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LOS 112 - Microsoft Excel
This course uses a problem-solving approach to electronic spreadsheets. Students will learn advanced data analysis and formulas, and create graphs to interpret data. This course should be completed prior to taking a financial management, economics, or budgeting course.
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LOS 114 - PowerPoint
In this course, students will explore the software application PowerPoint as an electronic means of creating presentations for various audiences. Additionally, students will learn how to create electronic slides using written, graphic, and sound materials. The slides can then be formatted in several different ways: 35 mm slides, overhead transparencies, and handouts. This course will benefit students who are required to give presentations in academic courses as well as those considering careers in teaching, marketing, or public relations.
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LOS 120 - Statistics for Informed Decision Making
In this course, students are introduced to tools of quantitative analyses that may be used to address world questions: descriptive statistics, sampling and significance testing, correlation, and regression. Students in this course will have opportunities to use these tools in decision-making processes and increase their understanding of data misconceptions and misuses.
Prerequisite(s): Grade of C- or higher in any MAT 100+ course, or appropriate placement test score.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Quantitative Reasoning
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LOS 210 - Creative Critical Inquiry
This writing instruction course introduces students to criteria for identifying and constructing well-reasoned arguments, fosters the discovery and use of students’ critical/analytical voice in their writing, and develops skills for incorporating, interpreting and integrating the views of others. It provides the opportunity to refine critical thinking abilities by analyzing everyday life experience, including how culture shapes our sense of reality and ourselves. The course highlights the importance of generating good questions and tolerating ambiguity when seeking to understand complex issues.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of ENG 100 , ESL 100 , HON 100 , or RSP 100 .
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Credits: 4
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Cultural Interpretation
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LOS 270 - Introduction to Leadership
This course explores effective leadership on campus and beyond and offers an overview of leadership models and leadership development tools, including self-development, strengths-based leadership, and group dynamics and roles. Complex organizations are introduced and discussed. Students are expected to implement leadership concepts and practice leadership skills through engagement in campus and community activities and service learning.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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LOS 299 - Writing in the Major
This course provides instruction and practice in academic thinking and writing applicable to leadership and organizational studies. As those in leadership positions should strive to be excellent communicators, the goal of this course is to strengthen learners’ written communication skills and knowledge of academic writing, writing tools, and APA style, as well as critical thinking skills. LOS majors should take the course during their first semester of the program.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of ENG 100 , ESL 100 , HON 100 , or RSP 100 with a grade of C- or better.
Co-requisite(s): For LOS majors, LOS 299 is a co-requisite of LOS 300 .
Credits: 1
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LOS 300 - Organizational Theory
This course provides an overview of organizational theories in a leadership context. Organizational issues, such as structure, leadership, power, and change are introduced and analyzed. This is an excellent course for students interested in how organizations work. Students in LOS majors must complete this required course with a grade of a B- or better as a condition of their degree.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of ENG 100 , ESL 100 , HON 100 , or RSP 100 with a grade of C- or better.
Co-requisite(s): For LOS majors, LOS 299
Credits: 3
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LOS 301 - Group Dynamics
In this course, students acquire an understanding of human behavior, communication, and interaction in groups and the skills needed to participate effectively in group activities. Through a focus on group process and development, this course provides a theoretical foundation for how groups function and discusses how these theories can be applied to a wide range of group settings. This course uses experiential and service learning to develop critical skills in understanding the shared leadership necessary to create effective group dynamics.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of ENG 100, ESL 100, HON 100, or RSP 100 with a grade of C- or better is required for LOS majors and preferred for all other students.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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LOS 302 - Organizational Behavior
Students in this course will examine human behavior in organizations: individual, group, and organizational processes that impact workplace behaviors and organizational life. The focus of this course is understanding factors that contribute to organizational effectiveness and the major challenges facing organizations today. Students will explore and discuss individual and organizational learning, individual values and motivation, interpersonal communication and work team dynamics, leadership and emotional intelligence, power and influence, and organizational culture and change. Additionally, students will engage in experiential and skill-building activities, and apply conceptual frameworks to their real-life work experiences.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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LOS 304 - Organizational Budgeting and Finance
This course contributes to future leaders’ capacity to meaningfully develop, monitor, and interpret budgets as they relate to organizations’ and individual financial wellbeing. Students are introduced to budgeting, budget analysis, cost-benefit analysis, decision making in organizations, and an overview of basic accounting principles. They learn to effectively communicate matters of budget and financing to their respective constituency and stakeholders. Assignments use Excel for analysis and presentation of fiscal and budget data. Students will learn to present budget information to knowledgeable but non-technical audiences using tables and graphs.
