2022-2023 leadership in different cultures by visiting important areas, exploring key sites and events, and investigating different cultural values and norms. Required readings, lectures, and writing assignments will be integrated to enrich students’ learning about leadership abroad. As locations and foci of study vary on a yearly basis, this course may be repeated once for a maximum of six credit hours toward the leadership degree and graduation requirements. Additional program fees will be required. LDSP 320. Leadership Through the Ages (3-3-0) Prerequisite: LDSP 240 with grade of C- or higher. In attempting to understand leadership in the 21st Century, one cannot ignore the insights and practices of significant figures from the past. This course is designed to introduce students to some of the most influential historical leaders and thinkers from throughout the world and to examine how their lessons in leadership may or may not be applicable to current leadership issues. Using an interdisciplinary approach, students will study leaders acting in multiple contexts to understand how the contemporary and immediate situational factors influence leadership behavior. LDSP 330. Cross-cultural Leadership (3-3-0) AIGM Prerequisite: LDSP 240. Old maps of a “flat” world show the area of origin as the center or middle of the Earth, illustrating the mind-set of societal and cultural preeminence. Through investigation of concepts, patterns, and issues that shape society and cultural mores, students learn the importance of society and culture to effective leadership in a global setting and understand how to assess social structure and culture when making leadership decisions. LDSP 337. Higher Education Leadership (3-3-0) Prerequisite: Junior standing. This course offers foundations and practical applications designed to familiarize students with theories, organizational structures, history, issues, trends, and challenges of the student affairs and higher education profession. The course provides students an opportunity to gain knowledge in the theory and practical application of leadership in student affairs and higher education, with an emphasis placed on leadership development, problem solving, and career exploration. Students will gain a deeper understanding of how higher education operates and how students, faculty, staff, and administrators are critical components. LDSP 338. Leading Adaptive Change (3-3-0) [Formerly LDSP 438, equivalent] Prerequisite: LDSP 240 with grade of C- or higher. This course examines models of change with emphasis on group processes by distinguishing notions of authority and leadership, articulating change sequences in complex systems, locating resistance to change in groups and individuals, and diagnosing problems to yield proposed solutions. Atten-
LEADERSHIP AND AMERICAN STUDIES tion will be given to mobilizing groups through various types of interventions, including modes of communication within a given system. Adaptive leadership concepts on orchestrating conflict and managing disequilibrium will be explored. By engaging in simulations in which leadership and change theories are applied, students will be better equipped to understand and engage with complex real-world problems. LDSP 340. Outdoor Leadership (3-3-0) Prerequisite: Junior standing. This course provides an introduction to the practices and theories behind outdoor leadership development, combining classroom instruction with an outdoor experience organized and led by students. Drawing on scientific research, outdoor leadership pedagogy, and literary memoir, students will learn how to organize and lead outdoor experiences; about the therapeutic, restorative and cognitive benefits of the natural environment; and about local environmental topics. Classroom study will set the stage for the outdoor experience, followed by reflection aimed at clarifying and cementing what has been learned. Students enrolling in the course must be able to participate in the outdoor experience (normally taking place during Fall Break.) LDSP 350. Leadership in Sport (3-3-0) Prerequisite: LDSP 240. This course explores topics related to leadership in sport considering different levels and types of leadership within various levels and types of sport. Students broaden and deepen their understanding of the subject through studying relevant scholarship, examining cases of leadership capacity built through sport translating into leadership beyond sport, interviewing and observing sport leaders, applying leadership theories and concepts to case studies, researching diverse sport leaders and sport leadership in different cultures, analyzing ethical issues pertinent to sport leadership, and considering the roles of sport culture, sociocultural norms, media, and social identities in sport leadership. LDSP 359. The Mind of a Leader (3-3-0) Prerequisite: LDSP 240. By adopting a cognitive approach to studying leadership, this course asks about the leader’s internal processes: what does a leader think? Although only part of the leadership process, what happens in the mind is crucial, especially for prospective leaders to consider. Students will examine arguments for and examples of rationality in human affairs through multiple lenses, including evolutionary biology, artificial intelligence, and philosophy, looking especially at how to develop a more complex mind. The course concludes with a study of mental illness and leadership. LDSP 360. The Promises and Perils of Ambition (3-3-0) Prerequisite: LDSP 240. This course explores the nature and function of ambition as a key element of leadership. Usually manifesting as an intense
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