LDR290 Practicum in Mission-Driven Leadership
This supervised practicum provides students with a culminating, real-world opportunity to integrate leadership, service, personal formation, and applied skills within a ministry, missions, nonprofit, community-service, or other mission-driven context. Students work with a field mentor to establish individualized practicum objectives aligned with their vocational direction and Applied Service Focus, demonstrate competencies through meaningful responsibilities and projects, and evaluate their growth through structured reflection and feedback. The course culminates in a professional ministry-vocation portfolio documenting demonstrated competencies, significant learning, and readiness for continued service, employment, or advanced preparation.
Credits: 3
Student learning outcomes
- Demonstrate effective leadership, service, and professional responsibility within a supervised mission-driven context.
- Integrate academic learning and Applied Service Focus competencies in response to real-world responsibilities, challenges, and opportunities.
- Evaluate personal growth in character, resilience, leadership, and ministry readiness through structured reflection, mentor feedback, and evidence of practice.
- Develop a professional ministry-vocation portfolio demonstrating applied competencies, significant accomplishments, and readiness for continued service, employment, or advanced preparation.