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LIBERAL ARTS MAGNET

LIBERAL ARTS I

INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY - (1st semester) enriched, ½ credit. Prerequisite: must have met requirements for Liberal Arts Magnet

This course is a discussion of thought-provoking ideas from classical, medieval, enlightenment, nineteenth century, and modern philosophers. Representative philosophers include Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes, Spinoza, Locke, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Dewey and Russell. Students will examine such topics as metaphysics, ethics, fate vs. free will, good and evil, government, education, and logic. For their semester project, students will work cooperatively to create and explain their own original governmental and educational system.

MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES - (2nd semester), enriched, ½ credit. Prerequisite: Introduction to Philosophy

The major content of the course is the study of the literary, philosophical, political, and cultural contributions of the four major ethnic groups in the United States: Native Americans, Latino Americans, African Americans, and Asian Americans. The goal of this course is to prepare students for a culturally diversified, interdependent world.

LIBERAL ARTS II

COMPARATIVE POLITICS - (1st semester), enriched, ½ credit. Prerequisite: must have met requirements for Liberal Arts Magnet

This course offers an analysis of political problems and factors involved in foreign policies and relations of nations. With the worldwide Great Depression of the thirties as a starting point, students will research, study, and discuss the legacy of fascism, the challenge of communism, the dilemma of democracy, the plight of the third world nations, and mistrust in the Middle East.

20TH CENTURY ISSUES AND PROBLEMS - (2nd semester), enriched, ½ credit. Prerequisite: Comparative Politics

A minimum of six topics will provide the basis for research, study, and discussion of the causes and consequences of major 20th century problems and issues. At least one of the areas of study shall be unique to the current year while the final problem studied will be determined through student choice. A representative list to select from includes the following: poverty; environment; societal effects of alcohol and drug abuse; status of racial and ethnic groups in the economic, legal, and social systems; tensions caused by social change; changes in education; the impact of mass media on politics; Japan, an economic giant; special interest groups; minority group politics; and national defense policy.