Participants are introduced to both classic and secondary texts in the American tradition with a focus on the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the American Civil War, and modern texts on crossing the civilian-military divide. Students learn to read closely, engage critically, and communicate and develop their ideas in discussion with their peers, instructors, and university faculty.
★ Unit 1: The Ideal of American Democracy
★ Unit 2: The Constitutional Framework
★ Unit 3: Origins of Democracy
★ Unit 4: Reshaping Democracy
★ Unit 5: Contemporary Democratic Citizenship
★ Professors (one per unit)
○ Seminars Monday-Friday (9:45-11:45 am)
○ No slides are provided. The professor puts together presentations based on what they think are the most essential details given the readings and unit description.
○ Recommended areas of expertise by unit:
■ Unit 1: Political Science / History/ American Studies
■ Unit 2: Political Science / History/ American Studies
■ Unit 3: Classics
■ Unit 4: Political Science / History / English / American Studies
■ Unit 5: Military-Connected/ Political Science / History/ American Studies (Can be non-faculty if military-connected with knowledge of the readings)
★ Writing Team
○ Instructors (2)
■ $1800 per instructor
■ Monday-Friday (1:45 pm - 4:45 pm)
● Tutors might not be needed at the beginning of these workshops, we leave this to the instructors to work out.
■ Best recruited from the writing center.
○ Tutors (2)
■ $600 per tutor
■ Monday 1:45 pm - 4:45 pm (Introductions to the cohort)
■ Monday - Thursday (8:00 pm - 10:00 pm)
■ Recruited by writing instructors (typically graduate students who already work or have worked in the writing center).