Dec 24, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Community and Leadership Development, B.S.

Community and Leadership Development is an interdisciplinary social science major. It provides students with the knowledge and skills to integrate communications, sociology, journalism, and community development theories and apply them to real-world situations involving local communities and agricultural organizations.

The major focuses on such skills as written and oral communication; strategic problem solving; critical thinking; understanding of group, organizational, and community dynamics; and ethical decision making.

Graduation Requirements

To earn the Bachelor of Science in Community and Leadership Development, the student must earn a minimum of 120 credit hours with at least a 2.0 grade-point average. A minimum of 45 credit hours must be from upper division courses (300 level and above). Remedial courses may not be counted toward the total hours required for the degree.

UK Core Requirements

See the UK Core section of this Catalog for the complete UK Core requirements . The courses listed below are (a) recommended by the college, or (b) required courses that also fulfill UK Core areas. Students should work closely with their advisor to complete the UK Core requirements.

X. Global Dynamics

Choose one of the following or any approved course :

SOC 180 - GLOBAL SOCIETIES IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE Credit(s): 3
CLD 380 - GLOBALIZATION: A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE Credit(s): 3
SOC 380 - GLOBALIZATION: A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE Credit(s): 3
SAG 310 - CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON SUSTAINABILITY Credit(s): 3

UK Core hours: 30-33

Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR)

CLD 305 - RESEARCH METHODS IN COMMUNITY AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Credit(s): 3
CLD 497 - SENIOR CAPSTONE PRACTICUM IN COMMUNITY AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Credit(s): 3

Subtotal: Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement hours (GCCR): 6

Premajor Requirement

CLD 102 - THE DYNAMICS OF RURAL SOCIAL LIFE Credit(s): 3

Preminor requirement hours: 3

Major Core Requirements

To be completed before other Major Core Requirements:
CLD 260 - COMMUNITY PORTRAITS Credit(s): 3
CLD 310 FUNDAMENTALS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Credit(s): 3
CLD 305 - RESEARCH METHODS IN COMMUNITY AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Credit(s): 3
CLD 362 - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN COMMUNITY AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Credit(s): 3
To be completed after other Major Core Requirements:
CLD 490 - SENIOR CAPSTONE SEMINAR IN COMMUNITY AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Credit(s): 3
CLD 497 - SENIOR CAPSTONE PRACTICUM IN COMMUNITY AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Credit(s): 3

Subtotal: Major Core Requirements hours: 18

Major Electives

Students must choose 12 hours of additional CLD courses in consultation with their advisor. Up to 3 credits as CLD 395 - SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN COMMUNITY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT or CLD 399 - EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN COMMUNITY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT may be counted as part of these 12 credits.

Pathway1: Community Change & Development (CCD)

CLD 345 - FOOD AND SOCIETY IN ASIA Credit(s): 3
OR
MCL 345 - FOOD AND SOCIETY IN ASIA Credit(s): 3
CLD 350 TOPICS IN COMMUNITY AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT (Subtitle required) Credit(s): 3
CLD 360 - ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
OR
SOC 360 - ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
CLD 380 - GLOBALIZATION: A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE Credit(s): 3
OR
SOC 380 - GLOBALIZATION: A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE Credit(s): 3
CLD 410 ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Credit(s): 3
CLD 420 - SOCIOLOGY OF COMMUNITIES Credit(s): 3
OR
SOC 420 - SOCIOLOGY OF COMMUNITIES Credit(s): 3
CLD 460 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE Credit(s): 3
CLD 480 - TOPICS IN COMMUNITY: SUBTITLE REQUIRED Credit(s): 3 - 6 (Variable)
CLD 495 - TOPICAL SEMINAR IN COMMUNITY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT (SR) Credit(s): 1 - 3 (Variable)
CLD 517 - RURAL SOCIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
OR
SOC 517 - RURAL SOCIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
CLD 534 SOCIOLOGY OF ALASKA Credit(s): 3
OR
ANT 534 - SOCIOLOGY OF APPALACHIA Credit(s): 3
OR
SOC 534 - SOCIOLOGY OF APPALACHIA Credit(s): 3
CLD 540 - SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT Credit(s): 3
OR
STO 540 - SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT Credit(s): 3
CLD 560 - COMMUNITY INEQUALITIES Credit(s): 3
CLD 575 - SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY Credit(s): 3

