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DEVELOPMENT
Outcomes & Evidenc
Progress Inventory
MINOR IN LEADERSHIP STUDIE
Center for Student Leadership Developmen
Memorial Union
University of Rhode Islan
*The Outcomes & Evidence Progress Inventory is the intellectual property of the Center for Student Leadership Development (CSLD) at the
University of Rhode Island and cannot be reproduced in part, or in its entirety, without the written permission of the acting Assistant Director of the
CSLD.
CONTENT
ABOUT THE MINOR & CENTER FOR STUDENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT (information included
• Center for Student Leadership Development Informatio
• Minor Informatio
• Developmental Mode
OUTCOME
• Outcomes (Self-Leadership, Interpersonal and Organizational, Leadership Theories, Inclusive Leadership, Critical
Thinking
• Targeted Classe
• Experience
• Evidenc
To enhance the mission of the University of Rhode Island, The Center for Student Leadership Development aims to
• Provide developmental opportunities for all students to become informed, inclusive, effective, and ethical leaders in the global marketplace through the implementation of learner-centered
academic, experiential, and co-curricular programming
• Engage in research, assessment, and advancement in order to positively impact the expanding eld of leadership studies
GENERAL INFORMATIO
• Regardless of your major, you can minor in Leadership Studies
• Requirements may be satis ed by completing 18 or more credits related to leadership and offered by more than one department
• Twelve (12) of the 18 credits must be at the 200 level of instruction or above. A course grade of “C” or better must be earned in each graded course. At least 12 of the credits must be earned at
URI
• No course may be used to apply to both the major and minor elds of study. Courses in General Education or for other minors may be used for the minor* (*this does not apply to students in
the College of Business). With the exception of internship credit, all courses for the minor must be taken for a grade. The Introductory class must be taken before the internship and the
capstone course
• Application for the minor must be led in your academic dean’s of ce no later than the beginning of the nal semester or term
• Approval of the minor does not guarantee that the suggested courses will be available to you on a schedule correlated with your graduation plans nor guarantee space in any required course
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Introductory Cours HDF 190: FLIT Only offered in spring for rst-year student
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HDF 290: Modern Leadership Issues Offered Fall and Spring for sophomores & junior
Internshi HDF 417: Leadership Internship Requires 40 hours/credit with a min. of 80 hours & a max. of 120 hours of documented internship
3 credits o experience for graded credi
Experience through Of ce of Experiential Learning & Community Engagemen
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Internship Class in Academic Majo The only time the major and minor can overla
Capston HDF 412: Historical, Multi-ethnic & Alternative Leadershi Offered only in the fall with preference given to senior
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COM 402: Leadership & Motivatio Offered in the spring and summer with Dr. Leatha
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BUS 441: Leadership Skills Developmen Offered in the fall and spring with Dr. Coope
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HPR 411/412: Honors Senior Semina
Must be in Honors or have GPA of 3.
Portfoli HDF 492: Leadership Minor Portfoli Taken last spring semester of enrollment (some exceptions)
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*Additional classes may be appropriate and therefore added to the list; see CSLD for the most updated list or bring a class that you think should be an electiv
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AAF 300: Civil Rights Movement in the US COM 402: Leadership and Motivation (capstone option) HDF 416: Leadership in Organizations
BUS 341: Organizational Behavior COM 407: Political Communication HDF 417: Leadership Minor Internship
BUS 342: Human Resource Management COM 415: The Ethics of Persuasion HDF 437: Law & Families in the U.S.
