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This course presents the paradigm of servant leadership within a study of the historical and theoretical models of leadership. Leadership will be defined and the Servant Leadership Model presented and contrasted to traditional views.

The course covers fundamentals of leadership that may be applicable to any organizational context. The student will examine the role of a leader and key leader characteristics and behaviors. The student will consider a variety of leadership types, foundational theories, and historical evolution of leadership, as well as the leader's use of power and influence to accomplish organizational objectives.

Provides an introduction to student development theory and practice and how residence hall living impacts college students. The course concentrates on developing self-awareness, interpersonal skills, and leadership skills that are needed and useful to residence life. Emphasis is given to integrating current trends and theories of student development with residence life on a Christian university campus. The course is open to all students but is offered mainly to students anticipating working as a resident assistant.

The course covers important themes related to the person or the self as the instrument of leadership. Reflecting an inside-out perspective on leadership, the primary focus will be on developing the inner person as the foundation for effective and enduring leadership influence. Prerequisite: LDR-205

This course is designed for those who are in student leadership positions. It is an applied course that relates servant leadership theory directly to various student leadership roles. An emphasis will be placed on developing and implementing program plans, dealing effectively with student conflict and learning to appreciate the field of student development leadership.

An examination of the unique ethical challenges faced by leaders with an emphasis on building ethical competency through self-assessment, challenge, and feedback. Topics include virtue ethics, evil, forgiveness, moral theories, moral reasoning, ethical decision-making, ethical influence, transformational leadership, servant leadership, ethical group problem solving, ethical organizational climate, ethical diversity and ethical crisis leadership.

This course involves high adventure experiential learning (backpacking, canoeing, rappelling) with a focus on developing leaders through mentoring, self-discovery and personal challenge.

This course focuses on developing students in the understanding and practice of leading their peers, both individually and as a group. The participants will minister and serve freshmen students in their breakout group through small group meetings, individual contact, mentoring, and community service projects. The student's experience will be facilitated by purposeful reflection, group discussion, interaction with faculty, and class assignments.

Provides an introduction to basic theory and skill development for peer leadership and mentoring. The participants will serve as a peer mentor for 2-3 first year students to assist in making a successful transition to college, and foster growth in character, scholarship and leadership. Experiences will be facilitated by purposeful reading and reflection, group discussion, and class assignments. No prerequisites are required for this course. May be repeated up to 4 credits.

This course introduces students to servant-leadership concepts and facilitates the practical application of such concepts to student leadership roles within the Honors College. The course is restricted to students currently serving in a leadership capacity within the Honors College. The course will challenge students to develop as reflective servant leaders and assist students in the assessment of their leadership style and effectiveness. This course may be used to meet Leadership electives in the Leadership Major.

The course covers the importance of worldview and critical inquiry for the effective practice of leading a team or organization to its goals in the volatile, complex global context that characterizes the modern environment. Important themes include the value of a leader's clarity in knowing what they believe and the need to demonstrate information literacy to assess the quality of information accessed and utilized for organizational processes. Prerequisite: LDR-205

This course provides an experiential learning process that introduces leadership concepts and development based on a servant-leadership paradigm. Students will utilize a learning cycle to combine concrete experiences with reflective observation, abstract conceptualization and active experimentation as a way of developing as leaders. This course is conducted in an international setting.

The Leadership Studies major, as an interdisciplinary study program, must be studied in the context of another major. This seminar enables students to modify or improve their own study plans for a double major by integrating the curriculum of Leadership Studies with another major. Students will acquire the necessary knowledge, skills, and disposition to prepare them to meet the academic standards of the Leadership Studies program. Prerequisite: LDR-180.