Individual rights and liberties, with emphasis on the First Amendment, other parts of the Bill of Rights, and the Fourteenth Amendment.
Athena Title
Const Law Rights Liberties
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in POLS 4710E, POLS 4710H
Prerequisite
POLS 1101 or POLS 1101E or POLS 1101H or POLS 1101S
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will understand the original purpose of the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights and its philosophical bases.
Students will analyze the problems of defining such constitutional terms as “free speech,” “establishment of religion,” “cruel and unusual punishment,” “due process,” and “equal protection,” including the use of actual and hypothetical cases.
Students will have traced the development of constitutional doctrine in each of these areas.
Students will develop an understanding of the political factors that shape societal understandings of civil liberties.
Students will explain and critique the role of the U.S. Supreme Court in enforcing civil rights and civil liberties.
