Leadership Courses
The CSLCE offers several different credit bearing course offerings centered on the themes of leadership and service (for undergraduates only). If you are interested in registering for these courses, please see the Undergraduate Course Schedule and look for the University Experience Courses (UBE). These specific course sections are Leadership & Community Engagement (LCE) and are all 2-credit courses.
UBE102: Dynamics of Leadership (spring semester only)
This course is offered for a student at the beginning of his/her leadership journey. UBE102 will present the fundamentals of leadership while allowing time for self awareness and discovery. This course will explore and define different aspects of leadership, leaders on campus, and leadership in action, while making it clear that leadership is not just a position. This class is designed to develop leaders through an interactive group experience and require each student to be an active participant.
*UBE110: Interpersonal Skills for Leading and Serving (Intro to Peer Education)
This course builds on the foundational leadership skills students need to be leaders on and off campus. This course examines the social change model of leadership and is designed to prepare students for positions of leadership, enhancing their skill building in the areas of conflict resolution, communication, problem solving, decision making, and much more. This course is highly interactive and uses experiential activities as the context for learning.
*Please note, if you are a health and wellness minor, you must register for the Wellness (WES) section of UBE110, not the LCE section.
UBE496: Leadership & Service Education
(Instructor permission is NOT required. Register for 2-credits only.)
This course is an advanced leadership course that prepares students to become facilitators and educators of leadership through teambuilding, community service, and presentation experiences. This course is recommended for those students who have had previous leadership experience and/or have taken UBE 102 or UBE 110 (leadership sections). Students in this course will gain the important skills of facilitating teambuilding activities for groups, planning and processing community service experiences, and developing their presentation and public speaking skills. This course is a pre-requisite to becoming a Leadership-Service Educator in the Center for Student Leadership & Community Engagement.
Students who successfully complete UBE496 are then eligible to become Leadership Service Educators (based on instructor recommendation) the following semester for the Center for Student Leadership & Community Engagement. Leadership Service Educators serve as trained facilitators who present on various leadership topics for student organizations and UB101 courses. LSE's also assist with the planning of large scale leadership and service programs within the CSLCE.
UBE496 (LC2): Leadership Service Internship (2 credits only)
This service-learning course is designed to create an opportunity to understand the reciprocal nature and responsibility of citizenship for the individual and community. Through both practical applications of service projects and critical reflection, students will learn about the relationship between leadership and service.
Students in the course will develop a sense of responsibility and commitment towards public service and citizenship through critical reflection and action, connect leadership theories to active citizenship and consider civic obligations as a student to improving the quality of life for communities.