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This two-part course is a leadership-intensive seminar and expedition focused on helping students develop their own leadership capacity, while also emphasizing a conceptual understanding of leadership in diverse settings. The course utilizes the unique opportunity for leadership development embedded in outdoor experiential education, providing students the challenge of serving as a leader during an adventure expedition, and helping students reflect on this challenge to develop their own conceptualization and practice of leadership. The course combines a thorough academic introduction to leadership development and opportunity for self-assessment (before the expedition) with repeated reflection and feedback (during and after the expedition) to help students develop their own path as leaders. Participants will spend 9 days in Belize sea kayaking through the pristine coastal waterways, while experiencing the first-hand challenges of leading a group in a remote destination. The group will work together as an expedition team to navigate, cook, eat, and set up camp. Along the way we will enjoy snorkeling, fishing, and local island life. Throughout the trip, students will focus on enhancing individual and team performance, learn and apply appropriate leadership models and provide/receive structured feedback. Trip logistics will be outfitted by Island Expeditions who will provide us with local guides to teach us about life in Belize. Note: In order to participate in the expedition, students must also register for BU.003.893 “Leadership Development Expedition II: Belize Trek”. This seminar (BU.003.892) is a required pre-requisite for the Trek course (BU.003.893).