Personal Leadership for Social Change

Catalog description

Leadership is the ability to influence a group of people towards a goal. Leading, however, is not just telling others what to do, it requires a multifaceted process that hinges on human relationships. In this course, students will begin to unravel the complexities of the leadership process as they work to increase their own personal, professional, and academic leadership capacities through application of self, empathic understanding, and knowledge of theoretical leadership practices. Leadership theories and styles will be identified and discussed with a focus on the relational leadership model. Students will learn through reading, reflection, discussion, identification, formal assessment and evaluation of leadership in context.