Fall 2009 2nd year classes may be viewed here

Spring 2010 2nd year classes may be viewed here

*** Please note that this schedule is subject to change.***

Below are brief descriptions of the courses and practica available to second-year LEAD Scholars.

Courses

(Disclaimer: Course content is determined by instructor during the this semester of LEAD Scholars. If the instructor of your courses changes unexpectedly, it is possible that your course content could as well. The following descriptions are meant to be helpful guidelines rather than guarantees of course content.)

IDS 1040.2 Butler:
Course description is in development. Please see Dr. Butler's bio for information on his background and leadership specialties.

GEB 1091.2 Landowski: Leadership, Service, and Ethics
This course is designed to assist you in identifying the key leadership components necessary to reach the goal of becoming an effective leader. We will carefully examine and discuss those questions and qualities of an ethical nature within each of us that are needed to acquire the personal characteristics of a leader.

EDG 1005.2 Fisher:
Course description is in development. Please see Dr. Fisher's bio for information on his background and leadership specialties.

EGN 1036 .2 tba Train the Trainer
Students will become certified in various opportunities that will assist in their personal leadership development.

HSC 1931.2 Graham - Leadership and Ethics in Movies

Movies have fascinated audiences for years, crossing boundaries of race, gender, age, culture, and nationality. They are also helpful tools to teach people how to lead. This course is a study of how movies portray leadership roles in popular culture and how these films deal with ethical issues. Various genres of movies over the past few decades will be used. Goals: To analyze how movies demonstrate leadership.

Practica

All practica are two credit hours and take the place of the Foundations of Leadership courses (IDS 1040, GEB 1091, EDG 1005, EGN 1036, and HSC 1931). Students can expect practica to take more time and effort and require more self-motivation than the regular LEAD courses.

EGN 2920.0007 (fall) /HSC 2921.0001 (spring) Andrews: Keystone Experience
This experience is a summation of all the knowledge that you have gained thus far in the LEAD Scholars Program. All students that are signed up for this course will be put into groups. Each group will identify a problem or issue in the campus or local community and work as a group to develop and implement a solution for that situation. The culmination of this experience will be a presentation to a committee of faculty and staff about the process that the group took and the result that it garnered.

EGN 2920.0001 (fall)/HSC 2921.0002 (spring) Astro: LEAD Achieve
LEAD Achieve is designed to provide a forum for the exploration and discussion of leadership in one of the largest public school districts in the US. Discussions will revolve around such topics of leadership development, teaching techniques, student development theories, educational systems and engaged citizenship. Students will teach two Junior Achievement classes in grades K-5 at local elementary schools for part of the course and will reflect on the experience and other course objectives on campus.

This course is designed to achieve the following objectives for undergraduate students:

• Prepare students for active learning by engaging them as active participants in the learning process
• Examine the educational system in Orlando’s elementary schools
• Assess the way children learn and the leadership roles they assume in the classroom
• Assess different styles of leadership in the classroom and the schools they visit
• Prepare students to serve as reflection leaders in service-learning classes
• Educate students for lives of engaged citizenship

Class will meet weekly.

HSC 2921.0003 Morgan: Apprentice (Spring 2010 semester only every other year)

The course will loosely follow the structure of the popular NBC “business” show by Donald Trump, The Apprentice.” Students in the course will be formed into “teams” and will be required to complete defined tasks that allow for demonstration of leadership skills and knowledge gained from previous LEAD Scholar courses (the Intro course providing the foundation of this knowledge). Students will have opportunities to “lead” the tasks as well as assume other leadership roles within their groups. Various challenges will be implemented throughout the semester to exemplify practical leadership experience (i.e., teams get reorganized; certain restrictions are applied, etc.). Academic performance will be measured by individual and group performance on completing the tasks, ability to analyze and synthesize leadership behaviors and activities within the experiences and reflection on individual growth and behavior and group behavior.

HSC 2921.0007 Malaret: Leading the Social Fraternity and Sorority Life Experience (Spring semester only)
This course is designed to interactively expose students, who are interested in developing their own abilities, to the practice of leadership skills and theory as those skills specifically relate to the University of Central Florida’s social fraternity and sorority experience. Through practical application and experiential learning, these students will be empowered to plan and implement positive change in regards to effective leadership with an emphasis on the social fraternity and sorority community at the University of Central Florida.

