Leadership Studies (LDST)

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Courses

Courses primarily for undergraduates:

Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.

Designed for emerging student leaders. Basic leadership skills covering personal skills development, goal achievement, values-based behaviors and mission statement development. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Introduce effective leadership practices for emerging leaders. Engage in experiential campus leadership opportunities. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Independent study in leadership studies. Graduation Restriction: No more than 6 credits of LDST 2900 or LDST 4900 may count toward graduation. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-4. Contact Hours: Discussion 2, Lecture 2.
Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.

Understand leading change and analyzing social issues through meaningful experiential learning. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-4. Contact Hours: Lecture 4.
Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.

Understand leading change and analyzing social issues through meaningful experiential learning with a U.S. Diversity focus. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-4. Contact Hours: Lecture 4.
Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.

Understand leading change and analyzing social issues through meaningful experiential learning with an international perspectives focus. Meets International Perspectives Requirement. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Special projects for the Leadership Studies Program. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Critical examination of historical and contemporary leadership theory. Apply leadership theory to practice. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Experiential opportunity to understand, develop, and apply diversity-informed leadership practices. Meets U.S. Diversity Requirement. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

(Cross-listed with WGS 3330).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: Sophomore classification
An intersectional approach to understanding gender and leadership as it relates to women from various races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations and abilities. Meets U.S. Diversity Requirement.

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Development of an intercultural mindset and leadership practice in international contexts. An analysis and development of global leadership capacities. Typically Offered: Fall (irregularly), Spring (annually), Summer (annually). Meets International Perspectives Requirement.

Credits: 1-3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.

Seminar on special topics, research, or theory in leadership studies. Students must register for a different topic each time. Offered irregularly. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: LDST 3010 or LDST 3220 or Permission of Instructor
Analysis of adaptive leadership theory to inform practice, with emphasis on ethical leadership and creating change. (Typically Offered: Spring)

(Cross-listed with WGS 4880).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Research on gender and leadership in selected content areas (e.g., business, education, politics and public service, and popular culture). Following an overview of quantitative and qualitative methods and critical analyses of journal articles on gender and leadership, students work individually or in groups in selected content areas to write and present papers.

Credits: 1-3. Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Independent study in leadership studies. Graduation Restriction: No more than 6 credits of LDST 2900 or LDST 4900 may count toward graduation. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)