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HUM 250-31 Syllabus Supplement
HUM 250-31 Syllabus Supplement
HUM 250-31 Syllabus Supplement
ACADEMIC HONESTY
Plagiarism of any type will not be tolerated in this class. Your writings for this
course must be your own work. I do not care if you use outside materials as long
as you use proper citations and quotation marks around words that you didn’t
write. Downloading and printing material from the Internet as your own work will
earn you an AUTOMATIC F IN THIS COURSE. Don’t take the risk.
EMAIL POLICY
All class-related communication must be through your NCCC email account (P-
mail). When writing an email put the following in the subject line: HUM 250-31.
All students must send a certification email to the instructor within the first week
of class. The email should include the student’s correct name.
1. Leadership Journal:
Each student will be responsible for preparing a Leadership Journal that will be
checked periodically throughout the semester. Students should bring their
Journals to class every day. Students will have the option of keeping an
electronic version of their Journal on InsideNC. The purpose of the Journal is to
aid you in developing your own personal leadership philosophy. The Journal
should contain reflections upon each class including impressions of lectures,
discussion, group work, and films. The Journal should also contain written
responses to the Points to Consider questions for each assigned reading. The
responses to the Points to Consider questions must be substantial responses
with an in depth analysis of the question and a minimum of 150 words.
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3. Group Presentation
Students will be divided into groups to work on a project together. The results of
the project will then be presented to the class.
4. Examinations
Students take a midterm and a final exam. The exams will be open book and
open note, and Leadership Journals may also be used. The exams will consist
of a choice of short essay questions.
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Course Schedule
DATE TOPIC ASSIGNMENT
January Unit I: Film Study: 12 O’Clock High.
19, 2011 Developing a Class Exercise:
Personal Values Sort, p. 56.
Leadership
Philosophy
January Unit I: Readings:
26. 2011 Developing a Plato, “The Philosopher King”, pp. 3-20.
Personal Simón Bolívar, “Discourse of Angostura”,
Leadership pp. 21-25.
Philosophy Sally Helgesen, “The Female Advantage”,
pp. 41-44.
Otto Kroeger and Janet Thuesen, “Type
Talk”, pp. 45-54.
Homework:
Do Meyers-Briggs Survey at
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-
win/JTypes2.asp
Class Exercise:
Assumptions about People, pp. 56-57.
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Cesar Chavez, “1984 Address to The
Commonwealth Club of California”, pp.
190-196.
Warren Bennis, “The Secrets of Great
Groups”, pp. 201-204.
Class Exercise:
Toxic Waste Dump, p. 211.
Film Study: Remember the Titans.
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William Langewiesche , “American
Ground”, pp. 352.
Class Exercise:
Iliad Skit, p. 355.
Film Study: Crash.
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2011
May 4, Catch Up and
2011 Review
May 11, FINAL EXAMINATION
2011
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