Syllabus LDST 101-03 Leadership and the Humanities Dr. Jon Kukla Fall Term, 2011 Course location: Jepson Hall 102 Office hours: TBA Class meeting time: M W 1:30-2:45 Contact information: Telephone 836-6843 E-mail: j k u k l a @ r i c h m o n d . e d u Course Synopsis : This course is intended as a beginning point for the examination of issues and concepts involved in the study of leadership. Note that this is a course addressing the foundations for leadership studies in the context of the American Revolution – not an introductory survey of the literature and scholarship on leadership studies. Our efforts this term will involve the careful reading and thorough discussion of four recent and highly regarded books that address problems and possibilities for leadership in the era of the founding of the American republic. Class discussions will focus on the assigned readings and occasional supplemental primary-source exercises. Completion of this course should lay an appropriate basis for further study in the field of leadership studies. Texts o Pauline Maier, American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence (New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1997). o Richard Beeman, Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution (New York, Random House, 2009). o Pauline Maier, Ratification; The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 (New York, Simon & Schuster, 2010). o Douglas R. Egerton, Death or Liberty: African Americans and Revolutionary America (New York, Oxford University Press, 2009). In addition, on occasion supplemental readings will be assigned. Course Requirements (1) Student response papers. Class discussions will benefit from the fact that a few students in each class period will have engaged the assigned reading in a the form of a response paper. During the course of the semester Each student will present three brief response papers based upon the assigned texts .* These papers are to present your response to the narrative and major issues in the assigned texts. The respondent’s responsibility is to (a) identify an issue that you think is central to the reading (this can be accomplished in most cases in a brief paragraph); (b) summarize briefly the author’s treatment of the subject or issue; and (c) assess the strengths and weaknesses of that presentation. These papers are intended to serve the dual purpose of giving students practice at such analysis and helping to guide our class discussions. * These papers will be at least two but not more than three pages long, double-spaced, in 12-point Courier or Times-Roman font, with 1-inch margins – roughly 500 to 700 words.Kukla LDST 101-04 Leadership and the Humanities 2 Preventing and Detecting Plagiarism http://library.richmond.edu/services/faculty/instruction/preventing-plagiarism.html RESPONSE PAPERS M UST BE SUBM ITTED TO THE INST RUCTOR ELEC TRONICALL Y BY 5 :00 P.M. ON THE DAY PRECEDIN G CL ASS. (10% each; total of 30%) (2) Book review exercise. At the conclusion of our class discussions of each major text, we will compare our impressions of the book with published reviews – using on-line databases and library resources to chose a published review and comment upon it in class discussion. (10%) (3) Midterm examination. The midterm examination encourages students to pause and pull together strands of thought from our reading and discussion. The process of review and, hopefully, the act of responding to the examination itself are intended to help you to consolidate your learning in the course. (25%) (4) Final examination. The comprehensive final exam is intended to encourage reflection upon the implications of the readings and discussions as you refine your individual conceptualization of the founding era of the American republic. (35%) (5) Class attendance and participation. The essential approach of this course is as a shared learning experience. The instructor and students will be fellow sojourners in the effort to comprehend the American founding and its implications for leadership and civic culture. It is imperative that everyone complete the assigned readings prior to each class, attend class, and share their insights in discussion (and response papers). Attendance will be recorded. Unless you have a legitimate reason for being absent (which must be communicated to the instructor prior to class), absences will lower your final grade. The Questions of Leadership : Our efforts in this course will take the form of a sustained inquiry into central questions of leadership and governance that shaped the American founding and that continue to inform American life today. Course Schedule and Assignments Week 1 Aug. 22 What Is Leadership? Max Weber’s Trinity Selection from Max Weber, The Theory of Social and Economic Organization, trans. Talcott Parsons and A. M. Henderson (New York, 1947), 328. Aug. 24 Maier, American Scripture, pp ix-xxi, 3-69 Week 2 Aug. 29 Maier, American Scripture, pp 69-143 Aug 31 Maier, American Scripture, pp 143-175 What Is Leadership? Dr. Thomas Wren’s Template Week 3 Sept. 5 Maier, American Scripture, pp 175-215, ix-xxi * Sept. 7 Egerton, Death or Liberty, pp. 3-64 What Is Leadership? Machiavelli’s Lo StatoKukla LDST 101-04 Leadership and the Humanities 3 ALPHA response papers due 5:00 p.m. Sept. 4 BRAVO response papers due 5:00 p.m. Sept. 6 Week 4 Sept. 12 Beeman, Plain, Honest Men, pp. ix-xiv, 3-57 Sept. 14 Beeman, Plain, Honest Men, pp. 58-123 CHARLIE response papers due 5:00 p.m. Sept. 11 DELTA response papers due 5:00 p.m. Sept 13 Week 5 Sept. 19 Beeman, Plain, Honest Men, pp. 124-189 Sept. 21 Beeman, Plain, Honest Men, pp. 190-257 ALPHA response papers due 5:00 p.m. Sept. 18 BRAVO response papers due 5:00 p.m. Sept. 20 Week 6 Sept. 26 Beeman, Plain, Honest Men, pp. 258-336 Sept. 28 Beeman, Plain, Honest Men, pp. 337-423, ix-xiv * CHARLIE response papers due 5:00 p.m. Sept. 25 DELTA response papers due 5:00 p.m. Sept 27 Week 7 Oct. 3 Egerton, Death or Liberty, pp. 93-168 Oct. 5 Meier, Ratification, pp. ix-xvii, 1- 69 ALPHA response papers due 5:00 p.m. Oct. 2 BRAVO response papers due 5:00 p.m. Oct. 4 Week 8 Oct. 10 – No Class – Autumn Study Break Oct. 12 – Make-up and/or Review session Week 9 Oct. 17 MID-TERM EXAMINATION Oct. 19 Meier, Ratification, pp. 70-95 Week 10 Oct. 24 Oct. 26 CHARLIE response papers due 5:00 p.m. Oct. 23 DELTA response papers due 5:00 p.m. Oct.