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 Department:    BUS

 Course #:    293

 Credits:    6

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    5.5

 CIP:    n/a

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2021

 Course Description  

Learn from local leaders about the history and legacies of Whidbey Island and the critical topics and initiatives in local government, ecology, economy, arts, culture, and education. Apply systems thinking, justice, inclusion, and equity to understanding these topics. Gain awareness of leadership frameworks while developing a personal leadership practice. Develop as a leader through self-awareness, values clarification, building on strengths, speaking in public, practicing conflict resolution, and behaviors that build strong teams and engage diverse communities. Directly apply leadership skills to choose, plan, and complete a service project.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: None.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 55

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 11

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Supplementary Elective  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Describe models of a more just, healthy, and sustainable community.
2. Recognize historical roots and systemic factors that influence current possibilities for a community.
3. Articulate a personal framework and a reflective practice for leadership.
4. Practice listening for understanding, storytelling, collaborative problem-solving, and public speaking.
5. Claim a local leadership challenge and identify the relationships, resources, and skills needed to impact this challenge.
6. Engage with a network of community leaders who share a common goal of community stewardship.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2018 and affects outlines for 2019 and later.

Integrate

Definition: Apply knowledge, skills, and methodologies from multiple disciplines.

Engage

Definition: Interact with humans and the environment informed by an understanding of equity.

Course Contents

1. Whidbey Island history, community leadership legacies, and assets.
2. Complex problems, systems and design thinking.
3. Models for just, healthy and sustainable community.
4. Leadership frameworks.
5. Leadership as a reflective practice.
6. Self-care.
7. Inclusive community engagement.
8. Strategies to promote conversation inclusive of divergent perspectives and/or values, and engage collaborative problem-solving.
9. Public speaking.
10. Team Development.
11. Current issues and opportunities in governance, ecology, economy, art, culture, education.
12. Stewardship, Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.