Foundations and Debates in Public Thought
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction of core concepts of democracy and equality and challenges to implementation posed by race, class, and gender inequality. Review of standards by which political systems can be judged to be democratic and identification of obstacles to their mutual implementation. Focus on inequality, its historical causes and modern consequences. Letter grading.
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0-5 hrs/week
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This class had a heavy emphasis on political theory and the grade distribution was split between 50% midterm and 50% final. Professor Segura was very welcoming with any questions that we had and clarified a lot of concepts with relevant examples. However, I wished we were given an idea of what terms we would need to define during both exams. For both the midterm and final, we were assigned an in-person exam (having to define approximately 6 out of 10 terms given) and a take-home exam (5-6 page essay answering 1 out of 2 prompts).
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No group projects
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Attendance not required
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1 midterm
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10th week final
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