Course Title: Leadership
Title Abbreviation: LEADERSHIP
Department: SOSC
Course #: 130
Credits: 2
Variable: No
IUs: 2
CIP: n/a
EPC: n/a
REV: 2018
Course Description
This course is designed for students who are interested in student leadership and how they can expand their knowledge in the following areas of: leadership theories, communication skills, integrity and ethical values, and improve their leadership skills.
Prerequisite
None
Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)
Lecture: 22
Lab: 0
Other: 0
Systems: 0
Clinical: 0
Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:
Academic Elective
Equivalencies At Other Institutions
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
General Education Learning Values & Outcomes
Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.
0. Application and Integration
Definition: Applying information from one or more disciplines and/or field experiences in new contexts (Outcome 0.1); developing integrated approaches or responses to personal, academic, professional, and social issues (Outcomes 0.2-0.5).
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 0.1 Apply theories and concepts studied in the classroom to field, clinical, shop, research, or laboratory settings. 0.4 Integrate concepts and analytical frameworks from multiple perspectives to develop one or more of the following: more comprehensive descriptions, multi-causal explanations, new interpretations, or deeper explorations of issues. 0.5 Analyze and reflect upon insights gained from integrating multiple perspectives in a purposeful project or experience.
1. Information Literacy
Definition: Recognizing when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 1.2 Access the needed information effectively, efficiently, ethically, and legally. 1.3 Evaluate information and its sources critically. 1.4 Evaluate issues (for example economic, legal, historic, social) surrounding the use of information. 1.5 Effectively integrate and use information ethically and legally to accomplish a specific purpose.
2. Critical Thinking
Definition: The ability to think critically about the nature of knowledge within a discipline and about the ways in which that knowledge is constructed and validated and to be sensitive to the ways these processes often vary among disciplines.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 2.3 Identify, interpret, and evaluate pertinent data and previous experience to reach conclusions. 2.4 Evaluate decisions by analyzing outcomes and the impact of actions. 2.8 Describe how one’s own preconceptions, biases and values affect one’s response to new and ambiguous situations. 2.9 Apply and/or create problem-solving strategies to successfully adapt to unpredictable and/or changing environments.
3. Communication
Definition: Understanding and producing effective written, spoken, visual, and non-verbal communication.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 3.2 Recognize, produce and demonstrate appropriate interpersonal, group, and public speaking skills. 3.3 Demonstrate effective listening skills. 3.4 Produce academic and/or professional writing and integrate it into written and spoken projects. 3.5 Recognize, comprehend, and use non-verbal behaviors appropriate to a given context. 3.6 Recognize, comprehend, and use visual communication appropriate to a given context.
4. Community & Cultural Diversity
Definition: Recognizing the value of human communities and cultures from multiple perspectives through a critical understanding of their similarities and differences.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 4.1 Identify and express concepts, terms, and issues associated with the diverse perspectives of race, social class, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities, and culture. 4.2 Understand, value and respect human differences and commonalities as they relate to issues of race, social class, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities and culture. 4.4 Demonstrate effective communication across differences in human communities and cultures. 4.6 Utilize ethical practice in relation to diverse communities and cultures for the promotion of equity and social justice.
5. Global & Local Awareness & Responsibility
Definition: Understanding the complexity and interdependence of, and stewardship responsibilities to, local and global communities and environments.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 5.2 Identify diverse communities and their shared/competing interests and develop strategies for prevention and resolution of conflict. 5.3 Understand the consequences of choices as they relate to local/global community and environmental issues. 5.5 Demonstrate ethical practices as part of stewardship to local/global communities and environments.
6. Individual Awareness & Responsibility
Definition: Understanding, managing, and taking responsibility for one’s learning and behavior in varied and changing environments.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 6.1 Identify ethical and healthy choices and apply these personally, socially, academically, and professionally. 6.2 Demonstrate standards of professionalism in manner, appearance, and setting appropriate to the context, including the classroom, workplace, and community. 6.3 Apply successful organizational strategies of planning, goal setting, prioritizing, resolving conflict, and managing time to specific goals and/or projects. 6.4 Use self-reflection to recognize and define a sense of self-identity in personal, social/gender, and/or cultural/global terms and in relationship to others. 6.5 Develop self-monitoring and self-advocacy skills to effect positive life changes.
10. Technology
Definition: Understanding the role of technology in society and using technology appropriately and effectively.
Outcomes: Students will be able to . . . 10.4 Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of technology in one’s personal and professional life.
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