I am an Engineering Major:
Yes you can attain a Certificate in the Study and Practice of Leadership through
the Leadership RAP and meet all of your engineering requirements!
The Leadership RAP has a great history of supporting engineering students in the RAP, achieving the Certificate in
the Study & Practice of Leadership and in Leadership positions such as Resident Advisors (RAs), Classroom
Assistants (CAs) and Peer Mentors.
Engineering students in the Leadership Residential Academic Program can get six of your Humanities and Social
Science (H&SS) core credits for the College of Engineering fulfilled with our first year Leadership classes:
LDSP 1000 (3 credits): Foundations of 21st Century Leadership – fulfills H&SS Credits
LDSP 2410 (3 credits): The Dymanics of Privilege, Oppression and Empowerment in Leadership – being
petitioned to fulfill H&SS Credits (A&S core, contemporary societies)
LDSP 2910: Practicum In Leadership – one credit, counts for elective credit.
LDSP 1571: Topics in Leadership – one credit, counts for elective credit
Students in our Ethnic Living & Learning Community Leadership Studies Program (ELLC) take LDSP 1000, LDSP
2410 and two semesters of LDSP 2910. Students in our Chancellor’s Leadership Studies Program (CLSP) take LDSP
1000 and at least one additional LDSP course of your choice.
Engineering Students working for the Leadership Certificate additionally take LDSP 3100 (3 credits): Multicultural
Leadership which fulfills Upper Division H&SS credits. You can fulfill your H&SS credits all in one focus area
(Leadership) which is a suggestion from the College of Engineering. Classes can be taken at any time. See the
following table for Certificate Information!
Example schedule (Mechanical Engineering):
Semester
Engineering
Credits
H&SS Credits
(with LDSP classes)
LDSP RAP Classes as Free Graduation
Electives
LDSP 1000 (3 Credits)
LDSP 2400 (3 Credits)
LDSP 2910 (1 credit, ELLC)
LDSP 2910 (1 Credit)
Year One
Fall
Spring
13
14
Year Two
Fall
15
Spring
13
LDSP 2910 and 1571 and another 1
credit LDSP elective
(1 credit each)
UD Humanities
(3 credits)
Year Three
Fall
12
Writing: not LDSP
Spring
11
LDSP 3100 (3 credits)
Fall
Spring
11
15
LDSP 4010 (4 credits)
Completed!
(3 credits)
Year Four
Internship with LDSP AND Engineering!
Completing Engineering and the Leadership RAP Certificate in the Study and Practice of Leadership
Course Number
A&S Core Area
Filled
LDSP 1000/Fall
LDSP 2410/
Spring
Ideals and Values
Contemporary
Societies (being
petitioned)
Human Diversity
LDSP 3100
LDSP 4010
1 – 3 lower
division credits
1 – 3 upper
division credits
Internship
Engineering
Graduation
Requirement in
H&SS Filled (18
total required)
3
(3)
ELLC First
CLSP First
Leadership
Year
Year
Certificate
Requirement Requirement Requirement
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes (OR 2910
Yes
Yes
OR 1571)
Varies
1–3
Yes
Yes
Yes
Varies
1-3
Yes
Yes
LDSP 2910
Highly
suggested for
Engineering
students!
Elective
LDSP 1571
Elective
LDSP 2920
Elective
3
Yes (2 credits)
Yes
Yes (1 – 2
Yes (as an
Yes (as lower
option)
division credit)
Yes (as lower
division credit)
credits)
TOTAL
18 credits
14
8 credits
total
4-6 credits
total
Source cited: College of Engineering and Applied Science, Humanities, Social Sciences and Writing
http://www.colorado.edu/engineering/node/288 . Additionally, the Engineering Leadership Program
counts all LDSP courses as electives towards the certificate,
http://www.colorado.edu/engineering/node/182839