Jul 20, 2026  
2026-2027 Catalog SVC 
    
2026-2027 Catalog SVC

BUS 173 - Latino Leadership III


Credits: 2
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 22
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: Apply communication, teamwork and leadership skills to address issues of significance to the LatinX community with an emphasis on mentoring and college access. This is the third of a three-class sequence.

Prerequisite: BUS 172 with a D or better.
Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes
  1. Develop identity as a LatinX leader. Reflect and critically assess and enhance personal leadership abilities.
  2. Develop and apply meeting management and project management skills.
  3. Listen and respond actively, critically and respond appropriately in an interpersonal context.
  4. Communicate confidently and competently in writing, one-on-one, in small groups, and/or before the class.
  5. Identify personal self-disclosure, defensiveness, and nonverbal behaviors; listening habits; and conflict styles and apply/demonstrate appropriate techniques to improve any that inhibit effective communication.
  6. Prepare a variety of organized speeches by using thesis development, specific organizational patterns, and effective outlining.
  7. Present speeches confidently before an audience, using communication apprehension anxiety management strategies, effective vocal and nonverbal delivery techniques, and delivery modes appropriate to the assignment, context, and/or occasion.
  8. Use technology to effectively retrieve and manage information, solve problems, and facilitate communication related to assignment preparation, submission, and/or delivery and other classroom issues.

Course Contents
  1. Self concept development. Service Project Implementation.
  2. Conflict Management. Service Project Presentation.
  3. Reflection Journal and Paper on Leadership Journey.


Instructional Units: 2