Course Meeting Times
Lectures: 1 session / week, 1.5 hours / session
Agenda
- Pro-Seminar Course Introduction
- Course Overview
- Course Requirements
- Professional Standards
- Current Schedule
- Community Service Project Overview
- Quick town hall afterward
Course Overview
- Learn from current leaders of various organizations in diverse industries
- Explore topics not included in our regular curriculum
- Apply leadership skills in a project to improve the Boston, MIT, Sloan or LFM communities
- Open to LFM, and MBA Operations students and engineering MS students
- Lasts for Fall Term and Spring Term (Time slot will change during Spring 2006 term)
Course Requirements
- Regular Attendance - even if you are a listener
- Participation in discussions
- Readings and Preparation as suggested
- Grading is Pass/Fail!
Professional Standards
- Prompt Attendance
- Business Casual Attire
- Full and Courteous Attention
- Laptop use for note taking only
- Bring your name card for the benefit of the speakers
- Please remain for duration of lecture
- Please avoid eating and drinking during lecture
- Turn off your cell phone
Optional Service Project
- Most classes have completed projects
- Group or individual projects
- Concept is service
- Multiple types of projects are acceptable
- MIT Public Service Center has some ideas
Sample Projects
- Habitat for Humanity
- MIT Cambridge Science Expo
- Operations Class for local high school
- Greenhouse project