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experience (supervised by Latino Studies
faculty); or an approved equivalent community-based
course in which the research undertaken
focuses on Latinos (for example CH180:
Community Health Internship).
NOTE: Students should check the Latino Studies
website for a list of courses that meet these
requirements and/or meet with the director of the
minor. All courses taken for the Latino Studies
minor program must be taken for a letter grade. A
maximum of two credits from the minor may be
counted toward a major or majors; up to two credits
may be used for distribution requirements. Also,
one language course above the intermediate level,
Spanish for Heritage Speakers (Spanish 23), or
Portuguese 1 or 2 can count as an Elective course.
For more information about academic requirements,
please review the Bulletin of Tufts University.
Students interested in pursuing a Latino Studies
Minor should register with:
Associate Professor Adriana Zavala, Art and Art
History
Phone: 617-627-2423
Email address: Adriana.Zavala@tufts.edu.
For more detailed information, please visit the
website http://ase.tufts.edu/latinostudies/.
Leadership Studies
DIRECTOR:
Mindy Nierenberg, Tisch College of Citizenship and Public
Service
Leadership Studies is an interdisciplinary field that
offers students the opportunity to study leadership
theory from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The
field of Leadership Studies complements any major
at Tufts, and provides students ways to integrate
academic, personal, and experiential development.
Students are encouraged to explore various
leadership models while developing their own
leadership style, building skills and knowledge that
will benefit them while at Tufts and in their lives
after graduation. Scholarship in Leadership Studies
analyzes the influence of historical, political,
economic, psychological, and technological forces
on effective leadership and leadership models.
Leadership Studies at Tufts places particular
emphasis on leadership that bridges cultural divides
and furthers understanding of diverse models of
leadership. It is imperative that leadership be
understood, not only on an individual level, but
also regarding the role of organizations, nonprofit,
for-profit, governmental, and educational, in
complex societies.
Leadership Studies at Tufts is a rigorous
intellectual program that develops creative,
analytical and practical skills and attitudes: creative
to generate a vision; analytical to assess whether
creative ideas are good ideas; practical to execute
ideas and persuade others of their value. Skill
development is further encouraged through courses
emphasizing public speaking, cross-disciplinary and
cross-cultural communication and team building,
persuasion, negotiation, mediation, framing, and
creative problem solving. The Leadership Studies
minor also requires students to analyze issues
relating to ethics and decision making, organizational
behavior, power and power relations, and
policymaking. In these realms, the minor also
allows for a focus on civic leadership, and the
importance of the development of the knowledge,
skills and values crucial to effective positive change
on local, domestic, and global communities.
INTERDISCIPLINARY MINOR
Students pursuing the interdisciplinary minor in
Leadership Studies take a total of six courses at 5.5
credits. Two of these must be Tier 1 core courses
and two must be drawn from the list of Tier 2
courses. The fifth course may be selected from Tier
1 or Tier 2. The director of the Minor in Leadership
Studies advises on course selection to fit each
student’s interests and to establish the basis for the
Tier 3 capstone senior project. No more than two
of the Tier 1 and Tier 2 courses may be taken in a
single department. All courses must be taken for a
letter grade. As a capstone, students must complete
a Tier 3 senior project. Here, students put theory
into practice and take a seminar course in which
they reflect on their experience in the context of
their leadership courses. Students apply to the
leadership program by considering how the courses
they propose to take and their leadership experience
constitute a coherent whole.
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