10 courses with the subject PLS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
PLS 131Introduction to Public Leadership3.00
This course emphasizes basic principles of leadership and infuses them into experiences inside and outside of the classroom. Students will explore leadership practices through learning objectives connected to the foundational aspects of governmental organization, nonprofit operations, and political development. This course satisfies Social and Behavioral Sciences pillar requirement for the Liberal Studies curriculum. There are no Prerequisites or requirements for this course.
This course will explore various environments as socio-cultural artifacts. It will serve as an orientation to mentorship and service and is designed for individuals interested in being involved in youth work. In particular, the course will examine issues and trends within education and other social service professions. Students will contemplate major theories of mentorship and service, as well as historic and contemporary philosophies on mentorship. Further, the course will provide a broad overview of social service professional trajectories, wherein students will learn about the roles of teachers, school leaders, as well as non-profit and social service managers. There are no prerequisites: or requirements for this course. LSP: SB
This course is an interpersonal journey of self-discovery. The course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to explore their personal leadership potential. Using a variety of self-assessment and reflection, students will identify personal motivators, ethics, values and vision. The class uses career and leadership inventories such as Leadership Practices Inventory, Strength Finder, and Myers Brigg Personality Type Indicator (MBTI) to provide a base for personal growth and development. Leadership development from an individual perspective is highlighted, and interpersonal competencies are explored. 151
This course will assist students in developing fundamental concepts and theories of self-marketing, to include personal discovery, definition and leverage, brand creation, communication hooks and strategies, and brand perpetuation. This course will help students focus on their individual skill sets and branding to pursue their desired career path.
This Course is designed to introduce students to key concepts and figures of leadership and leadership development within an international context. As our world becomes more interconnected, it is increasingly important for students to know the leadership paradigms enacted in other nations as well as understand the profiles of some of the planets' most influential leaders of the present age. This course will take an in- depth look at notions such as emotional health; empowerment theory; organizational communication; and the deity complex to examine figures of global import. This course is intensive reading and writing and may involve international travel. There are no Prerequisites or requirements for this course. LSP: IG
PLS 236Critical Thinking: Strategies for Effective Learning3.00
This course is designed to enhance academic self-confidence and student achievement by developing critical and creative reasoning, providing strategies for persuasive communication, and introducing students to a variety of effective learning strategies. Students will use principles of deductive and inductive logic to evaluate and construct various forms of argument to be presented in both written and oral format.
This course is designed to examine leadership as it relates to group and team behavior. Topics will focus on: components of a group and team, relationships of group and team members, effectiveness of groups and teams, communication in groups and teams, and leadership of groups and teams.
PLS 332Diversity Leadership in Organizations and Communities3.00
This course provides tools for analysis of the dynamic interactions of personal characteristics, technical skills, interpersonal influence, commitment, goals, and power. This course also provides students with the capability to understand leadership within the public, non-profit, and community sectors infusing knowledge on cultural competencies. The course considers public leadership theory through the review of current literature, research, and case studies in real-world contexts.
PLS 430Classic Figures and Theories in Leadership3.00
These classic theories courses are designed to help students understand the complexity of leadership and to develop within students an appreciation for the scholarly discipline of leadership theory.
PLS 433Ethical Leadership in a Changing Landscape3.00
This course will investigate constructs such as morality and virtue, as well as their role and influence in the domain of ethics. Ethics, while about good and bad, right and wrong, provides a particular guidepost, compass or yardstick by which one can make judgments about expressed thoughts and behaviors. Rhetoric and Culture (RHC)
