LEAD 3000 - Critical Leadership Theory

Goals: To understand, through a critical lens, the history of the field of leadership and how decolonizing and antiracist approaches can be applied to modern practices of leadership. To explore foundational leadership theories in order to craft one’s own theory of exercising effective, ethical leadership.

Content: This writing intensive course will provide students with a solid theoretical foundation for both applied leadership and leadership studies in the future. It explores the central questions: What is leadership? Who determines what is good leadership? How do we influence the trajectory of leadership practices? What is my own philosophy of leadership?

Credits: 4