BUS 293 - Leadership Whidbey

Credits: 10
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 88
Lab Hours: 44
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: Learn from local leaders about the history and legacies of Whidbey Island and the critical topics and initiatives in local government, ecology, economy, arts, culture, and education. Apply systems thinking, justice, inclusion, and equity to understanding these topics. Gain awareness of leadership frameworks while developing a personal leadership practice. Develop as a leader through self-awareness, values clarification, building on strengths, speaking in public, practicing conflict resolution, and behaviors that build strong teams and engage diverse communities. Directly apply leadership skills to choose, plan, and complete a service project.

Prerequisite: None.
Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Describe models of a more just, healthy, and sustainable community.
Recognize historical roots and systemic factors that influence current possibilities for a community.
Articulate a personal framework and a reflective practice for leadership.
Practice listening for understanding, storytelling, collaborative problem-solving, and public speaking.
Claim a local leadership challenge and identify the relationships, resources, and skills needed to impact this challenge.
Engage with a network of community leaders who share a common goal of community stewardship.

Course Contents

Whidbey Island history, community leadership legacies, and assets.
Complex problems, systems and design thinking.
Models for just, healthy and sustainable community.
Leadership frameworks.
Leadership as a reflective practice.
Self-care.
Inclusive community engagement.
Strategies to promote conversation inclusive of divergent perspectives and/or values, and engage collaborative problem-solving.
Public speaking.
Team Development.
Current issues and opportunities in governance, ecology, economy, art, culture, education.
Stewardship, Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

Instructional Units: 11