“SPA Leadership is learning to lead from the best, with the best. Your peers become your teachers and your best friends.”
-Hannah Murphy (’13)
Questions?
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Leadership Program
(202) 885-2308
leadership@american.edu
Ward Circle Building, Room 250
Margaret Marr
Director
Curriculum: Certificate in Advanced Leadership Studies
First Year
GOVT/JLS-361 Laboratory in Leadership Development I
Weekly class meetings and small group work on social action project. Taken fall and spring first year for 1 credit hour each term.
Fall 2012 | Spring 2013
Second Year
GOVT/JLS-362 Laboratory in Leadership Development II
Weekly class meetings and individual social action project. Taken fall and spring of second year for 1 credit hour each term.
Fall 2012 | Spring 2013
Third Year
GOVT/JLS-391 Internship: Leadership
Fall semester, weekly seminars, 3 to 6 credits.
Spring 2013
Fourth Year
GOVT-460 Political and Organizational Leadership
Spring semester, weekly seminars, 3 credits.
Spring 2012 | Spring 2013
Electives
Students may take a leadership-related course, be a teaching assistant, or complete independent study in leadership development. See side-bar for options, 2 credits.
Total Credits: 15
Electives
- COMM-310 Public Speaking
- GOVT-320 The Presidency
- GOVT-520 Advanced Studies in Campaign Management
- GOVT-523 The Art and Craft of Lobbying
- JLS-308 Justice, Morality and the Law
- JLS-309 Justice and Public Policy
- JLS-504 Comparative Criminology and Criminal Justice
- PUAD-260 Administrative Politics
- PUAD-343 Organizing Public Services
- SIS-308 Introduction to Peace and Conflict Resolution
- SIS-328 Approaches to Peacemaking
- SIS-341 Intercultural Communication