BUS 441: Leadership & Motivation (capstone option) COM 421: Advanced Interpersonal Communication HDF 450: Introduction to Counseling
BUS 443: Organizational Design & Change COM 422: Communication and Con ict HPR 118: Honors Course in Speech Communication
BUS 448: International Dimensions of Business COM 441: Race, Politics and the Media HPR 203: The Prepared Mind
BUS 449: Entrepreneurship COM 450: Organizational Communication HPR 412: Honors Seminar (capstone option)
COM 100: Communication Fundamentals COM 461/462: Managing Cultural Differences in Organizations MSL 101: Introduction to Military Leadership
COM 202: Public Speaking CSV 302: URI Community Service MSL 201: Leadership & Military History
COM 208: Argumentation and Debate GWS 150: Introduction to Women’s Studies MSL 201: Military Skills and History of Warfare
COM 210: Persuasion: The Rhetoric of In uence GWS 310: Race, Class, Sexuality in Women’s Lives MSL 202: Leadership & Team Building
COM 221: Interpersonal Communication GWS 350: International Women’s Issue MSL 301: Leadership & Management
COM 250: Small Group Communication HDF 190: First-Year Leaders Inspired to Excellence (FLITE) PEX 375: Women in Sport - Contemporary Perspectives
COM 302: Advanced Public Speaking (introductory course option) PHL 212: Ethics
COM 308: Advanced Argumentation HDF 290: Modern Leadership Issues (introductory course option) PSC 304: Introduction to Public Administration
COM 322: Gender & Communication HDF 291: Rose Butler Browne Program Peer Mentoring Progra PSC 369: Legislative Process and Public Policy
COM 351: Oral Comm. in Business & the Professions HDF 412: Historical, Multi-Ethnic, & Alternative Leadership (capstone PSC 504: Ethics in Public Administration
COM 361: Intercultural Communication option) SOC300/WMS350: Women and Work
COM 383: Rhetorical Theory HDF 413: Student Organization Leadership Consultin THE 221: Stage Management
COM 385: Communication and Social In uence HDF 414: Leadership for Activism and Social Change THE 341: Theater Management
HDF 415: FLITE Peer Leadership
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You need to have your own act together before you can lead others:
2. Lead Yourself
▪ Time management
▪ Organization
1. Know Yourself ▪ Self care
▪ Self discipline
Lead Others ▪ Strengths ▪ Perseverance
▪ Weaknesses ▪ Develop and maintain family,
▪ Values PROGRESS interpersonal, and intimate relationships
▪ Needs ▪ Academic, social, personal goals and
P ▪ Styles objectives
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R o Membership R
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OUTCOME
In this section, you will track your progress toward the outcomes. Each class in the minor targets different outcomes; all of the classes list these
outcomes on the syllabi (the words “goals” or “curriculum areas” may be used instead). In many of our classes, the assignments can serve as your
evidence. Periodically, and not less than at the end of each semester, you should update your outcomes progress. In the “additional experiences”
column, name additional classes or experiences that contributed to you becoming pro cient in that outcome. As the semesters pass, you will think of
things from recent semesters and semesters further in the past, or people or jobs, etc. in your past that also in uenced your progress on that outcome.
Do not let that ambiguity upset you. Re ecting on development is not a linear process, but it does help to re ect often. In the “descriptive notes”
column, share insights about your growth, lack of progress, successes, stumbling blocks, etc. At the end of each section, you need to include evidence
that supports your development toward the outcomes. Copies of papers, grading sheets, evaluation letters—anything that shows that someone has
determined that you have demonstrated pro ciency (or not, or are making progress). Make sure to keep electronic copies of all of your evidence to
include in your Portfolio
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Outcome Target class Additional Experiences Descriptive notes regarding learning and practice
1. Student will demonstrate autonomy and a Welcome Day PSY 254 One of my favorite experiences at URI so far has been volunteering at welcome day for the leadership
minimized need for approval program and talking about the program to prospective students and their families. It was genuinely so
rewarding to speak to students that are looking to get involved. Arriving to welcome day, despite a
slight lack of instruction given for what exactly I was supposed to do- I found myself accomplishing
everything and more. I did not think to ask if what I was saying to these students was okay or if I
needed to change anything because I knew that everything I was saying is valuable information. This
demonstrates a level of autonomy that has been exciting developing throughout college so far. I have
also found autonomy in my PSY 254 class because we are given a test every friday- but are given no
instructions when or how to study. This puts the responsibility all on me to create times to study and
absorb the material while managing my time wisely.
2. Student will demonstrate personal, HDF 190 PSY 254 Self-discipline is very important to have in college being that you have many new things brought onto
organizational, and academic examples of Greek life you at a very fast pace. This being said, coming to college, I have had to learn how to accurately
self-discipline manage my time as I have both personal and academic challenges I face. Specifically within HDF
190, I have practiced self discipline through breaking through my introverted shell. This relates to both
my personal and academic self-discipline because our class involves a lot of interpersonal interaction,
so I decided that I had to stop being scared of talking in order to get the full experience of the class.
