JINS 385 - Childhood’s End: Children’s Literature and Controversial Issues

The books we read as children are some of the most important readings of our lives. The goal of this course is to provide students an opportunity to think critically about the role of the adult in relationship to children’s literature. Students will use writing as a means of “visible thinking” in order to read and consider topical issues and controversy in children’s literature.

Prerequisite: Junior status.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (offered spring only)
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 course is writing-enhanced.