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Leadership London

Professors:    Dr. Carol Thompson, c.thompson@tcu.edu; Dr. Bonnie Melhart; b.melhart@tcu.edu

Dates: July 9 – 30, 2010

Program Description:

Leadership London is an interdisciplinary, discussion, site-based program.  We take full advantage of London by incorporating excursions to culturally, politically and historically meaningful places into our study of leadership. For example, when we examine the extraordinary circumstances of the rise of Queen Elizabeth I to the throne, we'll spend the afternoon visiting the Tower of London where she was imprisoned as a young woman.  After studying the dynamics of charismatic leadership we'll visit Churchill’s Cabinet War Rooms from which he gave his impassioned speeches and guided England during World War II.  The interdisciplinary framework of the program makes the study of leadership accessible and relevant for students from any major. Classic cases, essays and readings provide concrete examples and an expansive array of perspectives from which to analyze leadership. Students earn 3 or 6 hours of credit in sociology, anthropology and/or criminal justice. Three-day weekends are built into the program to allow students time for independent exploration and travel in London, the UK or Europe.  Housing in London is centrally located, only minutes away from theatres, parks and gardens, museums, Parliament, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, the river Thames, and other major attractions.

Courses offered:

SOCI  30223  Social and Cultural Contexts of Leadership

CRJU 30223  Power, Authority and Leadership

ANTH 30923  Critical Perspectives on Leadership

PROGRAM FEE:    $3025