PS 4010 - Psychology of Leadership

This course will explore what makes a good and effective leader. Also, how does one become a leader? Review of good and bad historical and current leaders will be discussed in not only what made them effective or ineffective, but what made situation caused them to be leaders. For example, what and how did Martin Luther King become the leader of the civil rights movement? What were the traits that made him rise the occasion where others failed? The impact of what is going on in society and how that contributes will also be explored. (4 credits)