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:

5. Placement Tests Required:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

7. Other Prerequisites
Or an 'A' in Comp I or Comp II, or permission from the instructor or Honors Coordinator

9. Co-requisite Courses:

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:

III. Course Purpose

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.

Other - If this course is not required in a program or is not part of the MN Transfer Curriculum, it may be used for the purpose(s) listed below:
Liberal Arts Elective

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

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

1. Developing a personal leadership philosophy
   • Leadership concepts/ theories/philosophies
   • Explore personal assumptions about people
2. Leading by serving
   • General dialogue on service-leadership
   • Develop personal philosophy of service
3. Understanding ethical leadership
   • Explore concept of ethical leadership: authority, use of power, conscience
   • Are there universal human values?
   • Building trust
   • Framework for ethical thinking
4. Articulating a vision
   • Attracting and inspiring others
   • Theories of visioning and goal setting
   • Communication
5. Team building
   • Explore the team building process
   • What makes great groups
   • Leadership by groups
6. Leading with goals
   • Explore the goal setting process
   • Power of goals
   • Community goal setting
7. Making decisions
   • Explore the decision making process
   • Avoiding groupthink: organizations and decision making
   • Dilemmas and decision making
8. Guiding through conflict
   • Types of conflict
   • Handling personal, internal conflict
   • Making conflicts manageable
9. Realizing change
   • Strategies for change
   • Dealing with resistance to change
   • Collaboration and innovation
10. Empowering others
    • Inspiration by example
    • Transformational leadership vs. transactional leadership
11. 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.