CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS, THE COURTS, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze the U.S. constitutional provisions and civil rights laws in the U.S. that impact U.S. public education, demonstrating an awareness of history’s impact on the past and present. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Describe various legal documents related to education, recognizing how assumptions about minoritized populations may play out in school policy. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Explain and engage in discussions about racial injustice through the discussion of case law, demonstrating a consciousness or awareness of how the issue impacts themselves and others in a public school setting. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify ways to become more effective participants in a multiracial society through the examination of current issues and social movements rooted in education law and policy. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Examine issues in civil rights law in education using peer-reviewed research Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze the U.S. constitutional provisions and civil rights laws in the U.S. that impact U.S. public education, demonstrating an awareness of history’s impact on the past and present. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Describe various legal documents related to education, recognizing how assumptions about minoritized populations may play out in school policy. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Explain and engage in discussions about racial injustice through the discussion of case law, demonstrating a consciousness or awareness of how the issue impacts themselves and others in a public school setting. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify ways to become more effective participants in a multiracial society through the examination of current issues and social movements rooted in education law and policy. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Examine issues in civil rights law in education using peer-reviewed research Audience: Graduate