Course Catalog
Leading with Equity & Inclusion
94-837
Units: 6
Description
In an era of complex social, technological, and institutional change, effective leadership demands not only technical and managerial skill but also the capacity to lead with equity and inclusion. This course invites students to examine leadership as the practice of influencing systems toward fairness, belonging, and shared success. Students will learn to analyze organizational structures through an equity lens, apply inclusive leadership and change frameworks, and design actionable interventions to address real problems of inequity within their organizational contexts. This is a project-based, experiential course. Students will work in teams to identify an equity-related challenge within the college or university, investigate its root causes through stakeholder interviews, apply theoretical frameworks, and develop an intervention or policy recommendation.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Differentiate between diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as conceptual and operational frameworks.
- Analyze how systems, culture, and power structures shape inequities in organizations.
- Apply adaptive and inclusive leadership theories to guide organizational change.
- Employ equity-centered and design-justice approaches to develop interventions.
- Communicate findings and recommendations clearly to diverse stakeholders.
- Demonstrate collaborative, reflective, and ethically engaged leadership practice.
Prerequisites Description
N/A