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2008-2009
LED (Leadership Studies)
LED 101 Theological/Theoretical Foundations For Servant Leadership (2)
This
course helps participants build a theological, theoretical and practical foundation
for becoming effective leaders. It is designed to help students analyze an organization's
leadership strengths and weaknesses and act intelligently to provide appropriate
leadership functions for it. Corequisites: LED 112 or permission of the instructor.
LED 112 Leadership Field Experience I (1)
This field experience
requires the student to perform 30 hours of evaluated contact in an on-campus club,
organization, or ministry. Through this regular, weekly, on-campus involvement, the
student will integrate the theories of leading and following explored in LED 101 into
an actual atmosphere of leading and following.
Corequisites: LED 101 or permission of the instructor.
LED 201 Servant Leadership Development (2)
Based on Jesus' teaching on
servant leading, this course explores how leaders can serve Christ and his kingdom,
pursue an organization's mission and develop its people by providing service through
leadership. Special emphasis is placed on leading as a servant of Christ.
Prerequisites: LED 101, LED 112, or permission of the instructor.
LED 212 Leadership Field Experience II (1)
In this course students
observe and practice the attitudes and function of servant leadership through an
experience of 65 hours of service in the local community. They will integrate the
classroom experience of LED 201 into actual practice of servant leading. This experience
is over and above the 180 hour requirement for graduation from the university.
Prerequisites: LED 201 or permission of the instructor.
LED 301 Personal Life of the Leader (2)
Character is the single most
important asset a leader has. Jesus, talking to his newly appointed apostles about
leadership, said it in plain language, "The good man out of the good stored up in
his heart will produce good things, and the evil out of the evil treasure brings
forth what is evil." This course explores life habits that cultivate character
qualities essential to effective servant leadership.
Prerequisites: LED 212 or permission of the instructor.
LED 312 Leadership Field Experience III (1)
This course requires
an inter-cultural immersion through a 65 hour participation on the mission trip
sponsored by CCU. As students serve in another culture, they are asked to observe
leadership patterns and processes applied in that culture and evaluate similarities
and differences in the leadership patterns they observe. They will also evaluate
their own character and actions under the stresses of intercultural immersion.
Prerequisites: LED 301 or permission of the instructor.
LED 333 Strategic Foresight: Exploring the Future of Global Change (3)
This course focuses on the development of strategic foresight skills for use in society,
business, and personal life. The overarching purpose of this course is to provide students
with concepts, tools, and experiences that are useful for the development of viable and preferred
futures. The course examines how the use of strategic foresight can be used to describe and
manage coming changes. Upon completion of this course students should have a clearer grasp of
strategic foresight methods, their advantages and disadvantages, and how to apply them in research,
business and their personal lives both locally and globally.
LED 401 Lifelong Leadership (2)
Because effective
leadership is so situation-driven, leaders must be equipped to lead in a given context.
This course helps each student identify the specific realities of a given professional
field and begin cultivating attitudes and skills essential to leading in that context.
Prerequisites: LED 412 or permission of the instructor.
LED 412 Leadership Field Experience IV (1)
This field experience focuses
on how face-to-face interaction with a follower is organized, facilitated, and
evaluated. It requires the practices of coaching, mentoring, supporting, advising,
and observing a process of spiritual growth through 30 hours of direct mentoring.
Prerequisites: LED 312 or permission of the instructor.
LED 450 Leadership Internship (3)
This course requires
a 120 hour internship centered in the student's major coursework. The field experience
integrates the leadership principles learned in the classroom with the realities of
work in an occupational setting. Prerequisites: LED 212 or permission of the instructor.
LED 501 Leadership and Management I (3)
The leadership and
management course helps learners understand the theories and realities of the
managerial functions and processes in organizations. The course also explores
organizational leadership/"followership" issues with special emphasis on the
Biblical principles related to organizational leadership.
LED 502 Leadership and Management II (3)
Continuation of LED 501.
Prerequisites: LED 501.
LED 505 Problem-Solving and Decision-Making for Leaders (3)
This course is
designed to provide students with rational analytical tools to facilitate handling of
both routine and non-routine management functions. These tools are systematic
techniques or processes designed to improve a manager's ability to gather, organize
and evaluate information in the areas of problem-solving, decision-making
and plan implementation.
LED 510 Values Aligned Leadership (3)
This course is designed to
provide the leader with a background in traditional ethical theories and the
opportunity to consider ethical issues and dilemmas in the information age and the
modern management era. Particular emphasis is placed on the integration of the
Bible and the Christian tradition into the making of ethical decisions.
LED 515 Leading in Intercultural Business Environments (3)
The purpose of
this course is to explore ideas that help us lead effectively with people from
diverse business cultures. Basic tenets of leading will be examined and
introductory concepts of cultural understanding will be explored. The field of
inquiry will then be integrated to begin a process of thinking about leading in
intercultural contexts.
Note: Certain courses may be offered only through the College of Undergraduate Studies (CUS) or the College of Adult and Graduate Studies (CAGS). Students should refer to their specific degree program in the Catalog or consult their academic advisor to confirm which courses are available in their program. For those course numbers that are similar or identical, “CUS” or “CAGS” will be used to differentiate.
