LEAP 4310 - Applied Leadership Perspectives Through Time

(3) Credit Hours

This course focuses on historical perspectives of applied leadership. While the course uses historical figures as a lens, it is not a study of individuals, rather it is a study of how these individuals applied their leadership skills, often under dire circumstances. This course will provide students an examination of diverse leaders in American history, including but not limited to George Washington, Abigail Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert F Kennedy, and Jimmy Carter. This course presents a broad study of applied leadership through an examination of various approaches to leadership, analysis of leadership as a process, and the applicability of real-world examples for the workplace. Only open to BAS Applied Leadership majors.