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.

Encourages students to explore the ethical demands of leadership. Through the examination of moral and ethical frameworks, students will develop their efficacy in analyzing multiple perspectives, decision-making, and navigating complexity. This course focuses on values-based leadership and one's responsibilities and commitments in the context of leadership for the common good and for purposeful change. The course assists students in identifying and examining ethical leadership as it relates to values, authenticity, context, controversy, and dilemmas.

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. In LEAD 320 (2-credits), students will have the opportunity to conduct a semester-long project to increase their knowledge and understanding of a social issue of their interest, and design resources and an action plan for engaging in work related to this social issue in their own communities.