LBAR 489.200: Liberal Arts Honors Reading Course

Multiculturalism, Political Correctness, and the University

Dr. Stephen H. Daniel, Spring 1996

This one-credit reading course is for freshman and sophomore honors students who will read and discuss essays on multiculturalism, sexual harassment, date rape, campus speech codes, affirmative action, and race, class, and gender differences. Essays are from Campus Wars: Multiculturalism and the Politics of Difference, ed. John Arthur and Amy Shapiro (Westview Press, 1995).

Participants of the group include:

Emory Bartolazzi

Kelly Hartline

Ryan Jones

Elena Sonnier

Kyle Spence

Robert Zipp

For each class, students should write a short summary of the readings. On at least one occasion during the semester, each student will also prepare a one-page (single-spaced) summary of the assigned readings for distribution to the other members of the group at least a day prior to ong

Jan. 25 Multiculturalism & Postmodernism (1-27)

Feb. 1 Postmodernism and the Tradition (28-48)

Feb. 8 Relativism and the Curriculum (49-68)

Feb. 15 Sexual Harassment (71-86)

Feb. 22 Date Rape (87-105)

Feb. 29 Hate Speech on Campus (109-34)

Mar. 7 Reverse Discrimination (137-52)

Mar. 21 Affirmative Action (153-75)

Mar. 28 Student Racism (176-98)

Apr. 4 Race and Gender Differences (199-225)

Apr. 11 Racial Assimilation (226-48)

Apr. 18 The Politics of Recognition (249-63)