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2025-2026 LDRS 303

Contemporary & Popular Approaches in Leadership

An overview of contemporary approaches in leadership from the 1990s to present day, including practices that focus on psychodynamics, individual and organizational values, ethical relations, teamwork, emotional and social intelligence, and other aspects that have helped define current interpretations of leadership.

Course Credits: 3
2024-2025 LDRS 303

Contemporary and Popular Approaches in Leadership

An overview of contemporary approaches in leadership from the 1990s to present day, including practices that focus on psychodynamics, individual and organizational values, ethical relations, teamwork, emotional and social intelligence, and other aspects that have helped define current interpretations of leadership.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third year standing or permission of instructor.
2024-2025 LDRS 310

Learning Systems

Examines leadership as systems of leading and following in various contexts. Multiple levels of analysis from self to society at large are considered. Core practices, such as, appreciative inquiry, systems thinking, and design thinking are investigated.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third year standing or permission of instructor.
2025-2026 LDRS 310

Learning Systems

Examines leadership as systems of leading and following in various contexts. Multiple levels of analysis from self to society at large are considered. Core practices, such as, appreciative inquiry, systems thinking, and design thinking are investigated.

Course Credits: 3
2024-2025 LDRS 320

Ethical Decision-Making

An exploration of the leader's decisionmaking practice, including the relation to problem analysis, decisionmaking techniques, and ethical considerations. Emphasis is given to a critical examination of individual, organizational, and macrolevel issues in ethics, and exploring the role of values and ethics in the leader's formulation of strategies for motivating, communicating, utilizing power, and developing followers.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third year standing or permission of instructor.
2025-2026 LDRS 320

Ethical Decision-Making

An exploration of the leader's decision-making practice, including the relation to problem analysis, decision-making techniques, and ethical considerations. Emphasis is given to a critical examination of individual, organizational, and macro-level issues in ethics, and exploring the role of values and ethics in the leader's formulation of strategies for motivating, communicating, utilizing power, and developing followers.

Course Credits: 3
2024-2025 LDRS 330

Leadership in Teams

A practical examination of leadership in the team context and its relevance to organizational flourishing. Emphasis is given to shared leadership in facilitating collaborative work, problem-solving, learning, and sustainable performance.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 105, 106 or instructor's consent.
2025-2026 LDRS 330

Leadership in Teams

A practical examination of leadership in the team context and its relevance to organizational flourishing. Emphasis is given to shared leadership in facilitating collaborative work, problem-solving, learning, and sustainable performance.

Course Credits: 3
2025-2026 LDRS 370

Global Leadership

An overview of current and evolving global leadership challenges is the focus of this course. Students will explore practical ways in which leadership in foreign countries differs from leadership in North America. Attention is given to practicing open and equal consideration of all cultural viewpoints while maintaining a transformational servant leader perspective emphasizing compassion and reconciliation.

Course Credits: 3
2025-2026 LDRS 371

Innovation Practice, Adaptation & Impact

This course will investigate the complex world of innovation, its associated practices, and guiding mindsets. Students will explore key concepts and issues involved in the challenge of innovation, apply best practices, and integrate ethical principles to cultivate innovative thinking and behaviour. Emphasis will be given to the adaptive processes of implementing new ideas and the impact of these inventions.

Course Credits: 3
2025-2026 LDRS 375

Culture & Christianity

This course examines important aspects of Christianity's involvement in global culture. Alternative models and historical examples of this involvement are considered as well as the engagement of Christianity with specific current social and cultural issues.

