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Oct 23, 2026
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POLS 2202 - Public Issues
Credits: 3
Catalog Description
This course will explore various political issues. Specific issues may include the economy, health care, immigration, racism, abortion, and guns. Students will examine their own beliefs as well as various conflicting beliefs with the aim of recognizing the values and virtues of diverse viewpoints.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s) fulfilled: Goal 05C: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Goal 07B: Human Diversity, Race, Power, and Justice in the United States
Additional fee to student: No
Learner Outcomes
- Articulate how various aspects of the United States’ political system shape and are shaped by public issues.
- Compare and contrast various approaches that different individuals and groups use to evaluate public issues in the United States and beyond.
- Evaluate various methods for solving social/moral problems in the United States and beyond.
- Evaluate various methods for solving economic problems in the United States and beyond.
- Defend one’s own political values regarding various public issues regarding the United States’ social/political system.
- Appraise the values others in the United States and beyond have that conflict with one’s own political values.
Major Areas of Course Content
- Economic public issues
- Social/moral public issues
- Democratic values and issues
Credit for Prior Learning Options
No credit for prior learning option is available for this course.
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