Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: THE SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF LEADERSHIP: ELITES AND SOCIETY

Department: Center for Civic Leadership

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course explores the rise, reign, and fall of leading groups in human societies (the powerful, the influential, the celebrated, the stars) with emphasis on the contemporary United States. Particular themes to be addressed include power, wealth, fame, and satus as well as leadership failures, moral dilemmas, and issues of accuntability. Cross-list: SOCI 375.