GWS 399LS - Gender Studies Leadership Semester

Practical, theoretical and critical experience in leadership as applied to the interdisciplinary field of Gender and Women’s Studies. Students may choose from: (1) a practicum leadership project 1 s.h., (2) a course-related leadership project 1 s.h., (3)a community leadership project 1-4 s.h., or (4) a student-proposed leadership project 1-4 s.h. Students must develop a Leadership Semester Proposal that indicates how their projects demonstrate leadership and/or offers them opportunities to develop as leaders based on The Columbia College Leadership Vision statement and the Four Cs of Leadership. Students will also present the results of their projects in a public forum and, after completing their projects, will write reflection papers which assess how their experiences helped them develop as leaders.

Credits: 1-4

Prerequisites Junior standing and Consent of Instructor