Leadership (LEAD)

Courses

LEAD 1000 (3) Becoming a Leader

The foundation course will prepare students to exercise leadership in business, government and community organizations. Introduces leadership skills useful in a variety of settings including community and civic activities. Helps students to improve self awareness, understand multiple theories, recognize moral courage, build analytic and critical thinking skills and adapt leadership practices to different people and contexts.

Additional Information: Departmental Category: CU Engage

LEAD 1001 (3) Becoming a Leader: Multicultural Leadership Scholars

Introduces students to the theories and practices of historical and contemporary leadership studies. Students will also examine both the moral and ethical dimensions of leadership and how cultural diversity, inclusivity and social justice apply to culturally competent leadership in the 21st century.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: LEAD 1000
Requisites: Requires corequisite course of EDUC 2910.
Recommended: restricted to students admitted into the Multicultural Leadership Scholars Program.

LEAD 1002 (3) Becoming a Leader: Leadership & Community Engagement

Introduces students to the theories and practices of historical and contemporary leadership studies. Serves as the foundation course for the Leadership and Community Engagement Major. Students examine the relationships between leadership and social identities, ethics, democratic engagement, diversity and inclusion, and social practices.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: LEAD 1000
Requisites: Restricted to Leadership/CommunityEngagement (LDCE) majors only.

LEAD 1010 (4) Responding to Social and Environmental Problems Through Service Learning

By integrating theory with required community service, students explore how problems are shaped by cultural values and how alternative value paradigms affect the definition of problems in areas such as education and the environment. Students examine different approaches to solving problems and begin to envision new possibilities. Formerly INVS 1000.

Additional Information: Arts Sci Core Curr: Ideals and Values
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Social Sciences
Departmental Category: Invst Community Studies

LEAD 1100 (1) Leading New Students Through Transition

Prepares students to exercise leadership through their role as Journey Leaders. Students will consider the power and positionality relative to others of their identities, and how inequalities of structural systems influence their benefits, access and options according to their identity group memberships, and examine how the power and positionality of their identities influence their leadership style and practice.

LEAD 1571 (2) Topics in Leadership: Introduction to Research Methods

Participants will establish their understanding of research through critical exploration of research language, ethics, and approaches. The course introduces the language of research, ethical principles and challenges, and the elements of the research process within quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches. Participants will use these theoretical underpinnings to begin to critically review literature relevant to their field or interests and determine how research findings are useful in forming their understanding of their work, social, local and global environment. Their work will culminate in a research project proposal submitted to CU's Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program.

Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of LEAD 1001, LEAD 2410 and INVS 3100 (all minimum grade C-).
Recommended: Students in the Multicultural Leadership Scholars program.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade

LEAD 2000 (3) Experiential Learning and Reflective Leadership Practice

Focuses on the role of experiential learning in leadership practice. Centers students as active participants in the learning process to make meaning of an individual leadership experience throughout the semester. Students practice reflective strategies and develop intentional habits to inform ongoing leadership development. Challenges students to situate themselves as they examine the role of social identities and equity-minded leadership in reflective practices for leaders and followers.

Recommended: Prerequisite LEAD 1000 Becoming a Leader.

LEAD 2005 (2) Puksta Scholars Practicum

Integrates critical reflection and community-based experiences for undergraduates in the Puksta Scholars Program. This two-semester course will focus on the development of knowledge, attitudes and skills to productively engage the public realm. Examines topics includes ethical leadership, frameworks for social action, project design and participatory action research. Formerly INVS 2005.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 8.00 total credit hours. Allows multiple enrollment in term.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade

LEAD 2410 (3) Dynamics of Power, Privilege, Oppression and Empowerment in Leadership

Examines the theoretical frameworks of social identity and power dynamic development (individual, group, institutional, cultural) and the resulting inequalities formed by systems of privilege and oppression - and their intersections - are manifested in society and how leadership is used to continue these systems or lead to empowerment and liberation.

Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of LEAD 1000 (minimum grade C).
Additional Information: Departmental Category: CU Engage

LEAD 2501 (3) Introduction to Community-Based Learning and Leadership

Draws from foundational knowledge about community-based learning to inform students¿ developing leadership identity and practice. Equips students with the mindset and skills for community-based leadership and lifelong civic engagement. Emphasizes belonging, inclusion, and the development of reciprocal partnerships for collective action.

Recommended: Prerequisite LEAD 1000 or LEAD 1001 or LEAD 1002.

LEAD 2989 (3) Dialogue Across Difference

Provides practical facilitation training that equips students to be change makers in any setting. Students examine models of dialogic communication and theories of intergroup relations to understand how dialogue can build deeper understanding of self/others, reinvigorate democratic values and foster a more just society. Through hands-on experience participating in, observing, and leading dialogue, students learn to facilitate dialogue among their peers. Formerly INVS 2989.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Additional Information: Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Diversity-U.S. Perspective

LEAD 3000 (3-4) Innovative Approaches to Contemporary Issues through Service Learning

Explores creative approaches for solving complex social and environmental issues, with a focus on peace and population. Students analyze the root causes of issues in theoretical and historical contexts, and develop their understanding of effective and innovative approaches to change. This course has a requirement of community service. Formerly INVS 3000.

Recommended: Requisite upper-division status.
Additional Information: Arts Sci Core Curr: Contemporary Societies
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Social Sciences
Departmental Category: Invst Community Studies

LEAD 3041 (3) Self and Consciousness

Explores human development from a psychosocial perspective, focusing on the interplay between psychological patterns and social forms. Issues such as self-image and social consciousness are studied within the larger context of individual and collective forces leading to transformation. Formerly INVS 3041.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: SOCY 3041
Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of SOCY 1001 and SOCY 3001 or SOCY 3011 (all minimum grade D-).
Additional Information: Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Social Sciences
Departmental Category: Invst Community Studies

LEAD 3101 (1-6) Directed Leadership Internship

Develop and apply leadership skills and knowledge through placement in an internship. Apply knowledge through on the nature of internships, the nonprofit sector, and social change. Reflect to integrate learning and practice as students work for Colorado-based nonprofits, government agencies, schools, or firms. Remote internships are acceptable, as long as the internship site is in Colorado. Formerly INVS 3101.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 6.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Requires prerequisite or corequisite course of LEAD 3100.

LEAD 3302 (3) Facilitating Peaceful Community Change

Students gain knowledge and skills that enable them to become effective agents of community change. Focuses on understanding the processes of community building with a multicultural emphasis. Students are encouraged to apply their own life experiences and to examine themselves as potential change agents. Formerly INVS 3302.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: WGST 3302
Additional Information: Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Social Sciences
Departmental Category: Invst Community Studies

LEAD 3402 (3) Implementing Social and Environmental Change

Examines grassroots innovation as a means for creating comprehensive, solution-based strategies to address social and environmental problems. Students develop an understanding of the root causes of problems, identify how changes are initiated at the grassroots level, and learn the theory and practice of effective and responsible change efforts. Formerly INVS 3402.

Additional Information: Departmental Category: Invst Community Studies

LEAD 3501 (3) Introduction to Community Organizing and Leadership

Analyze major models of community organizing and shadow current practices of local organizing campaigns and resident led coalitions. Develop critical understanding of factors, including power, that contribute to the success and failure of organizing efforts. Apply knowledge on the nature of community organizing to students¿ understanding of themselves as leaders.

Recommended: Prerequisite LEAD 1000 or LEAD 1001 or LEAD 1002.

LEAD 3931 (3) The Community Leadership Internship, Part 1

Develops students' competencies as community leaders working for a just and sustainable world. Under the supervision of an instructor and a community supervisor, students learn organizational leadership skills by serving as volunteer staff members at community-based organizations. Formerly INVS 3931.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 6.00 total credit hours.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Invst Community Studies

LEAD 3932 (3) Community Leadership Internship, Part 2

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 6.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of LEAD 3931 (minimum grade D-).
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Invst Community Studies

LEAD 4000 (4) Leadership in Context and Emerging Challenges: A Capstone

Integrates leadership topics and experiences students pursued through the Leadership Studies Minor. Using advanced critical thinking skills, the seminar requires students to evidence their knowledge, competencies and skills related to leadership theory and practice through examining contemporary leadership challenges. Further, the seminar directs students to justify decision-making processes, demonstrating their ability to synthesize prior knowledge to effect desirable, ethical outcomes.

Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of LEAD 1000 or LDSP 1000 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Grading Basis: Letter Grade
Additional Information: Departmental Category: CU Engage

LEAD 4302 (3) Critical Thinking in Development

Exposes students to current issues in the political economy of development. Subjects range from globalization, democratization and economic development. Specifically explores the international and domestic determinants of economic development with special reference to currency markets, foreign direct investment, trade, and democratization. Formerly INVS 4302.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted: PSCI 4732
Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of PSCI 2012 or IAFS 1000 and ECON 2010 and 2020 (all minimum grade D-).
Recommended: Prerequisite one upper-division PSCI course.
Additional Information: Arts Sci Core Curr: Contemporary Societies
Departmental Category: Invst Community Studies

LEAD 4402 (3) Nonviolent Social Movements

Explores theories of democracy and development in relation to movements for nonviolent social change. Focuses on means and ends, spirituality, leadership, decision-making, civil society, cooperative economics, ecology and decentralized powers. Formerly INVS 4402.

Requisites: Restricted to students with 87-180 credits (Senior, Fifth Year Senior) Sociology (SOCY) or Political Science (PSCI) majors only.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Invst Community Studies

LEAD 4501 (3) Leadership Capstone 1

Apply skills and knowledge developed throughout the Leadership and Community Engagement Major to design and implement public action project. Critically examine local context, including organizations, agencies, firms, and movements. Identify partners and develop relationships based on reciprocity and mutually. Develop theory of change for project and design evaluation tools to measure impact.

Requisites: Requires corerequisite course of EDUC 4500. Restricted to Leadership and Community Engagement (LDCE) majors only.
Recommended: Prerequisite EDUC 4150.
Grading Basis: Letter Grade

LEAD 4502 (3) Leadership Capstone 2

Apply skills and knowledge developed throughout the Leadership and Community Engagement Major to design and implement public action project. Manage complex project with team of students and multiple community partners. Evaluate public impact of project with partners.

Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of LEAD 4501 and EDUC 4500 (all minimum grade C-). Restricted to Leadership and Community Engagement (LDCE-BA) majors only.

LEAD 4919 (1-2) Teaching Social Justice for Public Achievement

Participate as teaching assistants for the practicum course INVS 2919. Focusing on the issues of democratic education, diversity, social justice and social change, students learn how to foster undergraduates' skills as experiential educators. Formerly INVS 4919.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 9.00 total credit hours. Allows multiple enrollment in term.
Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of INVS 2919 (minimum grade B).

LEAD 4931 (1-6) Community Leadership in Action, Part 1

Develops students' expertise as community leaders. Under the supervision of an instructor and a community advisor, students design a community-based project. Formerly INVS 4931.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 6.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of LEAD 3931 and LEAD 3932 (all minimum grade D-).
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Invst Community Studies

LEAD 4932 (1-6) Community Leadership in Action, Part 2

Develops students' expertise as community leaders working for a just and sustainable world. Under the supervision of an instructor and a community advisor, students learn organizational and leadership skills by designing, implementing and evaluating a community-based project. First-hand experience provides students with a deepened understanding of the complex issues facing humanity, and competence with solution-based strategies. Formerly INVS 4932.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 6.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of INVS 4931 (minimum grade D-).
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Invst Community Studies

LEAD 4999 (1-4) Teaching Social Justice

Students participate in a service-learning practicum under the supervision of a Community Studies instructor. They explore teaching strategies for implementing concrete educational goals. Focusing on the issues of social justice and social change, they learn how to encourage higher levels of creativity and analysis among students. Formerly INVS 4999.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 9.00 total credit hours. Allows multiple enrollment in term.
Additional Information: Departmental Category: Invst Community Studies