Kansas State University

LEAD 420: Theories of Nonprofit Leadership 

3 credit hours

This course provides an overview of nonprofit organizations by integrating concepts and theories with applied practice. Students will be introduced to the nonprofit organization including: staff, board, and volunteer development; trends and issues in designing programs; the financial process; risk management; constituent needs and concerns; and program marketing and promotion.

Other topics include employment issues related to interviewing, performance evaluations, and personal goal setting. This is a required Theories elective for nonprofit leadership focus students. (Fulfills Theories Elective)

LEAD 430: Women and Leadership 

  3 credit hours

This course addresses issues related to leadership as it intersects with women's studies scholarship, such as women's styles of leadership, women and competition, sexism in the workplace, gender differences in communication, and feminist models of leadership. This course will explore issues related to women's leadership development in the theoretical contexts of leadership studies and women's studies. (Fulfills Foundation/Applications Elective)

LEAD 499: Internship in Nonprofit Leadership 

  3 credit hours

Students will document nonprofit leadership knowledge and skills and mastery of foundation and professional competencies by demonstrating an ability to construct a personal philosophy of leadership and to practice leadership consistent with their philosophy; an ability to understand, appreciate and employ ethical decisions; an ability to identify and comprehend the impact of culture on their leadership style; an understanding of American Humanics foundation and professional development competencies; and an ability to construct and implement a nonprofit leadership internship. (Fulfills Foundations/Applications Elective for nonprofit focus)

LEAD 502: Leadership Forum 21st Century Applications

3 credit hours

This course will explore contemporary leadership through the experiences of School of Leadership Studies alumni who will share their perspectives with the class. A second portion of the class will focus on leadership and personal development that will help the student develop skills and strategies useful in the leadership process.

LEAD 502: Ethical Dimensions of Leadership  

3 credit hours

This course explores the ethical and moral responsibilities of leadership. Students study the moral obligations of leaders and followers and how leaders shape the moral environment of institutions and other formal and informal organizations. This course addresses the public and private morality of leaders as well as how leaders convey values through language, symbolic actions, and as role models. In order to prepare students for various career paths, ethical issues related to leadership with a variety of contexts are examined. Required Ethics elective for nonprofit leadership focus students. (Fulfills Ethics Elective)

LEAD 502: Theories of Leadership

3 credit hours

This course is organized to provide students with in-depth examination of traditional leadership theories and an exploration of current leadership scholarship. The curriculum is designed to prepare students to become leaders and followers with a strong grounding and conceptual understanding of leadership theories as well as an understanding of the application of the theories. This is a required Theories elective for nonprofit leadership focus students. (Fulfills Theories Elective)

LEAD 502:  Social Entrepreneurship

3 credit hours

Students learn a conceptual framework and strategies for social change to achieve their vision of a better world, research and compare social ventures, and then prepare a concept paper to present to a foundation for funding. The cases and assignments for this course will focus on South Asia and primarily on non-profits and non-governmental organizations (NGO) in India.

LEAD 502 (POLSC 366): Applied Political Leadership

 3 credit hours

This course is designed to provide students with in-depth knowledge and experience about practical politics. Politics is the art of getting enough people to support you to accomplish the goal. We will approach it from the standpoint of the skills and strategies necessary to accomplish the political objective. Our focus will be on learning for the future and how that might apply to actually running for office, helping someone else, or just living day to day, for politics is everywhere. From church decisions, to resolving on the job issues, to securing a loan, it will vary in intensity but it will be there.

LEAD 502 (POLSC 799): Concepts of Executive Leadership

3 credit hours

Never before in our history as a nation has there been a time in either the public or private sector when leadership was in more demand. Leadership is necessary for change to take place and everywhere we look, without change, institutions of all makes and models will die. The world is flat. Globalization is real. Advancements in technology and science force us forward at faster and faster paces. On top of this, the security and environmental challanges impact us at all levels. Counts as the Theories elective for leadership studies minor. (Fulfills Theories Elective)