This course provides an introduction to community leadership concepts, focusing on the dynamics of civic engagement, and understanding the role and function of governmental and not-for-profit organizations in a community.

Meets MSU-Northern General Education Core Social Sciences/History (CAT IV) requirement.
Montana University System Core Course

This course provides volunteer experience in the context of community service and service learning. The students will perform activities that equal at least 30 hours of volunteer service, keep a reflective journal or portfolio, and write a final paper discussing what they have learned from the experience.

Repeatable for up to 8 credits
Pass/Fail only

This course provides a theoretical and historical base to non profit service and the organizational structure of non profit services in rural areas. The course emphasizes the development of skills related to service in non profit agencies and community building, and explores the dynamics of professional careers in non profit agencies.

A planned and supervised work-learning experience in industry, business, government or community service agencies related to the program of study.

Prerequisites: Two semesters of attendance at Montana State University-Northern, approval of advisor, Dean of the College of Education, Arts, Sciences, and Nursing, and cooperative education coordinator.
Pass/Fail only

This course provides an overview of social and philosophical concepts that inform leaders in community development, human services and related professional services to the community.

Identification of funding needs and priorities, researching grantgiving organizations, identification of potential funding agencies, development of proposals, preparation and submission of grant applications, techniques for approaching grant-giving organizations, responses to decisions made by granting organizations, and management of grants.

Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor.
Requirements for graduate credit are defined in the course syllabus.

Designed to explore research and practice about conflict as a process of social interaction. This course focuses on communication-oriented perspectives, key properties of conflict interaction, strategies and tactics for moving through conflict, self-regulation and third-party intervention.

This course focuses on skills and techniques related to analyzing need and proposing changes to existing or potential community-based programs. The course content introduces concepts related to analysis, integrates application of assessment techniques and use of planning tools in order to understand and assess program needs, resulting in a program development proposal.

Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of the instructor.

This course provides an overview of key concepts and skills related to evaluation process and outcomes of public sector and non-profit program. Topics focus on common qualitative and quantitative methods for data collection, work plans and timelines, budgets, and other practical issues related to both formative and summative evaluation.

Prerequisites: Junior standing or permission of the instructor; CMSV 355

This course is an examination of the professional, ethical, economic, cultural and social issues in community leadership. It is the capstone course for community leadership majors.

A planned and supervised work-learning experience extending the student’s paraprofessional experience in non-profit and/or governmental environments. Prerequisites: Junior standing and approval of advisor and cooperative education coordinator. Pass/Fail only

Prerequisites: Junior standing and approval of advisor, Dean of the College of Education, Arts, Sciences, and Nursing, and cooperative education coordinator.
Pass/Fail only