First Year Experience Program

FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, I HAVE TOUGHT THIS COURSE AS A COMBINATION SEMINAR/ SOCRATIC METHOD/DISCUSSION FORMAT. THYE FIRST HALF OF THE CLASS DEALS WITH POLITICAL THEORY, WITH THE SECOND HALF APPLYING THESE THEORIES TO MODERN ISSUES INCLUDING CIVIL RIGHTS/ CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND IDEOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO POPULAR IDEOLOGIES IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY. STUDENTS HAVE SHOWN A REAL INTEREST IN THESUBJECT WHEN BEING ABLE TO GIVE THEIR VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES.

BESIDES TESTS, INCLUDED IN THE COURSE REQUIREMENTS ARE EXTENSIVE CLASS DISCUSSION, OUTSIDE RESEARCH AND ORAL PRESENTATIONS. THESE ELEMENTS BRING IN CRITICAL THINKING, WRITING, PRIMART RESEARCH AND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.

IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS CLASS THE STUDENTS WILL NEED TO DRAW ON THEIR PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF VARIOUS POLITICAL TOPICS AS WELL AS CONDUCT IN DEPTH RESEARCH FOR THEIR ORAL PRESENTATION. AS CLASS DISCUSSIONS DEAL WITH POLITIAL THEORY AS WELL AS APPLYING THESE THEORIES TO MODERN ISSUES, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE MATERIAL THEY ARE ASSIGNED.