Leadership Strategies and Skills for Professional Development

Catalog description

Through a series of lectures, guided interaction, and group exercises, students will be prepared for their transition from college into either graduate school or a career by enhancing the professional development and leadership skills necessary to be successful. This course is an interdisciplinary team approach to empowering students academically, civically, and professionally through leadership training development, skills enrichment, networking, and collaboration. This classroom setting will serve as an arena for the exchange of information, activities, and exercises relative to academic readiness, self‐exploration, character building, communication, organizational development, leadership styles, practices, networking/coalition building, collaborative leadership/organizational activities, understanding of the key dimensions of leadership in diverse cultures and contexts, and theories. This a 1-credit class for students of all disciplines currently holding or has an interest in university student leadership positions. The course will cover topics such as: career exploration, graduate school preparation, money management, job search strategies, and leadership and community development.