This Leadership Course is Torture

[sanantone]

Some of you might know that I don't have a high opinion of leadership programs. This thread is not to disparage those who find the topic interesting enough to get a whole degree in it. This is just a rant. In order to be a full-time research assistant, I need to be a full-time student, meaning that I have to take 9 credit hours per semester. I want to get my required courses out of the way as soon as possible because I don't know when they'll be offered again. Only two required courses I haven't taken yet were offered this semester, so I had to choose an elective as a third course. The only two options I had were environmental criminology and leadership and management. I wasn't excited about either of those, but a professor encouraged me to take environmental criminology because the professor teaching it is world-renowned in the field. Honestly, the subject matter doesn't sound so bad in comparison to leadership and management. However, environmental criminology was being taught on the day of one of my required courses, so I had to choose leadership and management.

One would think that someone who is interested in psychology would enjoy this course, but it's soooo boring. My professor is funny, but there is only so much you can do to make this subject interesting. I even hated organizational behavior when I took it at a community college. This course is basically organizational behavior at an advanced level. I can't wait until this semester is over.

On a similar note, I am angry that this university advertises GIS and information technology courses in the criminal justice program, but they have no one who is qualified to teach them.