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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course examines the development of American schooling within the context of social history. The course focuses on four themes: the differing (often conflicting) concepts about schooling held by leading educational thinkers, the public and public policy makers; the changing relationships among schools and other education entities such as church and family; the societal and policy issues that have shaped the American educational system; and public schooling as a promised or real agent of social change. Students in this course are expected to analyze these forces from all perspectives and to critically discern how and why the current school system evolved. Students will also be expected to identify the origins of current educational issues, be able to analyze and critically discuss those issues and formulate a personal position and/or plan of action based on that understanding. Specific lenses for analysis will include race, class, ethnicity, gender, religion and the intersection of these factors in the construction of power and justice in/through schooling in the United States. (Interdisciplinary social science course)
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
We often label significant moments of change 'revolutions.' Such moments in time often revealthe significant differences between competing ideas and the reality of power and justice. This course will guide students through a comparative study of at least two revolutions, for example the French Revolution of 1789, the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century, the American Revolution, the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century, etc.. Some of the key questions involved in this course will include: How do we define revolution? What causes them? What influences their outcomes? Are revolutions primarily political events or must they also involve social and/or economic change? Who participates in revolution and why? Are some revolutions failures and others successful? Cross-listed as HIS 324
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Gender, like race and class, is one of the fundamental categories that have affected, if not determined,one's experience of power and justice. This course looks in particular at the experiences of women and men from the 18th century to the present. It examines both the theory and reality of women's roles in the family,the work place,and the state and how those have changed over time. Cross-listed as HIS 202
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
In the United States today, Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) is a virtually unregulated field of medical practice. In this capstone course, students will consider competing ethical frameworks on the technological creation of life. Students will also develop careful proposals on whether and how to regulate ART in a variety of settings,from the law and public funding to counseling briefs for hospitals.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course examines the challenges, the dilemmas, and the fundamental issues at stake in creating democratic political systems with market economies. It also explores the stresses placed by globalization on developed capitalist democracies today.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course will examine social and ethical responses to pandemic diseases, specifically the bubonic plague of the 14th century,and AIDS.After exploring biological, ethical and social aspects of plague, students will offer recommendations and debate the appropriate policy response to AIDS.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course will focus on current debates over the proper scope of the public sector in American life. Students will examine contending perspectives on where and how to draw the line between the public and the private.The contending perspectives might include libertarianism and social justice liberalism, as well as Roman Catholic and Calvinist views of "natural law." Students will then consider twocurrent public questions: the regulation of tobacco and school vouchers.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Students will learn about environmental public policy using endangered species as a main theme to guide their investigation. The challenges of preserving the environment and economic interests such as property rights will be a primary focus.Contemporary controversies will make up much of the texture of the course. Students will research policy options and employ interdisciplinary sources from the sciences, ethics,religion, and public policy literature.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course will examine the current debate surrounding capital punishment. Students in this course will examine arguments in favor of and against the death penalty in the United States,and will also investigate the differing religious opinions, both Christian and non-Christian, that exist concerning this topic. Finally students will learn about the role that scientific evidence, specifically DNA testing, plays in this debate, and will also learn about the social justice issues that are imperative to understanding this topic.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
As health care costs stretch our national resources, we are faced with choices about personal and societal health. In this course, students will explore the current U.S. health care system and how health values are shaped by and shape consumerism.We examine justice in health care and how current trends will impact future health care delivery. Students will critically appraise selected issues relating to health care and use a research process for analyzing cost in managed health care situations.
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