Special Topics – DIGI 497
CG • Section 8WK • 02/18/2020 to 12/27/2038 • Modified 02/01/2024
Course Description
DIGI 497 Special Topics – “Strategic Media Leadership” provides students with a clear, concise overview of the complexities of understanding leadership in the media and concrete strategies for becoming better leaders. The course is organized around key leader responsibilities such as creating a vision, establishing a constructive climate, listening to outgroup members, and overcoming obstacles.
For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.
Rationale
Many graduating students do not understand the complexities of navigating within a professional environment or crucial steps that they can take to further their professional growth inside of an organizational structure. Specific leadership nuances and various other motivations drive leaders to make decisions. The course organizes around key leader responsibilities such as creating a vision, establishing a constructive climate, listening to outgroup members, and overcoming obstacles.
Course Assignment
Textbook readings and lecture presentations
After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.
Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student is required to provide a thread in response to the provided prompt for each forum. Each thread must be at least 400 words and demonstrate course-related knowledge. In addition to the thread, the student is required to reply to classmate's thread. The reply must be at least 200 words. Threads and replies must follow current APA format.
Case Studies are designed to help students apply the content read in each chapter of the text to a specific situation. Each chapter in the textbook contains Case Study Assignments. The student will read through selected case studies and respond to questions. Each Case Study Assignment must include citations to support major points, integrate at least 1 biblical principle, and follow current APA format. These are graded based on on-time completion within the module.
The student will create an annotated bibliography for one key leadership model with 10 fully annotated scholarly references. Each source must be summarized in one paragraph and applied to the paper's topic in a second paragraph. Current APA format is required.
Following the annotated bibliography, the student will write a 1,200–1,500 word research-based paper in current APA format that focuses on a key leadership scenario in a real company or organization. The paper must include at least 6 references in addition to the course textbooks and the Bible. Current APA format is required.
Each quiz will cover the Learn section material for the assigned Module: Week. Each quiz will be open-book/open-notes, contain 20 multiple-choice, multiple-answer, true/false, and matching questions, and have a 1-hour time limit.