Course Objectives

• To familiarize students with both historical and contemporary issues and themes that affects social fraternities and sororities locally and nationwide.
• To increase student comprehension of leadership skills and developmental phenomena.
• To gain practical experience and greater effectiveness in communicating ideas and plans to others in leadership situations.
• To provide the student with knowledge of the process of leadership development in planning, setting, and achieving goals and objectives.

EGN 2920.0008 (fall)/HSC 2921.0008 (spring) Graham: Women in Leadership Practicum
The experience of the Women in LeadershipPracticum offers the opportunity for LEAD Scholars to use all the leadership skills and experience, along with personal initiative, to address a woman-related situation in need of improvement either on campus or in the local (Orlando) community. Possible focuses for projects may include, but are not limited to, breast cancer awareness, osteoporosis, gender discrimination, eating disorders, gender exploitation (i.e. in the media), “female-only” contests, violence against women, body image, international women’s rights, and female economic empowerment.

EGN 2920.0002 (fall)/HSC 2921.0005 (spring) Crawford: Basic Spiritual Practicum
Explore spiritual leadership through weekly study meetings. Students will discuss spirituality based on several readings. In addition, LS will explore their own spirituality and how it relates to leadership.

Class will meet weekly. Note: In the Spring semester both the basic and advanced classes will meet together and have the same course number and class #.

HSC 2921.0005 Crawford: Advanced Spiritual Practicum (Spring semester only)
Practice spiritual leadership by coordinating and facilitating weekly Bible study meetings. LS will explore their own spirituality and how it relates to leadership. This practicum is reserved for LEAD Scholars who have participated in the Basic Spiritual practicum or who have prior approval with instructor Brad Crawford.

The group will meet weekly. Note: Both the basic and advanced classes will meet together and have the same course number and class #.

EGN 2920.0006 (fall)/HSC 2921.0009 (spring) Malaret:
Service Learning Practicum
Students will have the opportunity to concentrate on service leadership while participating in a 2 credit hour course offered through the LEAD Scholars office. As a part of this course, students volunteer 75 community service hours in one of various agencies in Central Florida and will coordinate a service project with that agency.

The course meets at the beginning and end of the semester based upon student's and instructor's availability.

Class will meet once at the beginning of the semester, and individual groups will meet with their respective advisor.

EGN 2920.0004 (fall)/ HSC 2921.0006 (spring) tba: Diversity in Leadership

Course Description:
A study of leadership practices and the different dynamics that diversity has on leadership development. This course is designed to enhance effectiveness through personal reflection of leadership experience, values, and environment.

Course Objectives:

Students participating fully in this course will:

• Increase awareness and comfort in discussing issues of diversity
• Explore individual social identity and how culture impacts leadership practices
• Enhance understanding of the connection between diversity and leadership
• Gain knowledge of skills to improve leadership practice
• Collaborate with classmates to better understand and improve existing leadership programs at the University of Central Florida
  

Fall Only classes:

EGN 2920.0003 Coffey: Registered Student Organization class (Fall semester only)

This class is intended for student leaders in registered student organizations on campus. Participants will learn to develop leadership skills needed for student organizations and will learn about resources available to organizations on campus.

EGN 2920.0005 Morgan: Mentor Academy (Fall semester only-MUST BE SELECTED AS A MENTOR TO ENROLL IN THIS CLASS!!!!)
Mentors are expected to spend two contact hours a week with their mentee group in their Foundations of Leadership course classroom and give weekly LEAD Scholar updates to your mentees. In that class, you serve as the professor's class facilitator. You will be expected to help facilitate the class and assist the professor in your role as mentor. All mentors are to be actively involved with their 10-12 mentees through personal contact, role modeling positive behaviors and attitude, coordinating social events and leadership development opportunities, and serving as dependable liaisons between the program and the first year students. The Mentor Academy is a separate weekly class where mentors are trained and prepared for their unique roles in and out of the Foundations class.

Both the mentor class and the Foundations class will meet weekly.
*note: LEAD Scholars Mentor Selection is highly competitive and takes place in the spring.