GOVT 240 - Civil Liberties

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory (or Other) Hours: 0

General Education Code(s): 23DV

Prerequisite(s): CJUS 100 or GOVT 170
Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

This course examines the role of the judiciary in the American system of government as it relates to such issues as race, poverty, privacy, sex, religion, speech, press, assembly, and the rights of the accused under the Bill of Rights and the 14th and 15th Amendments.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course: The General Education requirement for Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, & Social Justice is satisfied by GOVT 240. To meet this General Education requirement, students will be able to:

describe the historical and contemporary societal factors that shape the development of individual and group identity involving race, class, and gender;
analyze the role that complex networks of social structures and systems play in the creation and perpetuation of the dynamics of power, privilege, oppression, and opportunity; and
apply the principles of rights, access, equity, and autonomous participation to past, current, or future social justice action.

Course-specific SLOs:

Understand and evaluate the civil rights and liberties provided by the U.S. Constitution and the Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
Understand and evaluate legislation, and the judicial review of legislation, on the State and Federal levels with respect to civil rights and liberties from the late 1700s through modern times.
Evaluate and analyze numerous examples of people being denied constitutionally protected civil rights and liberties in the United States.
Critically analyze key U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding civil rights and liberties.