Outside of our class, I have had to learn self discipline when I gained more responsibilities after
joining greek life in the spring. I had to practice organizational self-discipline because I had more
things on my schedule that I had to decide when I could plan my academics and my social life. This
relates to both my academic and personal life because there had been times where I want to attend
an event for my sorority, but practiced self-discipline and stayed home to focus on my academics. My
PSY 254 has a test in person every Friday, so that took self-discipline not to drop the class just
because it was an inconvenience to me.
3. Student will demonstrate the ability to Greek Life MTH 101 I have learned to effectively manage my emotions as I have spent more time in college. I did not
manage emotions expect to be doing as much group work in college as I actually ended up doing, so that definitely
prompted some emotion management tactics as I am used to working primarily independently. Joining
Greek life taught me how to manage my emotions because being in a sorority with so many girls is
bound to have frequent disagreement. This being said, learning to prioritize things that are important
in a sorority- such as leadership roles and establishing connections, can ease the process of learning
how to manage emotions. I also had to learn to do this in my MTH 101 class because I had a very
difficult time at the beginning of the semester with this class. I found there to be very little resources
for help and I was very stressed out with the material. Instead of getting overwhelmed, I set up
tutoring with the AEC and devoted more time studying, while also giving myself frequent breaks to
manage my emotions. This allowed me to achieve better academically.
4. Student will demonstrate knowledge of MTH 101 PSY 254 Stress management methods are crucial to dealing with a busy schedule and managing your daily life.
stress management methods Some of the most common stress management methods that I follow are creating calendars. I have
two separate calendars, one for my academics and one for my personal life, that are color coded to
keep everything organized and in place. The use of a calendar keeps everything laid out and allows
me to keep track of all of the assignments I have and when they need to be completed by. Additionally,
a way to manage stress in an academic setting is reaching out and getting a tutor or go to a
professors office hours in order to get a better understanding. I managed stress in my MTH 101 class
because when I realized that my grades were slipping because the material was difficult for me to
understand, I went to the AEC and got help from a tutor. I also reached out to my TA for any questions.
I do this similarly now with my PSY 254 class by reaching out to my TA’s with questions to ask
questions in a way to manage stress for the courseload.
5. Student will demonstrate the ability to PSY 254 ECN 201 Managing stress is very important as a leader and someone being lead because stress will impact
manage stress your performance greatly. Being a leader, it is crucial that you can manage stress in both your
personal and work environment to reach your full potential when directing a team. It is also important
as a team member to manage stress because each member of a team is important, and if you
succumb to stress- you’ll affect everyone on your team as well as yourself. In my PSY 254 class, one
of my hardest courses, I have a test every friday- meaning I cannot wait until the last minute to
prepare for the weekly tests. I manage stress for this class by designating specific times throughout
the week outside of class where I review what will be on the test. Similarly in my ECN 201 class last
semester I had a weekly quiz every saturday. Meaning that in order to effectively manage stress I
planned out when to study before saturday.
6. Student will express a personal code of HDF 190 PHL 100GH My personal code of ethics is to approach situations with honesty and respect. If an issue is brought to
leadership / membership ethics WRT 106 me, I will attempt to approach it with honesty as long as no one is getting hurt in the process. My
ethical view as a leader is to work well with my team and establish a solid moral foundation. Honesty
and love creates encouragement and positive results. If you provide encouragement coupled with
honestly, it allows for growth.(Servant Leadership- Greenleaf Center)
7. Student will demonstrate practice of the HDF 190 PHL 100GH I believe that my personal code of ethics can relate back to HDF 190 because we speak a lot about
personal code of ethics WRT 106 different forms of leadership and how they affect people individually. I think apply my personal code of
ethics to servant leadership specifically, because it is so important to treat everyone on your team with
love and respect in order to have people that will enjoy working with you. I can also apply this to my
philosophy of love and sex class (PHL100GH) because many of our discussed topics have many
different viewpoints, so it is important to be honest in order to get a full range of opinions.
8. Student will express a personal values HDF 190 PHL 100GH My top 5 values are kindness, love, leadership, prudence, and honesty. This being said, I find value in
statement (Sources = VIA, values helping and uniting others in any setting. I think that honesty is very important to being a leader, but it
clarification exercises, etc.) must be coupled with kindness and love. Prudence relates back to my personal values statement
because I find it very important to stop and think about what you’re doing before making a decision.
