Students are provided with immersive opportunities to learn from industry professionals about crisis prevention and response by examining leadership throughout the crisis cycle: from identification, prevention, and preparation, to response, recovery, and rebuilding. The course brings together the study and practice of leadership with promising practices in disaster preparedness and data informed decision-making. This course will examine how leadership has been enacted to help local, national, and global communities navigate through pandemics, disasters, and other humanitarian crises. Students will develop capacities for informed leadership in times of crisis and develop an understanding for applying these skills in a variety of settings.