Explore resources in the department; research career and internship possibilities; identify, name and describe career setting for agricultural leadership and development; plan course of study and select courses in an emphasis area.

Offered to students living in the Freshmen Leadership Living Learning Community; fundamentals of developing personal leadership while participating in co-curricular activities; emphasis on the relational model of leadership and global perspective building. Prerequisites:

Offered to students living in the Freshmen Leadership Living Learning Community; fundamentals of peer mentoring while participating in co-curricular activities; emphasis on building supportive relationships on a college campus.

Directed study of selected issue in agricultural leadership and development with emphasis on collection, synthesis and interpretation of information.

Special topics in an identified area of agricultural development. May be repeated for credit.

Research conducted under the direction of faculty member in agricultural development. May be repeated 2 times for credit. Please see academic advisor in department.

Gain insights into their personal leadership strengths, styles, motivation and values; plan a course for self-improvement as a leader.

Identification of styles and roles of leadership; development of leadership techniques and skills required in working with organizations and youth groups; methods of resolving conflict, of communicating, of guiding and of evaluating; ethical consideration for leaders.

Team development theory; emphasizes research on team member behaviors, team decision making models and positive conflict in team environments.

Social systems language and archetypes; systems thinking theory including mental models, mastery, team learning, concept models of human organizations.

Principles, theories, concepts, techniques and applications for managing human resources in food and agricultural organizations and in local communities; attracting, staffing, training, developing and compensating human talent. Not intended for majors in business.

Principles, theories, concepts, techniques and applications for leading volunteers in agriculture and life sciences nonprofit, governmental and community organizations.

The study, understanding and solution of human-leadership problems based on theory learned in the classroom, library, laboratory and fieldwork completed by individuals and teams.

Major issues in the study of public leadership, development of leadership skills, and a field investigation done in conjunction with local public leaders.

Selected topics on the diversity of human resources in agriculture; emphasis on working in a multicultural society and developing a sensitivity toward different cultures; explores the interrelationships between the contributions of diverse individuals and the state, nation and global success of agriculture.

Evaluation principles applied to education programs in agriculture and life sciences; conceptual understanding of and skills in program evaluation theory, development, process and practice; application of evaluation design and processes for youth and adults in extension, community and school-based programs

Planning educational programs for adults in agriculture. Developing skill in use of group processes in teaching.

Processes by which professional change agents influence the introduction, adoption and diffusion of technological change. Applicable to persons who work closely with people.

Cooperative extension in agriculture and home economics; development, objectives, organization, program building and methods of teaching.

Technological communication theory; instructional and presentation models; teaching strategies; multimedia development.

Review of current literature and research as related to program development in light of legislation and policies affecting leadership, the broader fields of agriculture and life sciences and issues critical to the future of agriculture.

Directed individual study of selected problems in agricultural leadership and development with emphasis on collection, analysis and presentation of information.

Special topics in an identified area of agricultural development. May be repeated for credit.

Research conducted under the direction of faculty member in agricultural development. May be repeated 2 times for credit. Please see academic advisor in department.

Supervised internship and independent study related to student’s professional interest.

Introduction to the academic and scholarly development of leadership theory & leadership models; investigation of leadership theory when applied to a specific context; development of a leadership definition as an inquiry investigation.