An interdisciplinary approach to personal leadership
development and civic engagement. Personal leadership
exploration and development are accomplished utilizing a
service-learning activity.
Athena Title
Leadership and Service
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall, spring and summer
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will define leadership in the context of personal, organizational and community development.
Students will explain how various leadership theories and approaches can be utilized in personal, organizational and communal contexts.
Students will plan a service-learning experience within a team that addresses a felt need within the community.
Students will leverage the leadership talents and abilities of self and others to accomplish developmental goals.
Students will evaluate one's effectiveness with leveraging the leadership talents and abilities of team members to accomplish developmental goals in personal, organizational and communal contexts.
Topical Outline
Defining Leadership
Planning a Team Service Learning Project
Recognizing Your Traits
Developing Leadership Skills
Understanding Leadership Styles
Attending to Tasks and Relationships
Engaging Team members' Strengths
Creating a Vision
Working with Groups
Managing Conflict
Embracing Diversity and Inclusion
Addressing Ethics in Leadership
Exploring Destructive Leadership
Institutional Competencies
Leadership & Collaboration
The capacity to engage in the relational process of optimizing personal and collective strengths toward a common goal.
