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Jul 31, 2025
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LAW 2955 - RIGHTS NOW! YOUR RIGHTS AS ACOLLEGE STUDENT
credits: 3.0
Crosslisted/Same As: CRJ 2955
Crosslisted/Same As (2): PSC 2955
CRJ 2955 -LAW 2955-PSC 2955 . Will provide an in-depth examination of the political and legal development and contemporary state of students’ rights in American society. Will explore students’ rights both on and off of campus as it pertains to the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, Fourteenth, and Twenty-Sixth Amendments of the United States Constitution. Objectives: A) Describe and compare the development of students’ rights from a political and a legal perspective under statutory law and the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, Fourteenth, and Twenty-Sixth Amendments of the United State Constitution; B) Apply the fundamental principles of constitutionally guaranteed students’ rights via a synthesis statutory and case law on point to both real-world and hypothetical situations; C) Identify and discuss the role of the United States Supreme Court and the United States Courts of Appeal in shaping historic and modern day students’ rights; D) Compare and contrast the rights afforded by public colleges to those afforded by private college; E) Critically assess the merits of students’ rights both on and off of campus; F) Articulate arguments supporting and undermining the expansion or contraction of students’ rights. Method of Instruction: Lecture and discussion via a debate-style questions for each topic (i.e. should students be permitted to carry loaded firearms on campus; discuss for both public and private institutions). Method of Evaluation: Weekly essays, four to six pages, expanding on one of the debate-questions utilizing both assigned materials and independent research (Each 10% of final grade); final paper, eight to ten pages, utilizing both assigned materials and independent research on the topic: Which right is most important and why? (30% of final grade); class participation (10% of final grade). Meets *WEP Distribution Requirement.
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