SPDA 4120 - Connections VI: Thinking in Leadership

3 hours

Sixth in a series of pillar courses for the Integrative Studies cohort degree focused on the intersection between application and theory in the 21st century world. Students integrate university core knowledge and skills with theories leadership and change management in a collaborative setting. Project-based learning forms the center of this educational experience, focused around a theme chosen by, and in collaboration with, a business or community partner. The goal is teaching students how to understand and implement leadership theories to affect thinking processes in a collaborative work environment. Students consider how leadership and ways of thinking about change affect the ways that projects are implemented and managed. Leadership approaches are studied as they relate to solving complex problems in a dynamic environment. Learning is supported by readings, lectures, discussion and simulation of key theories that drive said communication. Restricted to students admitted to the cohort.

Prerequisite(s): None.