Courses - Spring 2023
HESI
Higher Ed, Student Affairs, and International Ed Policy
HESI217
Introduction to Leadership
Restriction: Freshman standing; or sophomore standing.
Credit only granted for: LEAD217 or HESI217.
Formerly: HESI217.
Surveys the study and practice of leadership and provides students with a variety of experiences to wrestle with large leadership questions. What is leadership? Who can be a leader? How is leadership an important aspect of understanding self and others? Students will explore and respond to these questions through a variety of leadership theories and models, self-assessments, critical reflection, active-learning, group projects, and research. The course will introduce students to critical theory and critical perspectives of leadership to help students broaden their perspectives on leadership and develop more complex thought and practice of leadership.
Students must pay a $32.00 materials fee. Contact leadershipstudies leadershipstudies@umd.edu with questions.
HESI318E
Applied Contextual Leadership; Exploring Strengths and Values for Effective Leadership
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Students with previous credit for HESI418E Strengths-Based Leadership are not eligible to take this course. Contact leadershipstudies@umd.edu with questions.
Students will explore strengths and values of individuals and teams to better understand how to engage in effective, collaborative leadership. Tools such as the Gallup Organization's Clifton Strengths Assessment will be used with a critical lens. Themes ofteamwork, problem-solving, coaching others, and conflict resolution are woven throughout the course.
Students will explore strengths and values of individuals and teams to better understand how to engage in effective, collaborative leadership. Tools such as the Gallup Organization's Clifton Strengths Assessment will be used with a critical lens. Themes ofteamwork, problem-solving, coaching others, and conflict resolution are woven throughout the course.
HESI318G
Applied Contextual Leadership; Greek Presidents Class
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Course restricted to Fraternity and Sorority Presidents. For permission, please contact Tyler Huddleston at thuddles@umd.edu
HESI318J
Applied Contextual Leadership; Exploring Leadership through Sport
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Examine contemporary leadership theories and effective leadership practice through the lens of sport, sports organizations, and the sports industry at large. Students will analyze leadership approaches and innovations in athletics, as well as leadership applications to current trends and issues in sport such as mental health, athletic activism, and player/team experience. Students will have the opportunity to engage with current and former sports industry leaders as a part of a class consulting project.
HESI318O
Applied Contextual Leadership; Orientation Leader
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Permission of department.
HESI318R
Applied Contextual Leadership; Foundations and Applications of Challenge Course Theory and Instruction
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Permission of Instructor needed. Required course to become a Challenge Course facilitator with the RecWell Adventure Program. Contact Meghan Loughry at mloughry@umd.edu to schedule an interview.
HESI318T
Applied Contextual Leadership; Foundations and Applications of Adventure Leadership Instruction
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Permission of Instructor needed. Required course to become an Adventure Trip Leader with the RecWell Adventure Program. Contact Amanda Preperato at aprep@umd.edu to schedule an interview.
HESI321
Advanced Social Action Seminar
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: HESI217 or LEAD217; and HESI315 or LEAD315; and HESI320 or LEAD320.
Restriction: Must be in the Leadership Studies Minor or Leadership Studies Certificate program.
Credit only granted for: HESI321 or LEAD321.
Formerly: HESI321.
Additional information: May fulfill a requirement for Leadership Studies Certificate only if taken sequentially with LEAD 320 course.
The purpose of the Social Action Sequence (LEAD 320 & LEAD 321) is to examine the connections between leadership and social change, and learn how our own leadership knowledge and practice can be used to advance progress toward more just and equitable communities. Together we will explore socially-responsible approaches to leadership as the groundwork for this sequence. In LEAD 321 (1-credit), students will implement their action plan for regular engagement in their community related to their chosen social issue, practicing leadership approaches and skills to advance social change within their spheres of influence.
This course includes occasional live virtual meetings with dates/times TBD once students are enrolled. Contact leadershipstudies@umd.edu for permission to enroll.
HESI417
Leadership Studies Capstone
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: HESI217 or LEAD217; and HESI315 or LEAD315.
Restriction: Permission of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education department required; Restricted to students in Leadership Studies Minor and Certificate only .
Credit only granted for: LEAD417 or HESI417.
Formerly: HESI417.
