I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Honors Leadership Development
2. Course Prefix & Number:
CCST 1535
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
4. Course Description:
This course is designed to provide students the opportunity to explore the concept of leadership, to develop and improve their leadership skills, and gain personal insight that will help them reach their educational and personal goals. The course integrates readings from the humanities, experiential exercises, films, and contemporary readings on leadership. In addition the course provides opportunities for students to become "service leaders" through service learning.
Courses in the Honors program emphasize independent inquiry, informed discourse, and direct application within small, transformative, and seminar-style classes that embrace detailed examinations of the material and feature close working relationships with the instructors. In addition, students learn to leverage course materials so that they can affect the world around them in positive ways.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
CCST 1535 - Honors Leadership Development
One of the following:
ACT English score 24,
ACT Reading score 24,
Accuplacer Reading Comprehension score 78,
Next Gen Reading score 250,
High School GPA 3.0,
Or permission from the instructor or Honors Coordinator
One of the following:
ACT English score 24,
ACT Reading score 24,
Accuplacer Reading Comprehension score 78,
Next Gen Reading score 250,
High School GPA 3.0,
Or permission from the instructor or Honors Coordinator
9. Co-requisite Courses:
CCST 1535 - Honors Leadership Development
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
University of Minnesota, PA 1961W Personal Leadership, 3 credits
2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:
3. Prior Learning - the following prior learning methods are acceptable for this course:
- Advanced Standing
- International Baccalaureate
- American Council on Education
- Military Experience
- Specialty Schools
- Written
- Oral
- Demonstration
- Portfolio
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
In this course students will explore the concept of leadership, develop and improve their leadership skills, and gain personal insight that will help them reach their educational and personal goals. This course meets the Student Success Requirement of the Associate in Arts Degree and is a required course for the Associate in Arts Degree with Honors Emphasis.
3. Other - If this course does NOT meet criteria for #1 or #2 above, it may be used for the purpose(s) selected below:
Liberal Arts Elective
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Make oral presentations to the class and lead a class discussion. |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
Articulate their personal leadership philosophy in a Personal Leadership Paper. |
| Apply ethical principles in decision-making |
Use the ethical perspectives articulated in their personal leadership philosophy in making ethical choices. |
| Work as a team member to achieve shared goals |
Demonstrate team-building leadership principles. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Formulate a personal leadership orientation and philosophy;
- Employ elements of effective team building;
- Distinguish effective techniques and strategies for articulating a vision;
- Demonstrate comprehension of the elements and processes involved in decision making;
- Demonstrate an understanding of the steps involved in setting goals, organization, time management and financial issues;
- Describe the link between effective time management and effective leadership;
- Summarize various types of conflict and discuss the role the leader can play in managing conflict;
- Define and evaluate the servant-leader’s role in leadership;
- Explain the role of a leader in initiating change and helping others to adjust to change;
- Describe the complexities inherent in ethical leadership;
- Explain the roles of empowering and delegating as effective leadership skills;
- Create a capstone presentation of the activities completed over the course of the semester;
- Use E-Learning tools- D2L, Gmail, Star Alert, etc.; and
- Demonstrate an awareness of campus connections, leadership roles within Central Lakes College and the resources that leaders manage to help students be successful.
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
1. Lecture Sessions
- Developing a personal leadership philosophy
- Leadership concepts/ theories/philosophies
- Explore personal assumptions about people
- Leading by serving
- General dialogue on service-leadership
- Develop personal philosophy of service
- Understanding ethical leadership
- Explore concept of ethical leadership: authority, use of power, conscience
- Are there universal human values?
- Building trust
- Framework for ethical thinking
- Articulating a vision
- Attracting and inspiring others
- Theories of visioning and goal setting
- Communication
- Team building
- Explore the team building process
- What makes great groups
- Leadership by groups
- Leading with goals
- Explore the goal setting process
- Power of goals
- Community goal setting
- Making decisions
- Explore the decision making process
- Avoiding groupthink: organizations and decision making
- Dilemmas and decision making
- Guiding through conflict
- Types of conflict
- Handling personal, internal conflict
- Making conflicts manageable
- Realizing change
- Strategies for change
- Dealing with resistance to change
- Collaboration and innovation
- Empowering others
- Inspiration by example
- Transformational leadership vs. transactional leadership
- Exploring the history of leadership studies
- Trace historical evolution of leadership theory from ancient times to the present
- Develop a theory of leadership
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
Students will participate in a service learning experience during the semester. Under the supervision of college faculty and in cooperation with the staff of community organizations and agencies this service learning experience will help the college’s community including the surrounding local community. Projects may include collaboration with college classes, various community agencies and organizations, education projects for college students, mentoring and shadowing. Students gain hands-on experience in project planning, development, implementation and evaluation.