The LEAD Program

The LEAD Program

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Classes

What are your classes?

You will need to take the following classes along with your other scheduled general education classes to make a complete schedule.

Downtown Phoenix campus fall classes

Fall classes	Description
ASU 120 (3 credits) Emerging Leaders	LEAD I is a 2-semester course progression where learners apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to some of the most pressing challenges facing ourselves and our society. Through inquiry, debate, collaboration, argumentation, systematic evaluation, and invention, learners will improve academic confidence, personal leadership, and mental flexibility.
UNI 120 (1 credit) Academic Success	Assists students in creating strategies for success in their academic lives. Students explore personal and academic strengths and barriers that impact success, identify and utilize university resources available to support success at ASU, acquire and enhance academic skills necessary for success in the university, and discover ways to stay on course to meet academic goals.
CRJ 100 (3 credits) Introduction to Criminal Justice	Class for Public Service students that examines the history and current practice of the criminal justice system. Roles of law enforcement agencies, courts and correctional agencies.
ASU 101 (1 credit) The ASU Experience	Students will learn about ASU's mission as the New American University, the importance and benefits of an entrepreneurial approach to problem solving, solutions to sustainability challenges, and the importance of social embeddedness. Additionally, through various course discussions and assignments, students will examine the concept of academic integrity and its potential impact on their future, gain awareness of the value of engaging in research activities, and learn about taking an interdisciplinary perspective.

Polytechnic campus fall classes

Fall classes	Description
ASU 120 (3 credits) Emerging Leaders	LEAD I is a 2-semester course progression where learners apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to some of the most pressing challenges facing ourselves and our society. Through inquiry, debate, collaboration, argumentation, systematic evaluation, and invention, learners will improve academic confidence, personal leadership, and mental flexibility.

Tempe campus fall classes

Fall classes	Description
ASU 120 (3 credits) Emerging Leaders I	LEAD I is a 2-semester course progression where learners apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to some of the most pressing challenges facing ourselves and our society. Through inquiry, debate, collaboration, argumentation, systematic evaluation, and invention, learners will improve academic confidence, personal leadership, and mental flexibility.
MAT 117 (3 credits) College Algebra	Linear functions, quadratic functions, general polynomial functions, rational functions, systems of linear equations, logarithmic and exponential functions.
COM 100 (3 credits) Introduction to Human Communication	Topics-oriented introduction to basic theories, dimensions, and concepts of human communicative interaction and behavior.

West Valley campus fall classes

Fall classes	Description
ASU 120 (3 credits) Emerging Leaders I	LEAD I is a 2-semester course progression where learners apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to some of the most pressing challenges facing ourselves and our society. Through inquiry, debate, collaboration, argumentation, systematic evaluation, and invention, learners will improve academic confidence, personal leadership, and mental flexibility.
UNI 120 (1 credit) Academic Success	Assists students in creating strategies for success in their academic lives. Students explore personal and academic strengths and barriers that impact success, identify and utilize university resources available to support success at ASU, acquire and enhance academic skills necessary for success in the university, and discover ways to stay on course to meet academic goals.
NEW 101 (1 credit) New College Experience	Introduces students to the unique elements, culture, challenges and opportunities of the university. Covers several core topics, including how to be successful at ASU, what it means to be a New College student, understanding interdisciplinarity, the significance of academic integrity, academic skill building, advising, discovering your major and/or career, along with the ASU West Valley campus first-year student Community Read.