JINS 305 - Issues in Democratic Institutions

An interdisciplinary confrontation with issues currently affecting the institution of American public education on every level, the seminar challenges students to define for themselves what the aims of American education should be (what should be taught, whom society should educate) and to analyze specific individual and group responsibility for the education of a democratic society.

Prerequisite: Junior status.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
NOTE: This is a writing-enhanced course.