POLS 2060 - The Constitution

4.5 Credits

This course focuses on some of the great issues that confront policy makers and citizens of the United States. The framework for study is the U.S. Constitution. Topics include executive privilege and delegation of powers; war powers and covert action; nomination, election, and succession of the president; criminal justice and a defendant’s right to a fair trial; crime and insanity; crime and punishments; campaign spending; national security and freedom of the press; school prayer; gun control; right to assemble; right to live; right to die; immigration reform; affirmative action; and federalism.

Recommended: College-level reading skills

Lecture Hours: 4.5
Lab Hours: 0.0
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives

Demonstrate the Constitution’s central position in the daily concerns of the American people.
List and analyze landmark cases and doctrines in American constitutional law and government.
Show that the legal process is a complicated one which continues outside legislative chambers and in courtrooms.
Take positions on some of the fundamental political, legal and ethical problems of our time and develop arguments for his/her position.

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