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Fall 2020  |  ENGL 1912 Section 001: America in Crisis (33329)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Freshman Seminar
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
Freshman and FRFY
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2020 - 12/16/2020
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Closed (20 of 20 seats filled)
Course Catalog Description:
America has a long history of injustice that lives on today in diverse forms. This course focuses on current crises in our economy, society, and (presumably democratic) government. We will analyze and try to solve some of the pressing questions. How did we end up with the largest wage and wealth disparities in the developed world? Why are low-income and even middle-income families struggling to make ends meet? Why did our K-12 education system, once in first place, drop behind education in all developed nations? Why does our healthcare system cost more yet provide less access and quality than systems elsewhere? In short, what forces created the gulf between the lived experiences of ordinary Americans and the high ideals articulated in the US Constitution?
Class Notes:
This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
Class Description:
America in Crisis: This course focuses on racial and socioeconomic injustices in recent years that allow us to think about the gulf between Constitutional ideals and lived experience. We will concentrate on three areas: education (K-12 segregation and inequality, college opportunity and debt); employment issues (unemployment, and bad/good jobs; and wealth distributions. These hot-button issues in the 2016 presidential campaign continue to be critical today as the US undergoes fundamental policy shifts that will affect all of us. Besides the usual sorts of academic work, students will engage in design thinking and problem solving.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33329/1209
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
13 March 2017

Fall 2019  |  ENGL 1912 Section 001: America in Crisis (20890)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Freshman Seminar
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 320
Enrollment Status:
Closed (19 of 19 seats filled)
Course Catalog Description:
America has a long history of injustice that lives on today in diverse forms. This course focuses on current crises in our economy, society, and (presumably democratic) government. We will analyze and try to solve some of the pressing questions. How did we end up with the largest wage and wealth disparities in the developed world? Why are low-income and even middle-income families struggling to make ends meet? Why did our K-12 education system, once in first place, drop behind education in all developed nations? Why does our healthcare system cost more yet provide less access and quality than systems elsewhere? In short, what forces created the gulf between the lived experiences of ordinary Americans and the high ideals articulated in the US Constitution?
Class Description:
America in Crisis: This course focuses on racial and socioeconomic injustices in recent years that allow us to think about the gulf between Constitutional ideals and lived experience. We will concentrate on three areas: education (K-12 segregation and inequality, college opportunity and debt); employment issues (unemployment, and bad/good jobs; and wealth distributions. These hot-button issues in the 2016 presidential campaign continue to be critical today as the US undergoes fundamental policy shifts that will affect all of us. Besides the usual sorts of academic work, students will engage in design thinking and problem solving.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20890/1199
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
13 March 2017

Fall 2018  |  ENGL 1912 Section 001: America in Crisis (33472)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Freshman Seminar
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 340
Enrollment Status:
Closed (20 of 20 seats filled)
Course Catalog Description:
America has a long history of injustice that lives on today in diverse forms. This course focuses on current crises in our economy, society, and (presumably democratic) government. We will analyze and try to solve some of the pressing questions. How did we end up with the largest wage and wealth disparities in the developed world? Why are low-income and even middle-income families struggling to make ends meet? Why did our K-12 education system, once in first place, drop behind education in all developed nations? Why does our healthcare system cost more yet provide less access and quality than systems elsewhere? In short, what forces created the gulf between the lived experiences of ordinary Americans and the high ideals articulated in the US Constitution?
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?emd+ENGL1912+Fall2018
Class Description:
America in Crisis: This course focuses on racial and socioeconomic injustices in recent years that allow us to think about the gulf between Constitutional ideals and lived experience. We will concentrate on three areas: education (K-12 segregation and inequality, college opportunity and debt); employment issues (unemployment, and bad/good jobs; and wealth distributions. These hot-button issues in the 2016 presidential campaign continue to be critical today as the US undergoes fundamental policy shifts that will affect all of us. Besides the usual sorts of academic work, students will engage in design thinking and problem solving.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33472/1189
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
13 March 2017

Fall 2017  |  ENGL 1912 Section 001: America in Crisis (35551)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Freshman Seminar
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 320
Course Catalog Description:
Injustice in America has a long history, stretching from European exploration to the present moment. A few historical examples are the seizure of Native-American and Chicano lands; slavery, lynching, and Jim Crow; women's disenfranchisement and financial marginalization; wartime internment of Japanese and German Americans; and criminalization of gays, lesbians, and immigrants. This course focuses on socioeconomic injustices in recent years that will allow us to think about the gulf between Constitutional ideals and lived experience.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?emd+ENGL1912+Fall2017
Class Description:
America in Crisis: This course focuses on racial and socioeconomic injustices in recent years that allow us to think about the gulf between Constitutional ideals and lived experience. We will concentrate on three areas: education (K-12 segregation and inequality, college opportunity and debt); employment issues (unemployment, and bad/good jobs; and wealth distributions. These hot-button issues in the 2016 presidential campaign continue to be critical today as the US undergoes fundamental policy shifts that will affect all of us. Besides the usual sorts of academic work, students will engage in design thinking and problem solving.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35551/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
13 March 2017

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