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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Th is is an advanced senior-level seminar focusing on one of a set of specifi c topics or issues to be chosen by the instructor off ering the section of the course — concerning the philosophical concept of justice. Topics can be either theoretical and applied, and may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: an advanced survey of contemporary philosophical theories of justice; the textual analysis of one philosophic classic on justice, e.g., John Rawls’ Th eory of Justice; the philosophy of punishment and retribution; justice — distributive and compensatory; the impact of race, gender, and class on the contemporary philosophical analysis of justice. Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 201, PHI 231, one 300-level philosophy or political theory course, or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Seminar devoted to advanced study of such civil liberties and civil rights issues as the rights of speech, press and religious liberty; substantive due process and the right to privacy; and discriminatory denials of equal protection. Analysis of leading and recent Supreme Court decisions, which may be supplemented by important political, philosophic and legal literature. Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 201, senior standing, and majoring in government, criminal justice, or legal studies, or permission of the section instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Seminar devoted to advanced study of both state and federal courts in the United States as actors and arbiters in major constitutional and political disputes. Examination of the public policy contribution of courts, and the role of judges, lawyers, litigants and pressure groups in the judicial process. Emphasis is placed on how court decisions infl uence the negotiation and accommodation that occur in the United States between the values of dominant cultures and those of culturally diverse groups (racial, ethnic, religious, gender). Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 201, GOV 101, and senior standing, or permission of the section instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A broad survey of the history of Puerto Rico from its beginnings to the present. Major emphasis will be given to the political, economic and social developments, with some attention to cultural themes.
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A broad survey of the history of the Caribbean Island nations and territories from the beginnings of European civilization until the present. Particular attention will be given to the economic and social aspects of the evolution, and to the problems of unity and diversity.
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A history of the United States. Several problems or issues are chosen each term, and the insights of various disciplines — political science, sociology, literary criticism, economics, etc. — are brought to bear on them. Either course, HIS 201 or HIS 202, may be taken independently. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and sophomore standing or above.
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A history of the United States. Several problems or issues are chosen each term, and the insights of various disciplines — political science, sociology, literary criticism, economics, etc. — are brought to bear on them. Either course, HIS 201 or HIS 202, may be taken independently. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and sophomore standing or above.
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A social history of immigration and ethnicity that focuses on topics such as immigrant institutions, including family, church, community life, unions, gangs, fi re companies, saloons, theatres, social mobility, and the role of ethnicity and class responses to the immigrant problem, including assimilation, nativism, racism and restriction; immigrant ghettos and boss rule; changing immigrant stereotypes; work experience; labor violence and the methods of social control. Prerequisites: ENG 101, and sophomore standing or above.
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A study of selected institutions and classes of people, traced over time. Topics include the docks, Wall Street, the poor, water supply, bars, subways, the rich, riots, architecture, bosses and corruption, novels of New York, police, parks, famous fi res. Th e course will include occasional walking tours about the city to the docks, museums, famous buildings, etc. Prerequisites: ENG 101, and sophomore standing or above.
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3.00 Credits
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Examination of the role played by violence in American life. Exploration of selected problems relating to the politics of war, poverty and racism. Prerequisites: ENG 101, and sophomore standing or above.
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