Overview
This experiential course focuses on the development of leadership skills through exploration of individual perspectives, group dynamics, and broader social influences. Students will engage in practices that strengthen their ability to lead effectively across a range of personal and professional contexts, with attention to both self-awareness and collaboration.
The course encourages thoughtful reflection on assumptions and the ways in which beliefs and experiences shape leadership approaches. Emphasis is placed on active learning, including discussion, feedback, and practical application of concepts related to influence, communication, and responsibility. Students should be prepared to engage deeply through readings, personal reflection, group dialogue, and project-based learning. Instruction includes lectures, multimedia content, conversations, and experiential activities.
Students in their second, third or fourth year are encouraged to enroll. Students in their first year at ISU are encouraged to consider LDST 1220: Leading with Purpose or LDST 2700: Campus Leadership Development.
3 credits. Meets U.S. Cultures and Communities requirement.
Course learning objectives
Upon completion of the course, the students will:
- Demonstrate self-awareness of and growth in their individual leadership capacity, efficacy, and engagement.
- Recognize how emergent leadership theories and identity intersect
- Recognize the way contextual factors influence leaders and followers
- Analyze leaderships role and impact at the individual, institutional, and societal levels.
- Develop the communication skills, adaptability, and leadership mindset needed to live, work, collaborate, and lead effectively with others in a variety of settings.
Catalog description
xperiential opportunity to understand, develop, and thoughtfully leverage leadership theory in a variety of contexts.