Master's Degree

2024 Summer Course Info
Research Methods in Agricultural EducationFoundations and History of Agriculture and Extension EducationProgram Evaluation in Ag & Extension SettingsLeadership and Management of VolunteersOnline MediaWorking with Diverse StudentsGraphic DesignLeadership Analysis Through FilmSurvey DevelopmentProgram Planning and Evaluation
2024 Fall Course Info
Research Methods in Agricultural EducationFoundations and History of Agriculture and Extension EducationAdvanced Teaching Methods Program PlanningInterpreting Social Data (Statistics)Foundations and Theory of LeadershipTechnological ChangeAdult Education and ProgramsFoundations of Ag CommunicationsRisk & Crisis CommunicationTeaching Methods for Beginning TeachersQualitative DesignTheory in Ag CommunicationProgram Planning in Ag & Extension EducationInternational AgricultureCritical and Creative Thinking
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Drops and Refunds:
Students adhere to the drop and refund policies and deadlines of their home university.
Course Information
Foundations and Theory of Leadership
Course Description
- Organizational concepts of leadership; administrative styles and structures; leadership for boards, committees, governmental bodies, and review of societal and political processes.
Contacts
Instructor

Jill Rucker
kjrucker@uark.edu

Campus Coordinator

For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.
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Disability Support Services

To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the Great Plains IDEA process for requesting accommodations.

Textbooks

Business Leadership: A Jossey-Bass Reader
J.V. Gallos
Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 978-0-7879-8819-7
Publisher: Wiley

Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
P. Lencioni
ISBN: 13: 978-812650675
Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Course Access
 
About 3 - 4 weeks before the semester starts, they will receive an email inviting them to the University of Arkansas organization. If students do not have a Microsoft account, they will have to create one. Students taking a course taught by the University of Arkansas will be granted access to the University of Arkansas course management system, Blackboard. An email will be sent to the email address provided by the student's home university with detailed instructions about procedures for logging into Blackboard and the online course. If students have not received the invite they can contact the University of Arkansas campus coordinator, Madison Fielding. If they are having trouble with logging into Blackboard, they can contact our IT Help Desk at 479-575-4357.
Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

Faculty
University Members
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Akiko Mallow is in the FCS Ed program at SDSU.As a career switcher, returning student with over the 10-year gap, and non-native English-speaking learner, I was worried that I couldn't complete the Initial Teacher Certification program within a couple of years. The professors are extremely knowledgeable and experienced in each subject and support students to succeed compassionately in any possible way. The master's courses are well-designed and rewarding as I can see my learning progress instantly. Thanks to Great Plains IDEA, I am starting my new career being a high school FCS teacher this fall!

– – Akiko Mallow, Family and Consumer Sciences Education Master's Student,
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