This seminar course focuses on influential and recent research and primary texts in the humanities relevant to the theory and practice of leadership. Students will explore works from disciplines such as Philosophy, Religion, History, and the Arts that inform the study of leadership.
This seminar course focuses on influential and recent research in the social sciences relevant to the theory and practice of leadership. Students will explore scholarship from disciplines such as Psychology, Sociology, Management, Anthropology, Political Science, and Economics that inform the study of leadership. Two-day residency in La Crosse required.
This course introduces epistemologies, processes, and ethics of data generation and analysis used in qualitative and participatory research methodologies. Students will practice research skills. Prerequisite: 712.
This course introduces statistical concepts and procedures important to the analysis of quantitative data. Students explore descriptive and inferential statistics, including measures of central tendency, variability, correlation, and univariate and bivariate statistical tests. Prerequisite: 712.
This course will provide an overview of the research process. Students will identify potential research topics and explore quantitative, qualitative, mixed and other methods as well as research ethics. Prerequisite: 724 or 725.
This course provides independent reading and/or research, at the post-baccaulareate or master degree level, under the direction of a faculty member. Refer to the academic policy section for independent study policy. May be repeated for credit.
A course, on a special topic in the discipline at the post-baccalaureate or master degree level, offered on the basis of need, interest, or time lines. May be repeated for credit. See registrar's office current class schedules Web page for specific semester description.
Courses on topics of interest to ESL students offered on the basis of need, interest, or timeliness. Restricted to students with freshman or sophomore standing. May be repeated for credit. For specific section description, click to the Section Details in VitNet.
This course further develops students' academic listening and speaking skills in preparation for college-level listening and speaking tasks across the curriculum. Students will listen to extended lectures in order to take notes and recall information for exams and assignments, give presentations to develop public speaking skills, and engage in classroom discussions with both their peers and instructor. Students must earn a C or above to pass the course. Prerequisite: score of 32-40 on placement exam or grade of C or above in ESLP-115.
For students who have taken the second level of ESLP courses and placed into additional ESLP courses. If a final grade of A is not achieved, the student will repeat the course until a final grade of A is achieved. May be repeated for credit.