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Nov 10, 2024
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AAS 1900 - Difficult Dialogues: Race, Law, and Religion in America
Intended to help create a campus environment where sensitive subjects can be discussed in a spirit of open, scholarly inquiry and intellectual rigor and with respect for different viewpoints. (Ford Foundation Difficult Dialogues RFP, 2005 at:
http://www.fordfound.org/news/more/dialogues/index.cfm?print-ver)
Students in this problem-based discussion and writing course will examine race in America through the lenses of law and religion. Working on teams and using a variety of resources, students will investigate five issues spanning from the founding of the country to present day New Orleans. Analyzing past and present historical events, students will gain insights into both the progressive and repressive roles that law and religion can play in creating and resolving difficult human problems. Students who take this class will become “bridge-builders” in their communities; people who bridge the gulf between groups that sometimes perceive themselves as being divided, when they have far more in common than that which may be the subject of a “difficult dialogue.”
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Engage in rigorous thinking, research, analysis, and synthesis of matters pertaining to race, laws, and religion in the United States.
- To discuss intelligently and with respect for the opinions and personhood of others present-day controversies surrounding race and ethnicity in the United States.
- Understand how inextricably intertwined such matters are.
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