| Course ID: | JURI 4110E/6110E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Democracy and the Constitution |
Course
Description: | An exploration of the concepts of democracy and equal citizenship through the prism of the U.S. Constitution. Students will examine the rights and responsibilities of membership in the American civic community and how those rights and responsibilities have changed over time. Examination of each of these conflicts will center on their relationship to the rights and duties embodied in the U.S. Constitution. |
| Oasis Title: | Democracy and the Constitution |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in JURI 4110 or JURI 6110 |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. The course will use a "flipped classroom" instructional model consisting of weekly asynchronous online content combined with small discussion group meetings. To facilitate small group discussions, enrollment is capped at 50 students (with each student participating in one small group session per week). |
| Prerequisite: | POLS 1101 or POLS 1101E or POLS 1101S or POLS 1105H |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | By the end of the course, students should be able to demonstrate, orally and in writing, their knowledge and understanding of:
1. The principles of democratic self-governance, including disputes about those principles, underlying the major areas of law, and history covered in the course
2. The ways in which contested principles of democratic self-governance work to shape our laws and governing systems
3. How the U.S. Constitution has shaped disputes about democracy, self-government, and civic engagement during different periods of U.S. history
4. The law governing the major areas of law covered in the course, including disputes about how these areas of law have changed and how they should be interpreted and applied |
| Topical Outline: | 1. Democracy, republicanism, and populism in our foundational documents
2. Representation: what is it, who gets it, and how?
3. Counter-majoritarianism and the U.S. Constitution
4. Do “we” have a “right” to vote?
5. Equality, democracy, and economics
6. The future of self-government |