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Leadership and Management Minor

The world is changing quickly.

The best solutions to our toughest challenges lie in new and novel approaches. At the same time, a just and innovative society demands a new kind of leader. 

Tufts Gordon Institute’s new Leadership and Management Minor aims to provide graduates with the skills and mindset to lead society through the challenges of tomorrow. This new minor delivers the relevant, foundational, personal, and professional competencies that students need to be impactful members of society as they launch their careers.

Students who earn the minor will develop a range of essential leadership competencies. Through the Leadership and Management Minor, you will:

  • Gain the mindset and skillset needed to meet the challenges facing tomorrow's aspiring leaders
  • Make effective plans for personal and professional finance aligned to life stages and informed by best practice in financial literacy
  • Apply effective written and oral communications skills throughout the span of a personal and professional life
  • Integrate a career focus by planning a career pathway aligned with personal and professional goals
  • Build the appropriate mindset and skillset to equip you for a life with purpose
  • Develop essential marketing skills to deliver personal and professional success

*This minor was developed out of the Foundations of Future Leadership minor (FFL) and as of Fall 2024, will replace the FFL. As a result, the credit value and other course details of some courses on this webpage have changed. Students who matriculated prior to Fall 2024 who wish to complete the FFL minor will have the option to, or can opt to complete the new L&M minor instead. Interested students may email TGIstudent@tufts.edu to schedule an advising session to discuss these options.

George Blount, Lecturer, Tufts Gordon Institute

Our aim is to help the next generation of leaders, whatever their chosen career path, to develop the skills and mindset to make a real difference in the world and take from their Tufts education a sense of profound purpose to use their leadership skills for the benefit of all of society.

George Blount, Lecturer, Mastering Money, Tufts Gordon Institute

Earning the Minor: 3 Core Courses + 1 Elective

This minor is open to students in Tufts School of Engineering, School of Arts and Sciences, and School of the Museum of Fine Arts. 

To receive this minor:

  1. Students must complete a minimum of 15 credits.
  2. Students are required to complete the following: 
    1. The Foundation course: TML 010 Preparing New and Aspiring Leaders (3 credits)
    2. At least 6 credits of Core courses from the following list:
      1. TML 011 Mastering Money: Developing Financial Literacy (3 credits)
      2. TML 013 Essentials of Marketing (3 credits)
      3. TML 014 Planning Your Career Pathway (2 credits)
      4. TML 015 Living a Life with Purpose (2 credits)
      5. TML 112 Personal and Professional Communication Skills (3 credits)
    3. Electives: Courses selected from the TML, EM, or ENT to complete a total of at least 15 credits for the minor. To see available courses, visit Tufts Gordon Institute’s portfolio of courses.