Leadership Academy
Full Leadership Academy Honors Program
The Full Fitchburg State College Leadership Academy Honors Program offers talented and highly qualified entering students a rewarding and innovative integrated program of study. The Leadership Academy is a complete honors curriculum that allows students to pursue any major and also encourages them to develop their leadership skills. The Leadership Academy Honors Program courses replace the LA&S or general education college requirements. The Academy is available for all FSC academic majors and coordinated with all programs.
The Full Leadership Academy Honors Program is open to entering first-year and transfer students. A Minor in the Leadership Academy Honors Program is also available for students currently attending Fitchburg State College. Challenging interdisciplinary courses emphasize proficiency in writing and research, analytical skills, teamwork, and delivering presentations. Seminars provide students with direct experience in service learning and in the arts. Entering Leadership Academy students will take courses with other honors students as part of an honors freshman foundation year. The honors freshmen foundation year includes courses that focus on developing leadership skills. As sophomores and juniors Leadership Academy students will take an average of one honors seminar per semester. Leadership Academy students complete their honors work with a two semester honors thesis in an area of their own choosing. Honors projects can take many forms, including films and art installations as well as research theses. Recent projects have focused on a wide range of topics including New England Architecture, Finnish culture in Fitchburg, Dance Therapy, Prediabetes, and Strategic Leveraging at Fidelity Investments.
Outside of class, students take part in campus and other extra-curricular activities to experience a rich cultural environment and develop community awareness.
To remain in the Academy, students must have a yearly GPA of at least 3.3.
Benefits of the Full Leadership Academy Honors Program
- Unique, innovative curriculum and courses with other honors students
- Small class sizes and close interaction with professors
- A Fitchburg State College Leadership Academy scholarship ($2,000)
- Opportunities to attend cultural events and activities
- Early class registration privileges
- Recognition at graduation as a Massachusetts Commonwealth Scholar
Curriculum for Full Leadership Academy Honors Program
The Full Leadership Academy curriculum creates a solid foundation of
leadership knowledge and skills in the first year and builds on
this base in each of the succeeding years:
First Year Curriculum
- LEAD 1005 -- Foundations of Leadership I
- LEAD 1050 -- Honors English I
- LEAD 1600 -- Biological Issues and Inquiry
- LEAD 1140 -- Leadership in the Outdoors
- LEAD 1020 -- Current Events/Service Learning
- LEAD 1200 -- Honors English II
- LEAD 1070 -- Mozart to Modernism
- LEAD 2030 -- Consumer Health
Sophomore and Junior Honors Seminars (may be taken in any order)
- LEAD 2150 -- Honors Seminar in Humanities: Contemporary Issues
- LEAD 2100 -- Honors Seminar in Literature
- LEAD 2225 -- Honors Seminar in History
- LEAD 2250 -- Honors Seminar in Geo/Physical Science
- LEAD 4990 -- Honors Thesis Research
- LEAD 4991 -- Honors Thesis Writing
Additional Requirements
All students in the Full Leadership Academy Honors Program will also demonstrate proficiency
in a foreign language at the intermediate level. This requirement
can be met through examination or coursework.
All students in the Full Leadership Academy Honors Program will also complete a Math course at or above the level of Calculus for your major OR Discrete Math—Math 1900.
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