Community Leadership
Community Leadership program engages students in civic interests, developing the knowledge, skills and dispositions required for professional careers of public service, guiding systems, managing change, and advancing egalitarian principles,
Mission Statement
The Community Leadership program engages students in civic interests, developing the knowledge, skills, and dispositions required for professional careers of public service, guiding systems, managing change, and advancing egalitarian principles.
Learning Outcomes for Community Leadership, Minor
Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:
- Apply foundational principles of leadership studies to analyze and explain the dynamics of leader-follower interactions, exchanges, and relationships.
- Apply foundational principles of civics and political science to analyze and explain the dynamics of the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in a democratic society with a mixed economy.
- Apply foundational principles of systems theory to analyze and explain the structure and processes of communities.
- Apply foundational principles of change theory to plan and evaluate the transformation of communities.
Minor
Community Leadership
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| CMLD 101 | Intro to Community Leadership (CAT IV) | 3 |
| CMLD 260 | Fndtns of Non Profit Service | 3 |
| CMLD 301 | Concepts in Comm Leadership | 3 |
| CMLD 355 | Assmnt & Dsgn Comm Programs | 3 |
| CMLD 360 | Eval of Comm-Based Programs | 3 |
| CMLD 401 | Seminar in Comm Leadership | 3 |
| Select one of the following combinations of courses for an additional 6 credits: | 6 | |
| Option 1 | ||
| Fin Man Nonprofit Org | ||
| HR Mgmt Nonprofit Orgs | ||
| Option 2 | ||
| Public Relations Writing | ||
| Media Literacy | ||
| Option 3 | ||
| Nonprofit Grant Writing | ||
| Nonprofit Fundraising | ||
| Option 4 | ||
| Intro to American Government | ||
| Intro to State and Local Govt | ||
| Option 5 | ||
| Principles of Microeconomics | ||
| Principles of Macroeconomics | ||
| Option 6 | ||
| Communication in Small Groups | ||
| Prin of Organizational Comm | ||
| Total minimum credits required for minor | 24 | |