Students who complete all of the required elements of the E-Lead Program earn a Concentration in Innovation Leadership (12 credits).

Students who wish to pursue the Concentration in Innovation Leadership through the E-Lead program must apply for admission to the program. Space is limited and applications are only accepted from students in their second year. To be eligible to apply for the program, students must:

• Be enrolled as a second-year, full-time student at Marquette 
  • All credits that pertain to this standing must be earned while enrolled as a college student, not as a credit (i.e., AP) earned in high school
  • Transfer students must have three years remaining on campus to complete the program
• Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.800/4.000 at time of application and maintained throughout the program
• Be in good academic and disciplinary standing with the university at the time of application and maintained throughout the program

Applications and all pertinent deadlines are published at the beginning of each fall term on the E-Lead Program website. Students are asked to submit responses to several short answer questions and a current resume. Once applications are received, a selection committee comprised of faculty, staff, and industry leaders reviews applications and selects the top candidates for an interview. 

Only full-time Marquette University undergraduate students, accepted into the E-Lead program, may register for E-Lead classes.  Students must meet all prerequisites before registering for a course offered in the program.

Students may be dropped from the program if they:

• Miss any required elements of the program

• Earn below a C in any of the required E-Lead courses

• Are not applying the course work to leadership endeavors

Required program elements include:

• Three seminars and three experiential courses

• Participation in a professional experience such as an internship, a co-op, a clinical rotation, undergraduate research, etc. (to be secured by the student outside of the program)

• Opportunities to shadow industry leaders

• Participation in a week-long off-campus leadership institute typically held the last week of winter break prior to the start of the first course in the program (spring term of sophomore year)

• Creation of a Personal Leadership Development Portfolio

• Completion of a senior capstone project leading innovation

Required courses: