence Life have the option of taking LDR 200R and students in the Greek community have the option to take LDR 200G.
Muskegon junior Maureen Kelly, a biomedical sciences major and active member of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority, is finishing her minor in leadership studies.
“After I took the Greek section of LDR 200, I learned how to become an effective leader,” Kelly said. “I am currently the vice president and new member educator of my sorority.”