Course Credits: 3
2024-2025 LDRS 375

Culture and Christianity

This course examines important aspects of Christianity's involvement in global culture. Alternative models and historical examples of this involvement are considered as well as the engagement of Christianity with specific current social and cultural issues.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): LDRS 301 or permission of instructor.
2024-2025 LDRS 391

Supervised Leadership Experience

This course is designed to provide a critical examination of a leadership topic or area through one's personal involvement in leadership practice. Readings emphasize leadership theory, personal reflection, and the application of leadership principles. The course involves both a critical examination of leadership and an investigation of one's personal strengths. Leadership practice is structured to provide a context to apply leadership theory, personally reflect on the theory and application, and learn how to be a more effective leader through interaction with a leadership facilitator.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
2025-2026 LDRS 391

Supervised Leadership Experience

This course is designed to provide a critical examination of a leadership topic or area through one's personal involvement in leadership practice. Readings emphasize leadership theory, personal reflection, and the application of leadership principles. The course involves both a critical examination of leadership and an investigation of one's personal strengths. Leadership practice is structured to provide a context to apply leadership theory, personally reflect on the theory and application, and learn how to be a more effective leader through interaction with a leadership facilitator.

Course Credits: 3
2024-2025 LDRS 392

Supervised Leadership Experience

This course is designed to provide a critical examination of a leadership topic or area through one's personal involvement in leadership practice. Readings emphasize leadership theory, personal reflection, and the application of leadership principles. The course involves both a critical examination of leadership and an investigation of one's personal strengths. Leadership practice is structured to provide a context to apply leadership theory, personally reflect on the theory and application, and learn how to be a more effective leader through interaction with a leadership facilitator.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
2025-2026 LDRS 392

Supervised Leadership Experience

This course is designed to provide a critical examination of a leadership topic or area through one's personal involvement in leadership practice. Readings emphasize leadership theory, personal reflection, and the application of leadership principles. The course involves both a critical examination of leadership and an investigation of one's personal strengths. Leadership practice is structured to provide a context to apply leadership theory, personally reflect on the theory and application, and learn how to be a more effective leader through interaction with a leadership facilitator.

Course Credits: 3
2024-2025 LDRS 393

Supervised Leadership Experience

This course is designed to provide a critical examination of a leadership topic or area through one's personal involvement in leadership practice. Readings emphasize leadership theory, personal reflection, and the application of leadership principles. The course involves both a critical examination of leadership and an investigation of one's personal strengths. Leadership practice is structured to provide a context to apply leadership theory, personally reflect on the theory and application, and learn how to be a more effective leader through interaction with a leadership facilitator.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
2025-2026 LDRS 393

Supervised Leadership Experience

This course is designed to provide a critical examination of a leadership topic or area through one's personal involvement in leadership practice. Readings emphasize leadership theory, personal reflection, and the application of leadership principles. The course involves both a critical examination of leadership and an investigation of one's personal strengths. Leadership practice is structured to provide a context to apply leadership theory, personally reflect on the theory and application, and learn how to be a more effective leader through interaction with a leadership facilitator.

Course Credits: 3
2024-2025 LDRS 394

Supervised Leadership Experience

This course is designed to provide a critical examination of a leadership topic or area through one's personal involvement in leadership practice. Readings emphasize leadership theory, personal reflection, and the application of leadership principles. The course involves both a critical examination of leadership and an investigation of one's personal strengths. Leadership practice is structured to provide a context to apply leadership theory, personally reflect on the theory and application, and learn how to be a more effective leader through interaction with a leadership facilitator.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
2025-2026 LDRS 394

Supervised Leadership Experience

This course is designed to provide a critical examination of a leadership topic or area through one's personal involvement in leadership practice. Readings emphasize leadership theory, personal reflection, and the application of leadership principles. The course involves both a critical examination of leadership and an investigation of one's personal strengths. Leadership practice is structured to provide a context to apply leadership theory, personally reflect on the theory and application, and learn how to be a more effective leader through interaction with a leadership facilitator.

Course Credits: 3
2025-2026 LDRS 400

Interpersonal Leadership: Negotiation & Conflict Resolution

Students learn to identify conflict sources within and outside organizations related to personal differences, real and imagined levels of power, and stakeholder interests. Forms of dispute resolution are discussed including professional arbitration and alternative methods of mediation, with recognition that conflicts can be beneficial.

