GENIUS, Creativity, and Leadership
 

A General Education Course in the Social Sciences with Writing Experience

Room: Hoagland 168 / Times: MWF 2:10-3:00 pm

Instructor: Dean Keith Simonton, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Psychology

Office Hours: MWF 3:10-4:00 pm (or by appointment), 102D Young Hall

Phone: 752-1677 E-mail: dksimonton@ucdavis.edu
 
 

GOALS

My task is to help you fully appreciate the nature of genius, achievement, talent, and giftedness. Special emphasis is placed on exceptional creativity and leadership. Political, military, economic, scientific, philosophical, literary, musical, and artistic genius will be examined from a diversity of theoretical, methodological, and disciplinary perspectives. 

PREREQUISITES

Psychology 1 and 41, or equivalents. It is also useful if you have a strong interest in some subject outside psychology that has a bearing on the main subject of the course, such as a fascination with politics, history, business, sports, science, philosophy, literature, music, or art. 

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