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Degree Requirements

The LEAD co-major will help you become a principled decision-maker and effective leader in a global business environment by preparing you to:

  • Recognize and manage legal risks and opportunities in your chosen industry or profession.
  • Understand and evaluate your own and others’ reasoning.
  • Form sound judgments about complex ethical issues. 
  • Construct, advocate, and defend strong arguments.

Planning Your LEAD Co-Major

The Undergraduate Program provides complete information about undergraduate degree requirements, including comprehensive information about the curriculum. Contact the Kelley Undergraduate Advising Office for the most up-to-date information and to make sure that you are on track to complete needed courses.

How to apply

Degree requirements

Note: Law, Ethics, & Decision-Making is a second major only. It must be declared in conjunction with another Kelley major (not with another a co-major).

Required Grades and GPA: Grade of C or higher for each course counting toward the Law, Ethics, & Decision-Making Co-Major. Major GPA of 2.0 or higher—GPA includes all courses counting toward the Law, Ethics, & Decision-Making Co-Major.


All 300/400 business courses must be taken on the IU Bloomington campus or must be pre-authorized as a part of an approved study abroad program.

Required Courses (6 credit hours)

  • BUS-L 304 Critical Thinking, Decision-Making, and Advocacy
  • BUS-L 305 Business Planning and Corporate Law
  • BUS-L 360 Topics in Business Ethics: The Law of Compliance
  • BUS-L 413 Applied Dispute Resolution

Electives (6 credit hours)

Students must complete at least one elective course option from the Global Electives list.

Global Electives (3–6 credit hours)

  • BUS-L 302 Sustainability Law & Policy
  • BUS-L 313 Cultural Norms & Peace Building Through Business
  • BUS-L 314 International Business Law
  • BUS-L 318 Business and Poverty Alleviation
  • BUS-L 319 Climate Change Law & Policy
  • BUS-L 390 Law, Ethics, & Decision-Making Topics Abroad

Additional Elective Options (0–3 credit hours)

  • BUS-L 310 Law of Personal Financial Planning
  • BUS-L 315 The Business and Law of Entertainment and Sports
  • BUS-L 408 Real Estate Law
  • BUS-M 429 Legal Aspects of Marketing

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