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| Course Descriptions |
| Courses for Undergraduate
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LDRS 300 Introduction
to Leadership Concepts (3) This course will actively engage
students in the acquisition of information about historical and contemporary
theories, concepts, and issues associated with leadership. Students
will be exposed to the nature of leadership through presentation of
objective material, group activities, and laboratory exercises.
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LDRS 302 Introduction
to Leadership Behavior (3) An interdisciplinary course designed
to introduce the student to the tasks, strategies, and skills of effective
leadership. Course activities will move the student from theory to
the practical processes of leadership. Basic concepts essential to
personal skills development and organizational leadership behavior
are included. Requisites: PR, LDRS 300, or PERM.
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LDRS 310 Field
Work in Leadership Studies (3) This interdisciplinary course
is designed to provide the student with an awareness and understanding
of current issues relating to the nature and tasks of collaborative
leadership behavior. The student is asked to identify an issue or
problem and practice leadership by developing and implementing a community
project. Requisites: PR, LDRS 300, LDRS 302, or PERM.
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LDRS 450 Advanced Leadership Behaviors (3) The behaviors and skill necessary to be effective
at doing leadership will be explored through both
the leader and follower perspectives. Advanced
influence, motivation, decision-making, conflict/negotiation strategies and meeting management
will be examined primarily in the interpersonal
context. Course materials and activities will
challenge students to connect theory to practice. Requisites: PR, LDRS 300, LDRS 302, or PERM.
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LDRS 420 Women and Leadership (3) Current issues and trends of women and leadership will be examined from historical to contemporary and from social to personal perspectives. Requisites: Junior/Senior standing or PERM
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LDRS 490 Topics
in Leadership Studies + (1-3) Courses will provide in-depth
study of a particular topic in the study of leadership behavior.
Course title and topic of study will be displayed in the class schedule.
For example:
- Supervisory Leadership
- Youth Leadership Training
- Ethical Leadership
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LDRS 640 Principles of Civic Leadership (3) This course is designed to provide the student
with a deeper understanding of the major
components and principles of civic leadership.
Classroom activities examine the leadership
process in the context of community and society.
This approach encourages ordinary citizens to
take responsibility, organize, and build
coalitions for the purpose of effecting social
change. Requisites: PR, LDRS 300, LDRS 302, or PERM.
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LDRS 650 Principles
of Organizational Leadership (3) This course is designed
to provide students with the basic principles and elements of the
growing Organizational Leadership discipline. Leadership theories
and behaviors are examined in the context of the modern organization.
Requisites: PR, LDRS 300, LDRS 302, or PERM.
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LDRS 651 Readings
in Leadership Studies + (3) Directed readings on a specific
topic in leadership. Requisites: PERM.
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LDRS 670 Leadership
and Personal Development (3) The primary aim for this course
is to engage in the examination of group processes, motivation, communication,
decision-making, the use or abuse of power/politics, and conflict
resolution skills as prime factors effecting leadership. A major objective
of the course is to help the students to evaluate their leadership
skills and work to improve them. Requisites: PR, LDRS 302 or PERM.
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| LDRS 677 Internship
in Leadership Studies + (3) This course is designed for students
in their final stage of the Major in Organizational Leadership or
Minor in Leadership Studies. Activities include practical experience
in an organization that will allow a student to exercise, observe,
and appreciate leadership behavior. Requisites: PR, LDRS 300, LDRS
302, LDRS 310, or PERM. |
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| Courses for Graduate
Credit |
LDRS 800 Principles
of Organizational Leadership (3) This course is designed
to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to be
effective in a variety of organizational settings. Students will develop
a deep understanding of how organizations function and what role leaders
at all levels can play to improve organizational performance. Course
materials and activities will focus on the human behavior in organizations,
the role leadership plays in organizational life, and the processes
of organizational change and improvement. (Offered now under
IDS 880)
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LDRS 806 Teambuilding,
Teamwork, and Team Leading (3)
The evolving workplace relies more heavily on workplace collaboration
through teaming. This course seeks to expose students to the diverse
theories of teaming as well as give instruction on teaming skills
essential to workplace success. Students should have a greater understanding
of their own collaborative teaming abilities upon completion. (Offered
now under IDS 880)
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LDRS 810 Leadership
Assessment and Intervention (3) A course designed to increase
students abilities to diagnose organizational leadership and to inject
appropriate change, as leadership challenges dictate. The leadership
assessment portion of the class takes the student through the process
of identifying what they intend to study, to developing a research
project, to implementing a method, and analyzing the results. The
intervention portion of the class moves students into the role of
change agent as they prescribe fixes based on their diagnosis. Constant
monitoring and follow-up completes the intervention process. The course
is designed to give students a better understanding of how consultants
study and change organizations, as such, this course is very practical
and involves a deep commitment to working for a client. Leadership
assessment and intervention is a course designed for advanced undergraduate
students and graduate students.
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LDRS 812 Advanced
Leadership Theories (3) An advanced course required of students
completing the organizational leadership concentration in the MLS
Program. This course is offered to students that have excelled in
the core classes and other organizational leadership courses, thus
this course is designed as a capstone educational opportunity. The
expectations are stringent, but the rewards are obvious -- you will
learn much more about where leadership comes from. This course, unlike
others you have had, will challenge you to gain depth of knowledge
in leadership theory by looking at the original works of leadership
theorists. We can only truly know where to go if we have an understanding
of where we have come from.
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| LDRS 870 Reading in Organizational Leadership (3) Students will develop a research question, intensively review selected readings and critical research to provide a foundation for answering this question, and then provide implications addressing the material reviewed. The instructor and students will agree upon the research question and develop a plan creating a basis for answering the question and providing recommendations for further review. |
| LDRS 880 Seminar in Organizational Leadership: Ethical Leadership (3) Students will conduct an in-depth examination of a particular topic in the study of organizational leadership. Course title and topic of the study will be displayed in the class schedule. |
LDRS 890 Internship in Organizational Leadership (3) This course is designed for students in their fianl stages of the Master of Liberal Studies program. Activites include practical experience in an organization which will allow the student to participate in a meaningful leadership experience.
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| LDRS 895 Research Project in Organizational Leadership (3) This course is an individual study of a selected problem relating to leadership theory, organizational leadership, leadership development, or leadership education. |
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