Pathway 2: Leading & Learning in Communities (LLC)

CLD 230 - INTRAPERSONAL LEADERSHIP Credit(s): 3
CLD 320 - COMMUNITY AND COMMUNICATION: EXPLORING THEIR INTERSECTIONS Credit(s): 3
CLD 325 - WRITING FOR COMMUNITY MEDIA Credit(s): 3
CLD 340 - COMMUNITY INTERACTION Credit(s): 3
OR
SOC 340 - COMMUNITY INTERACTION Credit(s): 3
CLD 350 TOPICS IN COMMUNITY AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT (Subtitle required) Credit(s): 3
CLD 370 - LEARNING IN SOCIETY Credit(s): 3
CLD 395 - SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN COMMUNITY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Credit(s): 1 - 3 (Variable)
CLD 399 - EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN COMMUNITY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Credit(s): 1 - 3 (Variable)
CLD 400 - AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS Credit(s): 3
CLD 401 - PRINCIPLES OF COOPERATIVE EXTENSION Credit(s): 3
CLD 402 - PRINCIPLES OF LEADERSHIP Credit(s): 3
OR
EDL 402 - PRINCIPLES OF LEADERSHIP Credit(s): 3
CLD 403 - LEADERSHIP & COMMUNICATION Credit(s): 3
OR
EDL 403 - LEADERSHIP & COMMUNICATION Credit(s): 3
CLD 404 - CONTEMPORARY LEADERSHIP APPLICATIONS Credit(s): 3
OR
EDL 404 - CONTEMPORARY LEADERSHIP APPLICATIONS Credit(s): 3
CLD 410 ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Credit(s): 3
CLD 430 - LEADING IN COMMUNITIES: VISION, ACTION, AND CHANGE Credit(s): 3
CLD 470 - TOPICS IN LEADERSHIP: SUBTITLE REQUIRED Credit(s): 3 - 6 (Variable)
CLD 475 - TOPICS IN NON-FORMAL EDUCATION: SR Credit(s): 3
CLD 478 - ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAMMING IN COMMUNITY EDUCATION Credit(s): 3
OR
EDL 478 - ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAMMING IN COMMUNITY EDUCATION Credit(s): 3
CLD 479 - INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACHES IN COMMUNITY EDUCATION Credit(s): 3
OR
EDL 479 - INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACHES IN COMMUNITY EDUCATION Credit(s): 3
CLD 495 - TOPICAL SEMINAR IN COMMUNITY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT (SR) Credit(s): 1 - 3 (Variable)
CLD 501 - ADVANCED TOPICS IN COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE: (SR) Credit(s): 3
CLD 530 - FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANIZATIONAL LDRSHIP Credit(s): 3

Subtotal: Major Elective hours: 18

Specialty Support

In consultation with academic advisor’s approval, students will complete 30 credit hours in related areas at the 200 level or higher. To structure their learning experience, students are strongly encouraged to add the second major and/or a combination of minor(s) and undergraduate certificate(s). For the Advanced Studies option, students must complete 3 credit hours of 500-level non-CLD course(s) out of 30 credit hours.

Subtotal: Specialty Support: 30

Advanced Studies Option in CLD

Electives

Electives should be selected by the student to lead to the minimum total of 120 hours required for graduation

Community and Leadership Development, B.S.

Graduation Requirements

UK Core Requirements

I. Intellectual Inquiry in Arts and Creativity

II. Intellectual Inquiry in the Humanities

III. Intellectual Inquiry in the Social Sciences

IV. Intellectual Inquiry in the Natural, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences

V. Composition and Communication I

VI. Composition and Communication II

VII. Quantitative Foundations

VIII. Statistical Inferential Reasoning

IX. Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA