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Academic Year 2002/2003

Politics and Power: Democracy and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's
GOVT 103 FA

In this course, we will study the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and the struggle for racial equality today in light of the questions and issues it raises for American ideology and democratic theory and practice. We will look at assumptions about the American political process and the distribution of power, the role of the elite and ordinary citizen, and the system's response to challenges and change, focusing in particular on how relations of power and powerlessness are played out in the larger social and political order.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS GOVT    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Brown,Louise S.   

Times: ..T.R.. 09:00AM-10:20AM;     Location: JUDD214

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 15)

SR. major:    Jr. major:

SR. non-major:    Jr. non-major:    SO:    FR: 15

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Speaking, Writing

FYI:    First Year Initiative:Seminar

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003

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