PSCI 2201 — American Civic Literacy
In accordance with Ohio Revised Code §3345.382, this course provides a comprehensive, document-based study of American civic literacy through the analysis of essential primary source texts. Students will engage directly with the full texts of the U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence, selected Federalist Pa- pers, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail. The course also includes a study of capitalism and the American economic system through selected readings from Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations. Students will critically examine these primary source documents in their historical, political, and philosophical contexts to better understand the prin- ciples of liberty, governance, civil rights, and economic freedom. The course concludes with a cumulative final assessment, as required by law, to evaluate student mas- tery of the required texts and concepts.