This being said, I will always step back and think about if what I am doing unites people with love and
respect. The value that allows my statement to be put into action is leadership- I wouldn’t be able to
act on my ideas if a desire for leadership wasn’t present.
9. Student will demonstrate practice of the Welcome Day HDF 190 I found that using my personal values statement when discussing the leadership program with
personal values statement prospective students on welcome day enhanced all of my conversations. Since I first sought out to get
to know the person and the family that I was talking to, it allowed me to think about how I can relate to
them and create a mutual respect. I was honest and genuine with all of the people I’ve talked to,
which allowed them to feel more comfortable asking questions and also getting to know me as a
person. I found so much value in helping both the leadership program that I am a part of and students
that are interested in URI get started on there journey here.
10. Student will demonstrate the ability to WRT 106 HDF 190 Follow-through is necessary for the process of leadership in order to complete your project in a
lead a project from start to finish (follow- thorough and accurate way. I have found that especially at the collegiate level, completing a project
through) from start to finish with your full effort is necessary to receive the best grade or feedback. For
example, my WRT 106 class was fully based upon one research paper the entire semester- meaning
that we created a research question at the beginning of the semester and built upon it until our final
presentation of our project at the end. Follow through was very important with this class because we
had to meet multiple times outside of class to complete the entirety of the project and we needed
every single one of our group members to put in equal effort in order to complete the project. Follow
through will also be very necessary in HDF 190 when we complete our leadership contract
assignment. I will be attending welcome day for this assignment, and follow through with attending is
very important to get the full capacity of the project.
11. Student will describe goals and objective HDF 190 Greek life Having goals to enhance your self achievement and your community is crucial to your development as
statements regarding personal issues, both a team member and a leader. One of the goals I had for myself entering HDF 190 was to step out
career issues, and community issues of my shell and specifically enhance my public speaking abilities. I really believe that being able to
inform people in a charismatic and convincing manner can make or break your abilities as a leader.
This being said, my main goal of the course is to get over the nerves that come from public speaking.
Entering college, I also wanted to find a way to enhance and help my community. One of my goals
when entering greek life was to find an organization that was passionate about helping people in our
community. Additionally, I wanted to find an organization in greek life that could aid me with my future
career goals and possibly create connections for me in the future when searching for a job.
12. Student will show evidence of goals and HDF 190 Greek life My main goal for HDF 190 was to get rid of my nerves when public speaking and develop knowledge
objectives that were planned and on how to communicate charismatically when giving a speech. I achieved this goal when giving my
achieved speech about servant leadership in class. Watching my peers give their speeches about this topic
really helped me get rid of my nerves and learn more about the topic. It was very rewarding when I got
a 95% on the assignment because I knew that I planned out my goal for a long time and was finally
able to achieve it. Additionally, as mentioned in outcome #11, I was very passionate to find an
organization in greek life that effectively achieved my goal of aiding the community and my future job
search. I achieved this goal when I found my specific organization that is very passionate about aiding
in domestic abuse awareness and fundraising for this cause. Additionally, there are many
opportunities to connect with people in my major and create future career connections through my
greek organization. It was very rewarding achieving this goal because It gives me purpose through
helping my community at a collegiate level.
13. Student will show knowledge of the HDF 190 Academics and well-being Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a theory that is illustrated as a five tier model of human needs:
“Hierarchy of Needs” theory by Maslow physiological (food and clothing), safety (job security), love and belonging (friendships), esteem, and
self actualization. The basis of this theory is that we as humans are motivated by our needs. If our
needs are not met, then we will not be able to progress to higher levels in our lives- resulting in feeling
unmotivated and unfulfilled. The beginning stages of the needs at the bottom of the pyramid are our
most basic needs, like food and clothing. This theory demonstrates that to meet our needs, we have
to first complete what is needed before in order to move on. The most difficult ones to reach are those
at the highest up on the pyramid, self-actualization, because it is the process of growing and
developing as a person to reach our highest individual potential.
