| Course Title: Topic: 'Leadership in the Liberal Arts' |
| Start Date: 01/23/2023 End Date: 05/08/2023 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2023 |
| Description: What makes a great leader? Can we identify who should be a leader? Are leaders born or made? How does an education in the liberal arts prepare someone to become a leader? Through reading a mix of the Great Books of Western Civilization (e.g., Homer, Plato, Shakespeare) and contemporary classics in leadership studies, we will explore these and other related questions. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , SI - Speaking-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| James Hartley | 413-538-2566 | jhartley@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/23/2023 - 05/08/2023 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 11:30AM - 12:45PM | ART - Art | 221 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| EOS0002 | EOS-2: Organizations and Power | This course has been approved to count towards the EOS minor the Organizations and Power subject area |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 11 | Available: 7 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: How to Win Friends and Influence People Author: Carnegie, Dale Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780671027032 Publisher: |
Required | 16.00 |
| Title: The Odyssey Author: Homer (Wilson translator), Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780393356250 Publisher: |
Required | 13.00 |
| Title: The Republic of Plato Author: Bloom (translator), Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780465069347 Publisher: Basic |
Required | 23.00 |
| Title: Meditations Author: Aurelius, Marcus Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780812968255 Publisher: Modern Library |
Required | 10.00 |
| Title: The Right Stuff Author: Wolfe, Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780312427566 Publisher: |
Required | 17.00 |
| Title: Endurance Author: Lansing, Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780465062881 Publisher: |
Required | 12.50 |
| Title: Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy Author: Kissinger, Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780593489444 Publisher: |
Required | 18.00 |
| Title: The David Story Author: Alter, Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780393320770 Publisher: Norton |
Required | 18.00 |
| Title: The Prince Author: Machiavelli, Wooten ed. Copyright: 1995 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780872203167 Publisher: Hackett |
Required | 7.50 |
| Title: King Lear Author: Shakespeare, Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780486280585 Publisher: Dover |
Required | 3.00 |
| Title: Macbeth Author: Shakespeare, Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780486278025 Publisher: Dover |
Required | 3.00 |
| Title: Death of a Salesman Author: Miller, Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780140481341 Publisher: Penguin |
Required | 14.00 |
| Title: Heart of Darkness and the Secret Sharer Author: Conrad, Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780451531032 Publisher: |
Required | 4.95 |
| Title: All The King's Men Author: Warren, Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780156004800 Publisher: |
Required | 9.50 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: Feel free to buy whatever editions of the books you want. For The Odyssey, the Wilson and Fagles translations are the best. For Plato and Aurelius, avoid really old translations and find something highly readable (the listed ones fit that description) |