JPS COURSE
OUTCOMES
Course: JUST 4740. Constitutional Law II
Description: Reviews the development of constitutional protections of
individual rights and liberties in the United States.
Expected Learning Outcomes:
We expect students completing this course to be able to:
- identify and understand the
protection of individual rights and liberties under the First, Fourteenth
and Fifteenth Amendments.
- comprehend the historical
development of the interpretation of the U.S. Constitution, including the
role of the U.S. Supreme Court.
- analyze present and future
constitutional interpretations.
- demonstrate advocacy
skills.
- demonstrate critical
thinking skills by:
- logically formulating
and evaluating solutions to problems and arguments in support of specific
positions.
- identifying
interrelationships among Supreme Court cases.
- identifying legal
and factual omissions and inconsistencies in Supreme Court cases.
- applying legal authority
to specific factual situations.
- distinguishing
between facts, arguments, public policy and law.
- recognizing the
potential legal and political ramifications of Supreme Court decisions.
- performing legal
analysis of Supreme Court decisions.
- comparing the
Supreme Court's majority, concurring and dissenting opinions.
- developing further
one's own political philosophy and developing an awareness of those with
differing political philosophies.