As the final academic experience in the Leadership Studies Minor/Certificate, this seminar is designed to be both retrospective and integrative, encouraging you to synthesize relevant concepts and experiences and to formulate your own informed perspective on the implications of leadership. This course will serve as a place to critically think about the field of leadership studies and the implications of leadership in multiple settings for life-long practice. You will be expected to demonstrate skill in analysis of pertinent literature, write with purpose and clarity, facilitate the learning and development of others, and engage in thoughtful group discussion. In this seminar, you will submit scholarly products to demonstrate a mature understanding of your leadership trajectory in past, present and future contexts.
Capstone course for students in the Leadership Studies Program. Contact leadershipstudies@umd.edu for permission to enroll.
HESI418V
Special Topics in Leadership; Global Leadership in a Virtual Context
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
This is a Global Classrooms course, developed in partnership with the Office of International Affairs (OIA) to provideopportunities or virtual, project-based, international collaboration. Lemore Global Classrooms: go.umd.edu/gci. In this course, UMD students areplaced on virtual teams with students from an international institution explore cross-cultural leadership. Students will be expectedto meet forlive online sessions 5-7 times out of the semester, likely on Friday evenings, to accommodate time zone differences with ourinternational partners. Live meeting dates/times will be confirmed with enrolled students closer to the start of the semester. All other coursework will be online asynchronous. Contact leadershipstudies@umd.edu with questions.
HESI421
Leadership and the Black Community
Credit only granted for: HESI418B or HESI421.
Formerly: HESI 418B.
Examines leadership from the perspective of the African American experience. Specifically, we will explore the concept and differing meanings of "leader and leadership" within the African-American community in the United States. Issues of leaders and leadership will be examined as influenced by political, cultural, and historic events. The course will place particular emphasis on colleges and universities as a microcosm of the larger society and as a cultural site for exploring and assessing issues of African American leadership.
HESI422
Women and Leadership
Credit only granted for: HESI418G or HESI422.
Formerly: HESI418G.
The primary goal of this course is for students to develop an understanding of women's leadership and women's ways of influencing organizations. The course will rely heavily on the idea that you must know yourself first before you explore how "you" fit into the organization and how that organization fits into a broader context such as nation, culture, or community. We will talk about the social constructs of leadership and gender, including systems and structures, and the role media, television, movies, and sports play in defining women and their leadership in a cultural context. The exploration of women leaders will be broad based including the role that gender identity and expression, race, sexual orientation, country of origin, and ethnicity/culture play in women's definition and the expression of their leadership.
HESI424
Leadership and the Jewish Community
Credit only granted for: HESI418F or HESI424.
Formerly: HESI418F.
Offers students the opportunity to critically examine leadership and leadership identity development in relation to Jewish culture and identity. Explores how Jewish culture and ethnicity influence leadership styles and the role that leadership has played within Jewish history. Students will explore general leadership theories as well as personal leadership identity development in both an overall sense and as a member of the Jewish community. Examines leaders within the Jewish movement and how their leadership has influenced Jewish communities and explores issues facing the Jewish community both on college campuses and in the world and prepare student leaders to act as advocates for the Jewish community.
HESI489
Field Experiences in Higher Education, Student Affairs, and International Education Policy
Credits:
1 - 4
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
HESI655
Organizational Dimensions of Student Affairs
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg
Prerequisite: EDCP610; or permission of EDUC-Counseling, Higher Education and Special Education department.
Credit only granted for: EDCP655 or HESI655.
Formerly: EDCP655.
Exploration of leadership and organizational change of student affairs programs in post-secondary education.
HESI771
The College Student
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Credit only granted for: EDCP771 or HESI771.
Formerly: EDCP771.
A demographic study of the characteristics of college students as well as a study of their aspirations, values, and purposes.
This is a Global Classrooms course, developed in partnership with the Office of International Affairs (OIA) to provide opportunities for virtual, project-based, international collaboration. Learn more about Global Classrooms: go.umd.edu/gci.
HESI773
Designing Qualitative Research in Counseling and Student Affairs Contexts
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Credit only granted for: EDCP773 or HESI773.
Formerly: EDCP773.
Introduction to philosophical and epistemological foundations, methodologies and methods associated with qualitative research designs appropriate in student affairs and counseling contexts.
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