Recreation Leadership Minor

All students interested in developing their abilities to lead, facilitate, program, instruct, and manage risk are encouraged to complete a minor in recreation leadership Studies during their time at Calvin University. Students selecting the recreation leadership minor will experience the Calvin campus as a learning lab. Along with on-campus courses, students travel well beyond the traditional classroom setting, exploring the rich and powerful experiential context of national and global field courses, community based internships, adventure programming, and/or wilderness-based learning contexts. Recreation leadership minors will develop proficiency in a highly transferable leader skill sets; group facilitation, instruction, programming, risk management, development of teams, management of group dynamics, conflict management and resolution, and development of individual self-efficacy.

The recreation leadership minor exists to empower Calvin students to

• Develop a philosophy of leadership based in virtue ethics and distinct Christian perspectives;
• understand the transformative impact of good leadership in the lives of individuals and groups;
• create a servant leadership disposition centered in stewardship, empathy, and individual development;
• cultivate a signature style of leading that capitalizes on assets and strengths and develops liabilities;
• be a part of collaborative leadership projects that bring curriculum to life, through real-world projects;
• build and test leader-craft through leader roles in outcomes-based opportunities and programs; and
• build leadership efficacy; competence and confidence, though complex skill acquisition.