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LOS 310 - Science, Technology, and Society
Students in this course will examine the history and effect of science and technology on social change. Additionally, students will examine the impact of science and technology on ethical and religious beliefs, social institutions such as education, family, and work, and on larger sociopolitical entities and relations. Students in this course will also explore the effects of science and technology on natural and human-made environments.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Socio-cultural Analysis
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LOS 312 - Human Resource Management
This course focuses on the procedures and processes of management of human resources within organizations. Topics include recruitment, staff development, job analysis, personnel systems, and training.
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LOS 314 - Employee Relations
This course provides an understanding of the trends in legal, social, and economic aspects of labor-management relations within the United States. Topics include a historical overview of labor law, grievance procedures, the negotiation process, equal opportunity, and personnel rules. Includes case studies and simulated bargaining and arbitration exercises.
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LOS 316 - Diversity in Organizations
Students in this course will develop an understanding of the benefits and challenges of diversity in organizations. The course takes a historical, socio-economic, and psychological approach to the challenges of diverse and marginalized populations in the U.S. Students learn how the workplace may affect diverse peoples and how others can learn to make the workplace more hospitable. A primary focus of this course is on examining beliefs, behaviors, or unconscious attitudes that perpetuate the oppression and subordination of diverse members of society in the workplace, while also looking at how increased diversity is adding to workplace productivity, creativity, and learning. Readings are drawn from the social sciences and humanities to provide an interdisciplinary approach to the topic.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Culture, Power, and Equity
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LOS 317 - New Media and Social Networking: Identity and Expression Online
Students in this course will explore how private and public entities are established online as well as how political and social movements are built, organized, and undermined by social networking and online cultures. Additionally, students will explore the impact of online communities on global communication, language, and thought. Students are also introduced to critical theory on new media and will explore technological and cultural associations with this nascent but pervasive phenomenon.
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Credits: 3
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LOS 327 - Leading through Conflict
Students in this course will explore conflict management as an essential leadership tool analyzed as a necessary component of healthy systems and innovations. We will investigate techniques that help individuals and groups mediate and negotiate differences encountered in a variety of situations.
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LOS 329 - Research Methods
This course is an introduction to research methods in the social and behavioral sciences, organizational planning and leadership, and decision-making. Emphasis is placed on critically evaluating, designing, conducting, and communicating research. Students in this course will develop conceptual and practical knowledge as well as the ability to apply knowledge capably, ethically, and to good effect in a variety of private, nonprofit, and public organizations and in community service settings.
Prerequisite(s): LOS 120 or equivalent.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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LOS 330 - Cultural Contexts
Students in this course will explore the multifaceted diversity of the world, the impact of culture on leadership, and interactions between individuals in the global context (at the international, national, organizational, and social strata). Additionally, students will investigate the construct of cultural intelligence and apply it to real-life scenarios in order to develop a cultural mindset essential to effective functioning in today’s global and interconnected world.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Culture, Power, and Equity
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LOS 336 - Dealing with Difficult People and Behaviors
Students in this course will consider different scenarios of interacting with individuals who may be characterized as difficult. These individuals may be people we work with, sell to, depend on, and live with. There are intimidators, manipulators, analyzers, know-it-alls, overly friendly, accommodators, chronic complainers, and whiners. The actions of these individuals may consume time, energy, and emotion at the expense of productivity and morale. This course provides fresh insights and immediately usable skills needed to quickly, confidently, and assertively identify and deal with various types of people, difficult or not, in a variety of contexts while maintaining our own self-confidence.
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LOS 345 - Leadership and Film
Students in this course will utilize the medium of film to explore various themes and experiences of leaders and leadership. Topics investigated include, but are not limited to, the portrayal of power, influence, oppression, ethics, and service, in film.
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LOS 350 - Leadership
This foundational course provides learners with a review of major leadership concepts and theories. It incorporates scholarship, theory to practice, critical perspectives, skill-building, and direct application to real-world scenarios. Major topics include power and influence, ethics, decision making, and leader traits, skills, behaviors, and characteristics. An experiential design enables students to critically reflect on personal leadership styles and examine approaches to leading others in diverse organizational settings. LOS majors must complete this course with a grade of B- or better as a condition of their degree.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of ENG 100 , ESL 100 , HON 100 , or RSP 100 with a grade of C- or better is required for LOS majors and preferred for all other students.
