CSL 220 Leadership Skills

3 hours 

This course will focus on developing leadership skills. Students will learn effective interpersonal techniques for conducting group meetings including conflict management skills and parliamentary procedure. The course will focus on the impact of ethnic, racial and gender issues in groups and organizations and their effect on leadership. Several class sessions will involve experiences, which will explore facilitative leadership styles, impediments to effective communication, self-awareness and listening for hidden agendas. Videotape equipment will be used to give students the opportunity to learn how their behavior affects others.