The Presidents Leadership Class has three sets of requirements for program completion. Â鶹ÒùÔº must complete all of the requirements to graduate with a certificate of completion and to become a part of the PLC alumni community. Please explore the requirements below.

  • Academic Requirements
  • Experiential Requirements
  • Service Requirements

In addition to these requirements, we have expectations and policies that students should follow and display during the completion of the requirements listed above.

PLC Expectations & Policies

Academics

First Year Courses

First-year students must take both courses during their first year in the program. Lectures and recitations are taken with their cohort.

  • PRLC 1810 (fall semester)
  • PRLC 1820 (spring semester)

Multi-Level Leadership

Â鶹ÒùÔº must take one of the following courses:

  • PRLC 2820 (fall only)
  • ENLP 3100 (few PLC spots)
  • PRLC 4010: Maymester at CU Boulder
  • PRLC 4010R: Science Policy - Maymester

Global Level Leadership

Â鶹ÒùÔº must take one of the following courses:

  • PRLC 3810 (fall only)
  • PRLC 4010: Maymester at CU Boulder

ALE Course

Â鶹ÒùÔº must take one of the following courses to get full credit for their ALE:

  • PRLC 2930-801 (fall and spring) - PLC only - non-student staff
  • PRLC 2930 - 800 - (fall and spring) - PLC student staff course

LSM Capstone

Â鶹ÒùÔº must take the LSM capstone to earn the minor

  • LEAD 4000 - offered both semesters, many sections

Leadership Studies Minor

Experiential Learning

Deep Dives

Two Deep Dive trips are required in PLC. Deep Dives are multi-day explorations into complex topics involving speaker panels, travel to relevant locations, group discussions, relevant service, and complementary activities. PLC recommends you complete one Deep Dive in your first year. You can save the second Deep Dive for when it best fits your schedule.

Applied Leadership Experience - ALE

One ALE and the accompanying course PRLC 2930 are required in PLC. Â鶹ÒùÔº will participate in applied experiences throughout their undergraduate careers. One of these experiences will become a PLC ALE - an applied experience enhanced by a structure that insists on attention to goals, receiving and learning from feedback, reflection through individual and group analysis, intention on the future application of skills, and lessons learned.

Student Staff

The Student Staff helps the professional staff and faculty implement programming throughout the academic year to enrich the experience of their peers. Student Staff is a long-held tradition and remains popular among PLCers. The staff is typically ~35 students fulfilling different positions depending on their interests, strengths, and program needs. The staff is a team of teams with focuses ranging from academic curriculum to mental health advocacy and service projects.

Service

2024-25 Service Coordinators

Sante Crutcher

Lauren Caldwell

Ella Winger

Requirements

  • 10 hours of service per PLC student per academic year.
  • Academic Year (AY) = first week of classes in August -  last week of classes in May.
  • PLC commits to planning enough events and volunteer opportunities for you to succeed.
  • Attendance and participation will be tracked at all events by Service Coordinator

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Partners

Colorado Young Leaders

The Buffalo Bicycle Classic 

Boulderthon

Volunteer Resource Center

PB N’ Luvin through Wesley Fellowship

See the PLC Now for sign-ups and more information on events with these partners