2024-2025 Academic Catalog

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Organizational Leadership (BOLD) Minor

Required Minor Courses
MGT 2354Teams, Leadership, and Business: Cultivating Excellence (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences)3
MGT 4334Ethical Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility (Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse 1A and Pathways Concept 7 - Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States)3
Subtotal6
Elective Courses
Select two courses from the Electives list. At least one elective must be a Pathways course.6
Subtotal6
Required Experiential Activity
Select one of the following:3
Cornerstones of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Management Consulting
Field Study
Subtotal3
Required Capstone Course
MGT 4354Leadership: Advances in Skills and Concepts3
Subtotal3
Total Credits18

 Elective Courses - choose two, 6 credit hours.

Electives can be chosen as complements to your major to develop skills in Creativity & Innovation, Critical & Strategic Thinking, Holistic Thinking & Ethical Reasoning, and/or Intercultural Communication. At least one elective (3 credits) must be a Pathways course. 

Creativity and Innovation Courses
FA 2004Creativity and the Artistic Experience (Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts , 6A)3
HIST/SOC/STS 2604Introduction to Data in Social Context (Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities or Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking , 5F)3
HORT 2164Floral Design (Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts , 6A or 6D)3
ITDS 1114Design Appreciation (Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts , 6A or 6D)3
MGT 2204Global Business of Pop Culture (Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities and Pathways Concept 7 - Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States)3
Critical and Strategic Thinking Courses
ACIS 1004Accounting Foundations (Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking , 5F)3
ART 2385Survey of the History of Western Art (Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities or Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts , 6A)3
COMM 2084Media and Society (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences)3
LDRS 3304Elements of Team Leadership (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences)3
PHIL 1504Critical Thinking (Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking , 5F)3
PHIL 3505Modern Logic and Its Development3
TA/MUS 2604Introduction to Arts Marketing3
TA 3604Arts Management3
Holistic Thinking & Ethical Reasoning
CMST 3064Persuasion3
GEOG/NR 1115Seeking Sustainability (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences)3
HIST 3114 (Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities or Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences)3
HIST 3554Age of Globalization (Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities or Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences)3
LDRS 3104The Dynamics of Leadership3
MGT 4314International Management3
MGT/PHIL 4324Business and Professional Ethics (Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities)3
MN 4005Leadership and Management/Ethics (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences)3
PHIL 2304Global Ethics (Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities)3
Intercultural Communication Courses
COMM 2004Public Speaking (Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse , 1A)3
HUM/RLCL 3204Multicultural Communication (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences)3
MGT 3444Multicultural Diversity in Organizations (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences and Pathways Concept 7 - Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States)3
PR 4074Organizational Communication3
TA 2404Introduction to Applied Collaborative Techniques (Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse , 1A or Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts , 6A or 6D)3

 Graduation Requirements

The minor in Organizational Leadership (BOLD) is open to all Virginia Tech students with a GPA of at least 2.50.

Students can apply for the BOLD minor at http://pampl.in/addminor 

Notes

Pre-Requisites

Students are responsible for ensuring they have met necessary pre-requisites for all courses. Please refer to the Undergraduate Catalog or academic advisor.