Leadership and Personalized Studies (AA)
The associate of arts degree with a major in leadership and personalized studies provides students a well-rounded academic foundation and a customized exploration of various leadership skills. A student graduating with an associate of arts degree with the leadership and personalized studies major will be open to learning and growing in their careers, and possess the analytical skills to navigate the increasingly dynamic employment landscape. The program consists of a minimum of 60 credits which includes general education requirements and the program-specific requirements. Students may need to take additional electives to reach the 60 credit minimum to earn the degree.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Communication: Effective communication skills include listening, speaking, reading, writing, and information literacy.
- Ethical Reasoning and Action: Individual, social, and environmental responsibility includes civic knowledge and engagement (both global and local).
- History: Recognizing patterns in past events and seeing their relevance to present-day life; demonstrating how contemporary social issues are rooted in past events and political choices; understanding the impacts of the social and physical environments on individual experience; and speculating in informed ways about how present-day trends might affect the future.
- Critical and Creative Thinking: The capacity to combine or synthesize existing ideas and information; comprehensively explore issues, ideas, objects, and events before reaching a conclusion.
- Intercultural Knowledge: Understanding and empathizing with people from diverse cultures; understanding societies and cultures on their own terms; interacting and working with people from diverse backgrounds; and leading or contributing support to those who lead.
- Interdisciplinary Perspective: The ability to make deliberate connections among various academic disciplines, to comprehend and participate in more than one discipline; the ability to reflect on the nature and value of an interdisciplinary perspective.
Requirements for the A.A. in Leadership and Personalized Studies
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Program Core Requirements | ||
| LBST 103 | Understanding Social Justice | 3 |
| LBST 210 | Introduction to Leadership | 3 |
| COMM 105 | Public Speaking for the 21st Century | 3 |
| or COMM 205 | Oral Interpretation | |
| Leadership Electives | ||
| Chose 12 credits from the preapproved list below or work with your advisor to identify other options. | 12 | |
| Introduction to Graphic Design | ||
| Introduction to Business | ||
| Legal Environment of Business | ||
| Communication and the Human Condition | ||
| Media and Society | ||
| Introduction to Environmental Studies | ||
| Introduction to Visual and Digital Communication | ||
| Introduction to Criminal Justice | ||
| The American Economy | ||
| Principles of Microeconomics | ||
| Principles of Macroeconomics | ||
| Introduction to the Teaching Profession | ||
| Introduction to Professional Writing | ||
| Advanced Composition | ||
| Technical Writing | ||
| Writing for Business and Industry | ||
| The United States: Origins to Reconstruction | ||
| The United States: Reconstruction to Recent Times | ||
| Introduction to International Studies | ||
| Large Music Ensemble | ||
| Voices of Parkside | ||
| Jazz Combo | ||
| Contemporary A Cappella Ensemble | ||
| Contemporary Commercial Music Ensmble | ||
| Introduction to Philosophy | ||
| Logic | ||
| Introduction to Ethics | ||
| American Politics | ||
| Introduction to International Relations | ||
| Introduction to Law | ||
| Public Policy | ||
| Introduction to Psychological Science | ||
| Introduction to Sociology | ||
| Police and Society (Same As CRMJ 235) | ||
| Acting I: Fundamentals of Acting | ||
| Work-Based Learning | ||
| Introduction to Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies | ||
| Gender and Society (Same As SOCA 213) | ||
| Program Subtotal | 21 | |
| Core General Education (CGER) Requirement | ||
| Math and Quantitative Reasoning | 4 | |
| Communication and Literacy | 6 | |
| Humanities and the Arts | 6 | |
| Social and Behavioral Science | 3 | |
Three of the six required credits satisfied by major requirements | ||
| Natural Science and Wellness | 7 | |
| Civics and Perspectives | 3 | |
Three of the six required credits satisfied by major requirements | ||
| Core General Education Subtotal | 29 | |
| General Electives | 10 | |
| Total Credits | 60 | |
Degree Requirements for the Associate of Arts or Associate of Science
To receive an associate degree from UW-Parkside students must:
- Complete a minimum of 60 credits of college work. Certain elementary courses are identified in the catalog that will not count toward the 60 credits required for graduation. In addition, only 4 credits of physical education activity courses (100-level) may be counted toward graduation or grade point averages (GPA).
- Complete a major (associate).
- Meet UW-Parkside general education university requirements.
- Complete a minimum of 15 credits toward the associate degree at UW-Parkside.
- Attain a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.00 at UW-Parkside. Some programs may require a higher GPA requirement. Transfer students must have a cumulative 2.00 GPA on the combination of transfer credits accepted and the credits attempted at UW-Parkside; this is the degree GPA.
- Students may only earn one degree at the associate level at UW-Parkside.