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A political science course at Arizona Christian University.
Debating American Liberty: 1787-1865 is a special topics political theory course that explores the political and intellectual history of the idea of liberty in the early American context, especially the intense debates over the meaning and importance of liberty in the development of the American nation. Drawing on original sources, students will engage in the nation's foundational debates about liberty - looking at the varied and conflicting intellectual sources and traditions informing these debates. These were ideas so important that their advocates were willing to stake their "Lives … Fortunes and … sacred Honor" in the nation's early years. Specifically, the course will look at the development of liberty from the early colonial period, through the drafting and ratification of the U.S.
Engage the Course Material
Build a working understanding of debating american liberty as the course's central subject.
Apply Discipline Methods
Use the methods, vocabulary, and frameworks of the discipline to address course problems.
Connect Course Content
Connect this course's content to broader work in the discipline and related fields.
Demonstrate Course Competencies
Demonstrate the specific competencies the course is designed to develop.
A Biblical Worldview takes political and civic life seriously as the arena where convictions meet practice. This course engages its material with that seriousness in view.
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