LEAD WITH HONORS
Why follow when you can LEAD?
Curious about how leadership fits into the Honors College experience? Check out the Social Change Leadership Certificate, an experiential learning program designed to develop ethical, skilled leaders who drive social change.
Solving the world’s complex problems requires innovative thinkers who turn ideas into action. The Social Change Leadership Certificate is a flexible, 13-credit program designed to equip you with the skills to become an effective change agent in your career and community.
The Social Change Leadership Certificate is designed to cultivate your leadership potential and show you how to apply it to your personal and professional goals. Through this program, you will identify your leadership strengths, explore core leadership theories, connect with leaders in your field of interest, and complete a practicum that puts your skills into action.
The certificate program begins with HON 2000: Intro to Lead with Honors, a 1-credit hour course offered in both the Fall and Spring semesters. From there, students complete four 3-credit hour courses (12 hours), including:
| REQUIRED |
| HON 2000 – Intro to Lead with Honors |
| HON 3260 – Herndon Human Rights Initiative |
| Course on activism or social justice |
| Course on complex social issues, power, social change history, leadership, ethics or group dynamics |
| HON 4300 – Lead with Honors Senior Practicum |
No, the SCLC welcomes students at every stage of their leadership development.
If your major has elective space, all courses in the certificate program can count as electives for your major. All honors courses in the certificate count towards earning your honors laureate distinction. Set up a meeting with Anthony Farajallah to see how the Social Change Leadership Certificate can fit into your academic plan.