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About the Undergraduate Leadership Program

The Undergraduate Leadership Program (ULP) is an interschool certificate program open to all Northwestern undergraduates. Initially supported by the W. Kellogg foundation, the program helps students understand the nature of leadership and prepares them to become leaders on campus, in the community, and in their professions. Through coursework, retreats, and self-study, participants learn the theories of leadership, experience the challenge of leading others, and create a sense of community with each other and members of the participating organizations.

Coursework
There are 4 required classes as part of the ULP program:
  1. Paradigms & Strategies of Leadership with the Outdoor Leadership Retreat Gen_Cmn 204
  2. Leadership Education Seminar I with the Community Connections Retreat Gen_Cmn 206
  3. Leadership Education Seminar II (The Learning Contract)
  4. Any one of 37 approved classes (view the list)

Outdoor Leadership Retreat:
The Outdoor Leadership Retreat is the first retreat in the program. Students attend this retreat sometime during the first course in spring. With one's lab group, students will work on team building, trust, conflict, and other group dynamic issues in an experiential way.


Community Connections Retreat:
The Community Connections Retreat is our second retreat that occurs during fall quarter. This retreat is hosted in Evanston and is similar to a mini field study. Using the knowledge attained in the first course of the program, students will meet with various community groups to observe and discover how leadership functions in a community context.

Retreats

Overview
The Leadership Self Study is a required component of Northwestern University 's Academic Certificate in Leadership. Successfully completing your self-study is a demonstration of your ability to positively affect the success of a group, organization or community – to leave a “leadership footprint.”

Your self-study should critically explore and engage leadership outside the classroom. Specifically, the goals are for you to:

  • Experience leadership that matters to you and others
  • Explore leadership models and concepts through application
  • Describe your leadership abilities to scholars and practitioners
  • Help set you on a path to routinely solve leadership problems and step forward when opportunities present themselves.

 
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