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The Servant Leadership Program incorporates eight academic seminars into the 4-year comprehensive program.  These seminars begin with an introduction to servant leadership and other popular leadership theories and build on the basic leadership concepts each semester, adding communication skills, leadership examples through film and biography, and an application of principles through teaching and project-based learning.

LEAD 1705
Open to the general student population, incoming freshmen in the program, and incoming associates, this seminar enables students to define leadership and to understand the concept of Servant Leadership. Students begin to examine their own beliefs about leaders, leadership, and themselves. They are introduced to the current research literature on leadership and become acquainted with various leadership theories. Necessary skills for effective leaders are introduced and practiced through an included community service component.

LEAD 1706
Open to second semester freshmen in the program and associates, this seminar is designed to help students understand themselves in the context of Servant Leadership. This course enables students to understand critical developmental issues for college students and to develop their own personal vision in terms of Servant Leadership. Students examine their definitions of moral leadership and focus on applying universal human values in practical contexts.

LEAD 2705
Open to sophomores in the program, this seminar is designed to help students explore the role of communication in leadership. Those interested in developing skills for authentic communication and in bridging the gap between style and substance find this course especially useful.

LEAD 2706
Open to second semester sophomores in the program, this seminar enables students in the Servant Leadership Program to examine the meanings of coercion, manipulation, and persuasion. Students study sources of credibility, logical argument, and emotional appeals. Ethical application of the principles of persuasion is the focus as the student develops his or her own unique power to persuade.

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