Course Information: Special Topics: Women & Leader  (81332)

Special topics course will allow for different courses to be offered based on various topics chosen by faculty members or resulting from student requests. This will allow for current issues to be addressed, as well as courses by visiting and adjunct faculty. The course will be taught as a regular course with several students attending the same classes and laboratories (if offered). If a given special topic is offered more than once per two-year period, it will be submitted for formal approval through regular university procedures. A course outline and syllabus will be submitted to and approved by the department chair prior to scheduling of course.

Required Materials:   Assigned Readings: Selected Chapters the following textbooks: Northouse, P. G. (2010). Leadership: Theory and Practice (5th ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications. Conway, M. M. (2005). Women and Public Policy: A Revolution in Progress (3rd ed.) Washington D.C: CQPress Brown, E. (2010). The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women. New York, N.Y. Random House. Articles: Ely, R. “Women and Leadership: Defining the Challenges.” Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Press (2010). Davis, D. “Shattering the Glass Ceiling: The Leadership Development of African American Women in Higher Education. Advancing Women in Leadership Vol.35(pp. 48-64). References: (2015) “Women and Leadership: Public Says Women are Equally Qualified, but Barriers Persist.” Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center, January. Crenshaw, K. “A Primer on Intersectionality” African American Policy Forum(2007). Additional readings, videos and other sources will be assigned throughout the course. Articles will be provided in course packets.
Technical Requirements:   Assessment To accomplish these learning objectives the instructor will utilize assigned readings, teaching cases, guest presentations, lecture, classroom and online discussion. Student progress toward achieving the course learning objectives will be measured by their performance in the following areas: quality of classroom and online discussion, completion of one short (3-5 pages) and one final paper. Final grades will be determined by the following: Active participation in classroom and online discussion 30% 1 Short Papers 30% Final Paper 40% Total 100%
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