Bachelor [Leadership Studies] From University of Richmond

Careers and Outcomes

Where can leadership studies take students? Anywhere they want to go.

Students of the Jepson School pursue a wide variety of career paths and professions. A Jepson education fosters crucial skills employers are looking for in smart, well-versed students, enabling them to become successful employees and even bosses of their own companies. Jepson graduates pursue careers in business, education, health care, politics, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and more.

Some Jepson students choose to go to graduate or professional school immediately after graduation. Others seek advanced education after several years in the workforce. Many Jepson graduates are in management or leadership roles in their organizations.

Preparation for the Workplace

Competencies employers want include capacities for communication, critical thinking, ethics and social responsibility, self-managed learning, managing change, teamwork, leadership, and interpersonal skills. These competencies are gained in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies. Our courses develop skills employers say they need the most. Jepson graduates:

• examine the present by referring to the past
• master leadership theory
• translate theory into practice
• think critically
• listen actively
• communicate effectively
• imagine, create, and invent
• understand complex problems and see relationships between factors
• apply ethical reasoning to their actions and those of others
• mediate and negotiate conflicts
• understand how to lead change