(Simply Psychology, 2023)
14. Student will show application of Maslow’s HDF 190 Academics and well-being I’ve found that Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is something that plays a large part in how I go about
theory to own life feeling satisfied in my life. I first can connect this hierarchy to HDF 190 and how to be the best leader
that I can possibly be right now and in my future, I need to work on being self actualized in order to
use my talents to the fullest in college and my future career. This will allow for me to be more
motivated and allow for me to empower others. I apply this theory right now to my own life when
talking about balancing my academics and my overall well being. I know that if I tire myself out with
my academics, it will begin to take a toll on my well-being, which will affect many other aspects of my
life. I need to use this theory to set my priorities and learn what will exactly let me reach the stage of
self-actualization to reach my full potential as a student and peer.
17. Student will describe StrengthsQuest HDF 190 URI 101 Relator- being a relator allows me to form deep connections with people and learn a lot about them as
Signature Themes, shadow side of a person. This is a strength because learning about people below the surface allows me to create
Strengths and/or weaknesses, and strong and personal connections and have people trust me deeper. It could be a weakness because I
examples of application (Source = Gallup) get upset when people don’t want to get to know me as much as I want to know them. This was a
strength in my URI 101 class because I was with people in my same major, so. I was able to relate to
them and make friends early on.
Individualization- this allows me to notice specific and unique things about most people I meet. It also
allows me to bring people together from different backgrounds. This is a strength because I can figure
out how to unite people based on their characteristics. It could be a weakness because sometimes
people don’t want to be united and attempt to solve problems.
27. Student will show knowledge of the HDF 190 ECN 201 Servant leadership is a theory that allows for inclusion within leadership- rejecting traditional and
“Servant Leadership” theory of leadership THE 100 hierarchal models of leadership. Older forms of leadership praise having a hierarchy and multiple
by Greenleaf dominant figures that make decisions over their team. Servant leadership, however, provides a model
that prioritizes ethical and caring behavior that involves the team as a whole in decision to provide
further growth opportunities. Along with the general ideas of servant leadership, there are 10
characteristics of effective servant leaders that add to the depth of this theory, such as traits like
building of community, awareness, and empathy. I personally resonate mostly with awareness being
that I am going into psychology- being aware of everyones individual backgrounds allows for a
complex and efficient point of view when assessing a task. In the future, I will use servant leadership
in my future career and leadership opportunities through approaching everyone as equal and learning
how I can accurately strengthen our team by utilizing diversity and individualization.
(Greenleaf)
28. Student will describe personal application HDF 190 ECN 201 Since an important aspect of servant leadership is awareness, I use this characteristic in my personal
of the above theory (Greenleaf) application of the theory. I find this theory to be most applicable during HDF 190 when discussing with
my peer leader groups about different in class topics and group projects. Most recently- I feel like I
illustrated servant leadership because I took time to learn and be aware of my group members
backgrounds and what their strengths are. After I learned this, I pushed us as a group to assign parts
of the project that would fit best with our strengths. I applied this theory in a similar way during my
ECN 201 class because we did lots of various group work. I would normally be the one to make the
group chats for everyone to discuss work- and I would push everyone to choose parts of the group
work to do that they know they are going to succeed in. I am excited to use servant leadership in my
personal application as an industrial organizational psychologist in the future.
41. Student will show knowledge of the HDF 190 Greek Life Relational leadership creates framework to approach leadership as a way to facilitate
“Relational Leadership” model by positive change through the achievement of a common good. The main objective that
Komives, McMahon & Lucas relational leadership focuses on is the ability to create relationships and put people rst. You
can do this through the process of knowing, being, and doing as a relational leader. There
are ve key components to relational leadership that drive the model: inclusive,
empowering, purposeful, ethical, process-oriented. Purposeful illustrates how the activity at
hand is completed with intention through having a shared vision of a goal to complete.
Empowering allows for the group members to be uplifted to simulate growth and inclusion.
Inclusive details that a strong group connection is built through the understanding that
everyone has different background and opinions- and that all viewpoints are valued.
Process-oriented refers to how the group uses problem solving and communication to
accomplish goals. Ethical explains how having moral and ethical standards keeps the team
fair and ensures the goals are moral. Overall, the relational leadership model allows for an
overview as to how having a common goal coupled with a team that has positive
relationships with one another can make all the difference in any setting. (Exploring
Leadership, Komives)
Outcome Target class Additional Experiences Descriptive notes regarding learning and practice