Course Credits: 3
2024-2025 LDRS 400

Interpersonal Leadership: Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

Students learn to identify conflict sources within and outside organizations related to personal differences, real and imagined levels of power, and stakeholder interests. Forms of dispute resolution are discussed including professional arbitration and alternative methods of mediation, with recognition that conflicts can be beneficial.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third year standing or permission of instructor.
2025-2026 LDRS 410

Communication: Methods & Mediums of Persuasion & Positive Influence

Communication within an organization impacts directly/indirectly and internally/externally in four directions: colleagues, subordinates, superiors, and current and potential customers. All successful leaders are competent communicators and seek ways to develop their skills. This course provides a broad overview of communications and offers learners practical tools to improve their rapport with various audiences.

Course Credits: 3
2024-2025 LDRS 410

Communication: Methods and Mediums of Persuasion and Positive Influence

Communication within an organization impacts directly/indirectly and internally/externally in four directions: colleagues, subordinates, superiors, and current and potential customers. All successful leaders are competent communicators and seek ways to develop their skills. This course provides a broad overview of communications and offers learners practical tools to improve their rapport with various audiences.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third year standing or permission of instructor.
2024-2025 LDRS 420

Leading Change

Leaders need to understand change in order to lead change. This course enables students to understand the impact of change, develop a better sense of leading complex change, and learn about various change process models, frameworks, and engagement principles to gain commitment and involvement. Students also develop an understanding of how to coach in the midst of change. Using a nine-phase change process model, students apply their learning to a change project or initiative.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third year standing or permission of instructor.
2025-2026 LDRS 420

Leading Change

Leaders need to understand change in order to lead change. This course enables students to understand the impact of change, develop a better sense of leading complex change, and learn about various change process models, frameworks, and engagement principles to gain commitment and involvement. Students also develop an understanding of how to coach in the midst of change. Using a nine-phase change process model, students apply their learning to a change project or initiative.

Course Credits: 3
2024-2025 LDRS 431

Building Leaders I: Developing Intergenerational Leaders

An examination of the universal process of human development from a psycho-social perspective in order to understand personal responses to leadership and the perspective-taking requirements of the leader in leading others. This course provides an overview of different generations (Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials) and both their approach and responses to leadership challenges with a view to increasing the emotional intelligence of emerging leaders.

Course Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): Third year standing or permission of instructor.
2025-2026 LDRS 431

Building Leaders I: Developing Intergenerational Leaders

An examination of the universal process of human development from a psycho-social perspective in order to understand personal responses to leadership and the perspective-taking requirements of the leader in leading others. This course provides an overview of different generations (Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials) and both their approach and responses to leadership challenges with a view to increasing the emotional intelligence of emerging leaders.

Course Credits: 1
2025-2026 LDRS 432

Building Leaders II: Vocation & Career Planning

An examination of leaders' vocation discernment and career planning in the context of both modeling and mentoring. Emphasis is given to the leaders' identification of personal calling and the creation of their career development plans and how they use their self-development knowledge as life mentors to those they lead, bringing others toward personal and professional clarity and growth.

Course Credits: 1
2024-2025 LDRS 432

Building Leaders II: Vocation and Career Planning

An examination of leaders' vocation discernment and career planning in the context of both modeling and mentoring. Emphasis is given to the leaders' identification of personal calling and the creation of their career development plans and how they use their self-development knowledge as life mentors to those they lead, bringing others toward personal and professional clarity and growth.

Course Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): Third year standing or permission of instructor.
2024-2025 LDRS 433

Building Leaders III: Resilience in Leadership

An examination of everyday challenges and weaknesses leaders face, and how to cope effectively. This course focuses on approaches and attitudes related to leadership aspects such as criticism, failures, successes, personal attacks, weaknesses, and persistence.

