LEADS | LEARN BY DOING
Build skills. Gain experience. Make connections.
LEADS helps you turn what you learn in the classroom into skills, experience, and connections that prepare you for what comes next.
Through innovative, hands-on courses and experiences, you’ll work with real organizations, real challenges, and real people while developing the skills to think creatively, solve problems, and adapt to what’s ahead.
FIND YOUR LEADS
What do you want to do?
LEADS gives you flexible ways to explore your interests, develop career-ready skills and gain experience.
Choose an individual LEADS class that fits your goals or build your experience over time through the LEADS Certificate in Innovative Thinking and Problem Solving.
With LEADS, you can:
- Explore new interests beyond your major
- Build career-ready skills you can use in any field
- Gain real-world experience through internships, research, community projects, and more
- Connect with faculty, professionals, organizations, and community partners
- Create solutions to real-world challenges
- Prepare for what’s next – whether that’s a career, graduate school, or something you haven’t discovered yet
LEADS IS FOR YOU
LEADS is open to all majors and all stages of your undergraduate journey. Take an individual class, explore different opportunities, or work toward the LEADS Certificate in Innovative Thinking and Problem Solving. Whether you’re a new first-year student, continuing student, or transfer student, there’s a place for you.

