American President Biography
American President Biography In this course we will examine biographies, both written and filmed, of several American presidents, including those who are well known – Madison, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt – and those who are less well known – Cleveland, Polk, Van Buren, John Quincy Adams, and McKinley. What, if anything, prepared these men for the nation’s highest office? What explains their successes? Their failures? Why do we consider some great, and others not so great? What do these biographies reveal about how Americans evaluate their leaders? 3 hr. sem. AMR, CW, HIS
As the other reviews say, the course is solely discussion within the class. Professor Dickinson and Governor Douglas have great chemistry and they facilitate the conversations really well. Only issue was a it's too easy for people to not engage and leave the conversations dominated by a few students
It is really fun having both the professor and the governor teaching the class. The classes are long but the discussions are super helpful and the readings are manageable especially when following the discussion questions.
Cool dynamic between Prof Dickinson and Gov Douglas. Very discussion based. There are weekely readings and four papers. They are accessible and the discussions are engaging and relivent to current topics along with the readings
It is a great discussion based class with great teachers. Meets once a week for 3 hours. Assigns lots of reading and has a lot of essays but there are no tests or exams. Lots of great discussions on the readings and on current world topics.