Lynch School of Education
Interdisciplinary Minor
Leadership in Higher Education and Community Settings
2016-2017
This interdisciplinary minor, Leadership in Higher Education and Community Settings, is being
offered by the Lynch School of Education to students in the Lynch School of Education, in the
College of Arts and Sciences, in the Connell School of Nursing, and in the Carroll School of
Management. This minor serves students who are interested in college student development and in
the applications of psychology to work settings in institutions of higher education, in local and
international Non-government Organizations (NGOs) and/or in community-based programs. The
minor consists of six courses (18 credits), which are taken in the Lynch School of Education and
the Carroll School of Management. The Leadership in Higher Education and Community Settings
minor includes 2 required courses (6 credits) and 4 courses (12 credits) that must be selected from
the list of approved courses provided below. APHD majors must earn 18 credits and must
choose different APSY courses than their focus electives.
Required Courses:
ELHE/APSY3375:
APSY3244:
Leadership in Higher Education)
Adult Psychology (PY244)
Four Electives:
Choose from the following:
MGMT2110:
MGMT2111:
MGMT2123:
MGMT2137:
MGMT2265:
Human Resources
Ethical Leadership Skills
Negotiation
Managing Diversity
Globalization, Culture, and Ethics
APSY2041:
APSY2242:
APSY3248:
ELHE/APSY2295:
APSY6348:
APSY3310:
Adolescent Psychology
(f,s)
Interpersonal Relations
(f,s) (pre-req: APSY2240 or APSY3244)
Gender Roles)
(f, s)
Spirituality, Religion and the College Student Experience
(s)
Culture, Community and Change
(f,s)
Contemporary Issues in APHD - permission required
(f,s)
Psychological Responses to Humanitarian Crises: Human Rights, Gender
Violence, and International Justice (*summer or spring, once a year)
*seniors only with instructor’s permission
APSYxxxx:
APSY2152/APSY4245: Applied Psychology & Human Development Practicum
APSY4199:
Independent Study (by permission of instructor)
(s)
(f,s)
(s)
(s)
(f)
(f,s)
(s)
(f,s)
Students must complete an application and submit it to Campion Hall 104 or via email to
(lindsey.itzkowitz@bc.edu). Applications are due during a student’s sophomore or junior year. A
minimum grade point average of 3.5 is required for the minor and a total of fifteen students will be
admitted per cohort.
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APPLICATION
Lynch School of Education
Interdisciplinary Minor
‘Leadership in Higher Education and Community Settings’
Please complete this application and submit it to the Office of Undergraduate Student Services,
Campion Hall 104.
Application Date: __________
Grad Year: ____________
Name : _______________________________________________________________________
Eagle ID: _____________________________________________________________________
Current Major(s): ______________________________________________________________
Current Minor(s): ______________________________________________________________
Email Address: ________________________________________________________________
Cell Phone #: __________________________________________________________________
Please respond to the following two questions.
1.
Why do you want to complete a minor in Leadership in Higher Education and
Community Settings? (50 words maximum)
2.
Briefly describe any activities or experiences you have had that are related to the minor.
Please attach your resume.
Accepted ( )
Denied
( )
Other ( )______________________
Coordinator Signature: __________________________________________Date: _____________
Lynch School of Education
Applied Psychology and Human Development
Department of Counseling /Developmental/Psychology
Dr. Eric Dearing
Dr. Jacqueline Lerner
Dr. Penny Hauser-Cram
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