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Credits: 3
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LOS 360 - Innovation in Organizations
Students in this course will develop the creative and innovative thinking skills leaders use to identify opportunities, generate value-creating ideas, and overcome barriers to successfully bringing new concepts to life. Additionally, students will learn about creative thinking tools and how to practically apply them; develop an appreciation of the personal and organizational factors that influence creativity and innovation; and explore the leadership and facilitation skills that will prepare them to lead teams through creative problem solving.
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LOS 361 - Entrepreneurship
This course focuses on why people become entrepreneurs, the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, the changing demographics of entrepreneurs, and the importance of entrepreneurship to the economy and society. In this class, students will examine the entrepreneurial process from the decision to become an entrepreneur through idea generating, writing a business plan, competitor analysis, getting financing, marketing, team building, considering ethical and legal issues, and developing strategies for growth.
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LOS 387 - Collegiate Leadership Competition
Students in this course are immersed in an intentional team-based learning experience that culminates in participation in the Collegiate Leadership Competition. Like the training regimen of athletes and musicians, students in this course will participate in a robust “practice field” where, as student leaders, they can apply what they’re learning in a context that challenges and stretches them to the boundaries of their leadership knowledge, skills, and abilities.
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LOS 398 - Independent Study
Prerequisite(s): LOS 300 or junior standing and permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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LOS 399 - Special Topics
The scope of topics vary and may include current special issues related to leadership and organizations.
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LOS 400 - Senior Seminar: Global Citizenship
In this research-based course, students will develop an understanding of current global challenges and their effects on local communities, as well as the major stakeholders involved in addressing these challenges. They will learn about the role of international organizations and the processes these organizations use to design and implement effective solutions for global challenges. They will explore how proposed solutions may be affected by the intersection of cultural perspectives and sovereign interests. As an outcome of the course, students will identify a global issue/challenge that they care deeply about and will develop an actionable “Commitment to Action Proposal” to address a manageably-sized piece of that larger issue.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Capstone; Engaged Learning
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LOS 422 - Leadership in the Public/Nonprofit Sectors
This course prepares leaders who can work for the common good across public, nonprofit and private sectors, and lead and manage in a diverse world. Students gain an understanding of the unique nature and challenges of leadership in public service and roles for leaders. Theories of public and nonprofit leadership and their application in complex and inter-sectoral settings are considered.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
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LOS 436 - Risk, Public Policy, and Society
This course considers the variety of ways in which risks, especially risks to the environment and health, are measured, perceived, communicated, and acted upon in our society. Perspectives will be drawn from health fields, natural sciences, and political science, as well as from the social sciences.
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LOS 439 - Women’s Ways of Leading: Building Partnerships, Creating Change
This course offers historical and multi-disciplinary perspectives on women leaders, systems of power and privilege, cultural shifts, and the psychology of bias. Our investigations will range from the private corporate sector to government and nonprofits, both within our country and abroad. Learning will be enhanced by facilitated discussions and interviews with community leaders.
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LOS 440 - Leading Organizational Change
Organizations face a challenging, fast-paced, and global environment in which leading and managing change is necessary for survival. An organizational systems framework is used for implementing change processes using case studies, consulting simulations, and discussions to analyze an organization’s emergent change processes. This course focuses on the major challenges and leadership orientations associated with initiating and implementing change. Students investigate theories, concepts, research, and their applications to better understand why and how organizations change.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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LOS 462 - Community Leadership and Civic Engagement
Students in this course will develop an understanding of the key theories, principles, and practices of community leadership and civic engagement. Additionally, students will gain knowledge of skills for promoting and sustaining community change and improvement. Topics include social justice, developing citizenship, community building, mobilization and advocacy, visioning, and strategic action planning.
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Credits: 3
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning
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LOS 470 - Leadership Study Abroad
Students in this course are introduced to key issues in leadership across cultures and provided with tools for effective leadership in a global environment. Through international travel, a variety of readings, and reflection exercises, students will examine a range of leadership situations and cultural factors that influence the quality of a leader’s performance. To help apply theory to experience, students will be given a number of opportunities to articulate ideas about the concepts explored through presentation, group discussion, and writing.
Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission.
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Credits: 6
Meets the Following Core Requirement: Engaged Learning; International
Course Typically Offered: Variable
Course Type: Leadership & Organizational Studies
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