Course Credits: 1
Prerequisite(s): Third year standing or permission of instructor.
2025-2026 LDRS 433

Building Leaders III: Resilience in Leadership

An examination of everyday challenges and weaknesses leaders face, and how to cope effectively. This course focuses on approaches and attitudes related to leadership aspects such as criticism, failures, successes, personal attacks, weaknesses, and persistence.

Course Credits: 1
2024-2025 LDRS 440

Developing Administrative Competence

Students learn key principles and methods beyond general strategies of leadership, which lead to successful administration of private and public organizations. This course provides the student with an opportunity to apply learned leadership principles of the program in the context of a management application, thus demonstrating an understanding of both management and leadership, and acknowledging that a good leader is also a good manager. Topics include preparing strategic plans, modifying strategies, designing the organization to fit objectives, organizational governance, staffing the organization, budget building and defending, risk management and due diligence, and effective implementation of plans.

Course Credits: 3
2025-2026 LDRS 440

Developing Administrative Competence

Students learn key principles and methods beyond general strategies of leadership, which lead to successful administration of private and public organizations. This course provides the student with an opportunity to apply learned leadership principles of the program in the context of a management application, thus demonstrating an understanding of both management and leadership, and acknowledging that a good leader is also a good manager. Topics include preparing strategic plans, modifying strategies, designing the organization to fit objectives, organizational governance, staffing the organization, budget building and defending, risk management and due diligence, and effective implementation of plans.

Course Credits: 3
2025-2026 LDRS 471

Global Analysis & Political Leadership

With an emphasis on ethical leadership principles and sustainable organization development, this course will investigate the complexity of interconnected global systems, including economic, political, and social systems. Through analyse of historic and emerging patterns of global order and the interactions that occur between global systems, students will examine the role leadership and innovation plays in both sustaining and threatening the global balance of power and its impact on human flourishing.

Course Credits: 3
2025-2026 LDRS 472

Innovation & Customer Choice in the Digital Age

With an emphasis on contexts characterized by digital technologies making people’s work and life more immediate, connected, convenient, and relevant to their needs, this course investigates the complex world of innovative thinking, customer choice, and shaping potential customers. Students will explore concepts relating to the role of innovation in helping consumers to solve problems, the dynamics generating future jobs, and metrics for understanding innovation and consumer behaviour. Attention will be given to how innovative leaders can act ethically and effectively to help people and organizations identify, analyze, and ultimately solve the world’s deepest problems in inventive and positive ways.

Course Credits: 3
2025-2026 LDRS 473

Innovative Leadership Practice in Context

Students will be immersed in the world of innovation, leadership, and global change through personal engagement with leading organizations and leaders in the context of one or more global cities. Led by a faculty mentor, students will visit leading global organizations. Each organization visit will involve a pre-visit study on the organization as well as post-visit debriefing and analysis with the faculty mentor. Emphasis will be given to the analysis of innovative leadership practice at the individual and team levels.

Course Credits: 3
2024-2025 LDRS 490

Leading in the World

Students are invited to use the discipline of leadership as a mode of inquiry to explore the relation between the leader as a person and the social world where the leader seeks to intervene. Emphasis is given to how a leader's awareness of human uniqueness and interconnectedness is practically expressed in, and informed by, social ways of relating respectfully to all others in order to create positive transformations in the workplace and society, locally, nationally, and globally.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third year standing or permission of instructor.
2025-2026 LDRS 490

Leading in the World

Students are invited to use the discipline of leadership as a mode of inquiry to explore the relation between the leader as a person and the social world where the leader seeks to intervene. Emphasis is given to how a leader's awareness of human uniqueness and interconnectedness is practically expressed in, and informed by, social ways of relating respectfully to all others in order to create positive transformations in the workplace and society, locally, nationally, and globally.

Course Credits: 3
2024-2025 LDRS 491

Leadership Practicum I

Students are engaged in an experiential learning opportunity within a practical setting to apply knowledge and skills they have gained in their B.A. in Leadership studies. Applied projects are developed within the supervised environment of a business, non-profit agency, social service agency, or other institution related to the student's personal interests and future plans.

