Linked Classes:

34537 PHIL 244
32149 ENGL 100

America: Land of the Free? Home of equal opportunity for all? Or has it becojme something else altogether? If so, what the *$##!! happened?

This is My United States of ...explores the social, political and moral dimensions of the American experience. We will consider the role that the promise of the American Dream plays in animating and guiding our daily lives.
How do individuals fit into the broader institutions of our culture and how, in turn, are individuals shaped or influenced by these institutions? Does the vision need rethinking as America searches to find its appropriate place in both the global village and the eco-system?