Democracy is both one thing—a form of government based on the principle of popular sovereignty—and many things: a wide array of structures and institutions, a development in human history, an animating spirit in culture and the fine arts, a philosophical ideal, a source of conflict. This thread seeks to acknowledge that multiplicity by including the perspectives on democracy of several different disciplines, ranging over both its abstract principles and its immediate, lived realities, over both its grounds of possibility and its varied realizations. At the same time, the thread seeks to honor democracy as a unified phenomenon, an ongoing, still-emerging answer to the question of how societies and communities can best sustain themselves. The thread aspires to assist in the production of what every democracy indispensably needs: informed, engaged participants.
This thread can be 9 or 18 hours.
Students must take at least one course from the 2000 level or above.
Courses in a 9-hour thread must be from a minimum of two departments. Courses in an 18-hour thread must be from a minimum of four departments.
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Select one of these required courses: | 3-4 hours |
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HIST 1020/HIST 1020FYW United States Society and Culture Since 1877 | 4 hours |
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PHIL 2040 The Origin of Western Democratic Thinking: Ancient Greece | 3 hours |
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POLSC 1010/POLSC 1010FYW United States Government and Politics | 4 hours |
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Note: Effective fall 2018 HIST 1010/HIST 1010FYW counts toward the Innovation thread. Students who took the course previously may count the course toward the Democracy thread.