Course Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): Third year standing or permission of instructor.
2025-2026 LDRS 491

Leadership Practicum I

Students are engaged in an experiential learning opportunity within a practical setting to apply knowledge and skills they have gained in their B.A. in Leadership studies. Applied projects are developed within the supervised environment of a business, non-profit agency, social service agency, or other institution related to the student's personal interests and future plans.

Course Credits: 2
2024-2025 LDRS 492

Leadership Practicum II

Students are engaged in an experiential learning opportunity within a practical setting to apply knowledge and skills they have gained in their B.A. in Leadership studies. Applied projects are developed within the supervised environment of a business, non-profit agency, social service agency, or other institution related to the student's personal interests and future plans.

Course Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): Third year standing or permission of instructor and the completion of at least 3 leadership courses.
2025-2026 LDRS 492

Leadership Practicum II

Students are engaged in an experiential learning opportunity within a practical setting to apply knowledge and skills they have gained in their B.A. in Leadership studies. Applied projects are developed within the supervised environment of a business, non-profit agency, social service agency, or other institution related to the student's personal interests and future plans.

Course Credits: 2
2024-2025 LDRS 493

Leadership Practicum I

Students are engaged in an experiential learning opportunity within a practical setting to apply knowledge and skills they have gained in their B.A. in Leadership studies. Applied projects are developed within the supervised environment of a business, non-profit agency, social service agency, or other institution related to the student's personal interests and future plans.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third year standing or permission of instructor.
2025-2026 LDRS 493

Leadership Practicum I

Students are engaged in an experiential learning opportunity within a practical setting to apply knowledge and skills they have gained in their B.A. in Leadership studies. Applied projects are developed within the supervised environment of a business, non-profit agency, social service agency, or other institution related to the student's personal interests and future plans.

Course Credits: 3
2024-2025 LDRS 494

Leadership Practicum II

Students are engaged in an experiential learning opportunity within a practical setting to apply knowledge and skills they have gained in their B.A. in Leadership studies. Applied projects are developed within the supervised environment of a business, non-profit agency, social service agency, or other institution related to the student's personal interests and future plans.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third year standing or permission of instructor and the completion of at least 3 leadership courses.
2025-2026 LDRS 494

Leadership Practicum II

Students are engaged in an experiential learning opportunity within a practical setting to apply knowledge and skills they have gained in their B.A. in Leadership studies. Applied projects are developed within the supervised environment of a business, non-profit agency, social service agency, or other institution related to the student's personal interests and future plans.

Course Credits: 3
2024-2025 LDRS 499

Applied Leadership Project

The applied leadership project provides students with an opportunity in which to test and apply the skills learned in their practicum placement as well as to reflect on their own personal development as professionals. Students conduct their applied leadership project in a supervised business, nonprofit agency, social service agency, or institution related to their personal interests and future plans (preferably in the same setting as they completed their practicum). This self-directed, but practicum-facilitated project helps the students reflect on and integrate their knowledge with practical experience.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Completion of at least 75 percent of the major coursework and practica.
2025-2026 LDRS 499

Applied Leadership Project

The applied leadership project provides students with an opportunity in which to test and apply the skills learned in their practicum placement as well as to reflect on their own personal development as professionals. Students conduct their applied leadership project in a supervised business, nonprofit agency, social service agency, or institution related to their personal interests and future plans (preferably in the same setting as they completed their practicum). This self-directed, but practicum-facilitated project helps the students reflect on and integrate their knowledge with practical experience.

Course Credits: 3
2024-2025 LDRS 500

Leadership Foundations

This introductory course provides an understanding of the philosophical and theoretical basis for leadership, including the participant’s stage of development. Major historical models for leadership are examined with special attention to servant leadership. Participants also examine ways of improving their own leadership skills through practical interactive group exercises.

Course Credits: 3