Location: Bowdoin / The College Catalogue / Courses / Interdisciplinary Studies

The College Catalogue

Interdisciplinary Studies – Overview

220. Leaders and Leadership. Spring 2012. Angus S. King.

A study of the concept, principles, practice, and significance of leadership. Content is presented through case studies intended to illustrate and illuminate various characteristics of leaders and their constituencies. Abraham Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Joshua Chamberlain, Margaret Thatcher, Martin Luther King, and Ernest Shackleton are among those studied. “An army of deer led by a lion is more to be feared than an army of lions led by a deer.”

Online Catalogue content is current as of August 1, 2011. For most current course information, use the online course finder. Also see Addenda.