2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin

HON 301 The Idea of the Common Good Across Disciplines

3 hours 

This course explores how research affects the common good in the United States. Each section of this course is a case study exploration of a struggle for justice as well as the range of research strategies, theories, social movements, and public policies that have been used to resolve it. By the end of the course, each student will write a research proposal on a struggle for justice in the U.S. that demonstrates awareness of at least one methodological approach.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENG 201, HON 201

Notes

This course is restricted to students in the John Jay Honors and Macaulay Honors Programs -- Junior cohort This course satisfies the John Jay College Option: Struggle for Justice and Equality in the U.S. (300-level) area of the Gen Ed Program.