Spring 2005 HLP COURSES
PUBPOL 136.01
– CIVIC PARTICIPATION AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
Alma Blount
Explores ways in which value conflicts in communities affect civic
and political participation, as well as policy design. Examines
a series of questions about reinventing democracy at the grassroots.
Challenges students to develop a framework of problem solving approaches
and to consider diverse ways to exercise leadership in the face
of competing interests. (TuTh, 2:50-4:05), Sanford 150. [Areas of
Knowledge: SS; Modes of Inquiry: EI]
PUBPOL 144S
- ENTERPRISING LEADERSHIP
Tony Brown
How leaders and their associates become social innovators in a variety
of situations. Focus on enterprises that have strong social and
commercial values. Social innovation theories and models, evaluation
of social innovation situations, social innovator competencies,
and personal values and traits. Ethics, character and citizenship
are important themes. Class includes a personal social innovator
plan, campus and community leadership projects, case discussions,
and a ropes course. Consent of instructor required. (WedFri, 1:15-2:30),
Sanford 150. [Areas of Knowledge: SS; Modes of Inquiry: EI]
PUBPOL 145
- LEADERSHIP, POLICY AND CHANGE
Steve Schewel
Explores two critical and closely related aspects of leading social
change: the role of courageous individual moral choice and the role
of individuals in social movements. Investigates the pressures to
compromise beliefs, conform and obey. This semester focuses on civil
liberties and human rights during wartime from World War II through
the Cold War, Vietnam and the Abu Ghraib prison abuses in Iraq.
Approaches include biography, fiction, journalism, historical narrative,
social psychology and film. (TuTh 1:15-2:30), Sanford 224. [Areas
of Knowledge: SS; Modes of Inquiry: EI]
PUBPOL 146
- LEADERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANIZATIONS
Tony Brown
Effective leadership processes in different types of organizations
and situations. Focus on ethical leadership behavior. Topics range
from ethics, citizenship, and the meaning of a great society to
"defining moments" of individual ethical behavior in leadership
situations. Course includes an important service learning project
in Durham, along with reflection on the ethical leadership experience.
(TuTh: 4:25-5:40), Sanford 04. [Areas of Knowledge: SS; Modes of
Inquiry: EI]
PUBPOL 166
- THE INSURGENT SOUTH
Robert Korstad
Social movements in the South from Reconstruction to the present.
Includes Populism, Women’s Suffrage, the Interracial Movement,
labor, civil rights, and post-1960s conservatism. Attention to public
policy positions espoused by social movement organizations and activists.
Lecture/discussion. Weekly writing assignments. (TuTh 11:40-12:55)
Sanford 03. [Areas of Knowledge: CZ, SS] Crosslisted as: HIST 166
PUBPOL 182S.01
–INTERMEDIATE DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING
Gary
Hawkins
Intermediate to advanced filmmaking techniques. Presumes a working
knowledge of Final Cut Pro, mini-DV camera, and some fieldwork experience
with a camcorder. Topics include fieldwork in a variety of communities
and work on pertinent social and cultural issues. Prerequisite:
Documentary Studies 105S or equivalent experience and knowledge.
(Th 3:05 PM-5:35 PM) Lyndhurst 104. Consent of instructor required.
[Areas of Knowledge: ALP, SS] Crosslisted as: DOCST 150S, FVD 116S
PUPPOL 196S.39
– MAKING CHANGE IN COMMUNITIES
Julie
Thomasson Mooney
Explores leadership approaches to influencing change around tough
issues facing Southern communities such as education and economic
development, with special emphases on race and poverty. Students
examine the meaning of leadership as a shared activity and explore
a range of leadership approaches to creating social change, including
collaboration, service, advocacy, and community organizing. A major
class project allows students to analyze a current issue in a nearby
community and conceive of strategies for change in that community
(M 6:00-8:30PM); Sanford 102. [Areas of Knowledge: SS; Modes of
Inquiry: W]
HIST 126D
- AMERICAN DREAMS/AMERICAN REALITIES
Gerald Wilson
This course examines the role of such myths as "rags to riches,"
"beacon to the world," the "frontier" and the
"foreign devil" in defining the American character and
determining the hopes, fears, dreams and actions throughout American
History. Attention will be given to the surface consistency of these
myths as accepted by each immigrant group versus the shifting content
of the myths as they change to reflect the hopes and values of each
of these groups. (MonWed 11:40-12:55 with Friday discussion section);
Social Sciences 139. [Areas of Knowledge: CZ; Modes of Inquiry:
CCI]
HIST 196S.06
- LEADERSHIP IN AMERICA
Gerald Wilson
The seminar will focus on political social, business, and artistic
leaders in American history and problems which have called for leadership.
In addition to selected short reading, students will examine closely
the following: James Mac Gregor Burns’ "Leadership";
Walter Clark’s "Ox Bow Incident"; Niccolo Machiavelli’s
"The Prince"; May and R. Neustadt’s "Thinking
in Time"; Robert Penn Warren’s "All the King's Men";
Gary Wills’ "Certain Trumpets"; and David Gergen’s
"Eyewitness to Power." (TTh 4:25-5:40); Soc/Psych 128.
[Areas of Knowledge: CZ; Modes of Inquiry: EI, R]
Leadership
and the Arts in New York (LANY) – This program
consists of the following four courses held in New York City and
is open only to participants in the HLP's Leadership and the Arts
in New York program:
PUBPOL 150.01 - POLICY, PHILANTHROPY, AND THE ARTS
Bruce Payne
Considers the arts in American civic life; conflicts about quality
and democracy, arts education, censorship, and public funding; aims
and effects of philanthropic arts support; objectives and problems
of arts institutions. Includes theater and music performances, visits
to museums, seminars with artists, philanthropists, museum and foundation
executives, and public officials. (Open to participants in the HLP's
Leadership and the Arts in New York program). [Areas of Knowledge:
SS]
PUBPOL 153S.01 and 153S.02 - LEADERSHIP, ETHICS AND DRAMA
Bruce
Payne
Includes attending at least two plays or operas per week; study
of the texts of several of these works, along with essays by philosophers
and political theorists; regular discussions and weekly papers.
Topics include dilemmas/conflicts of individual choice and public
choice, race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, fairness and social
injustice, loyalty and betrayal, and the moral and psychological
dimensions of character. (Open to participants in the HLP's Leadership
and the Arts in New York program). [Areas of Knowledge: ALP, SS;
Modes of Inquiry: EI, W]
MUSIC 163 - OPERA AT THE METROPOLITAN
Students in this course study most of the works in the spring season
of New York's opera companies. Classes prepare for these works and
analyze them after the performances. Course focuses on the way composers
and writers manage to tell significant stories in powerful and memorable
ways. (Open to participants in the HLP's Leadership and the Arts
in New York program). [Areas of Knowledge: ALP]
ARTHIST 102S.01 - THE VISUAL ARTS: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS
Using the city as a classroom without walls, this peripatetic examination
of contemporary art on view in New York City looks at what is interesting
and noteworthy in recent works, and tries to come to terms with
a wide array of styles and intentions. (Open to participants in
the HLP's Leadership and the Arts in New York program). [Areas of
Knowledge: ALP, CZ]
For the Fall 2004 course listing and their syllabi, click
here.
For the 2003-2004 course listings and their syllabi, click
here.
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