15 courses with the subject LPS, 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.
200 level major elective course (p. 1) 9 GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives (https://catalog.ncsu.edu/ 3 undergraduate/gep-category-requirements/gep-interdisciplinary- perspectives/) Free Electives 3
LPS 201 offers up an introduction to the ideals and paradoxes of humanitarian intervention, with a special emphasis on military responses to humanitarian crises. This course explores the history, animating ideals and contemporary paradoxes of humanitarian action and related military interventions. Throughout history and ever increasingly in the present, there is an intersection between military and humanitarian operations in conflict zones. Typically offered in Fall and Spring Graduate Catalog 1283
Perspectives on leadership dilemmas and strategies in a globalized, knowledge-based, network-dependent environment. Challenges of state and nation-building abroad. Trans-border policy concerns for the national, state, and local governments. Applications of soft power and public diplomacy. International interactions of non-profit and non-governmental organizations. International aspects of informal and grass roots activism. Typically offered in Fall only
This course is designed for senior status LPS students who are considering a career change and are interested in exploring job opportunities related to the public sector field. Students will learn about their personal strengths, values, skills, and understand how these self- assessments will affect their career choices. Explorations of these areas include specific emphasis on developing and refining interviewing skills, professional and personal networks, and job application and selection. Restriction: LPS Senior Status Only Typically offered in Spring only Leadership in the Public Sector (LPS) 1
hours) This course provides students with information regarding diversity and leadership in history as well as material and activities that foster an understanding of how diversity and leadership intersect in the public sector and how diversity can improve organizational effectiveness and performance. The concept of cultural competency is defined and evaluated as an important component of effective public sector leadership. Students will learn what it means to be a more culturally competent leader. Typically offered in Spring only
The focus of this course is on obtaining grant funding for nonprofit and government organizations. This course covers the skills and strategies essential to the grants development process including basic strategies for researching funding sources and developing successful grant proposals. Typically offered in Spring only
Nature and varieties of political leadership by elected and appointed officials in government, officials and volunteers in nonprofit organizations and leaders of political movements and community groups. The course draws on literature in political science, self-assessment of student's leadership characteristics, and examination of outlets for political leadership activity.
hours) This course will teach students to investigate political and policy related questions in a systematic and scientifically rigorous fashion. Students will become familiar with the basic toolkit of social science methodology, practice basic data analysis, and develop a research project. They will acquire the skills essential for evaluating the claims of others and for advancing sound arguments of their own. This knowledge is applicable in a wide variety of organizational research, needs assessment, program and performance evaluation. Typically offered in Fall, Spring, and Summer
hours) For topics not part of regular course offerings, or offering of new courses on a trial basis. May be taken up to three times provided the topics are different. Typically offered in Fall, Spring, and Summer
Decisive Leadership is a challenging course that will study, practice, and apply the fundamentals of leadership, values and ethics, personal development, decision-making, influencing and motivating others and team tactics in problem solving and mission accomplishment. Military officers, especially, enrolled in the LPS program will gain immediate benefit from the leadership self-assessments and new leadership strategies. Typically offered in Summer only
Extensive readings or research in leadership under direct faculty supervision. Individualized/Independent Study and Research courses require a Course Agreement for Students Enrolled in Non-Standard Courses to be completed by the student and faculty member prior to registration by the department. R: LPS (Leadership in the Public Sector) Students Only Typically offered in Fall, Spring, and Summer
Source: North Carolina State University at Raleigh's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
