Curriculum goals are achieved through courses which emphasize active and experiential learning. Small class sizes ensure interaction and close partnership between students and faculty. Students are further challenged to connect leadership to practice in service learning opportunities. They also engage in internships . In these real-world settings, they test the theories and principles of leadership, as well as their own attitudes toward moral leadership and responsibility.
Leadership studies is more than just a major.
Approximately 600 students from the University, as well as visiting students from Virginia Commonwealth University and Virginia Union University, take courses in leadership studies each year. The leadership studies minor enhances the major curricula of students in the School of Arts and Sciences and The E. Claiborne Robins School of Business, while hundreds of other students take advantage of this significant University program through enrollment in elective courses. For many students, the introductory course Foundations of Leadership Studies offers an exciting way to satisfy one of the University's general education curriculum requirements. Outside the classroom, the Jepson School sponsors many events. The Jepson Leadership Forum brings nationally and internationally known speakers to campus each year.