The Courts and Civil Rights
General
Prefix
POL
Course Number
492
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Liberal Arts
Description
Supreme Court decisions concerning individual rights and liberties, particularly those found in the First Amendment. Supreme Court decisions concerning discrimination, speech, religion, search and seizure, counsel and other individual rights.
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
No
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Assess the Supreme Court's role in creating First Amendment law, focusing on the religion clauses and the free speech clause.
Outcome
Argue both (all) sides of controversial civil rights issues equally well through oral arguments and written assignments.
Outcome
Differentiate between constitutional and unconstitutional restrictions on civil rights, and particularly on the free exercise of religion and the freedom of speech.
Outcome
Assess the strengths and weaknesses of justices' opinion across a variety of civil rights cases.
Dependencies
Programs
POL492
is a
completion requirement
for: