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

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