Dimensions of Culture Program revised 1/03/14
DOC Office: Sequoyah Hall 132
Email: docinfo@ucsd.edu
Please bring letters from the Athletics Dept. or the Office for Students with Disabilities to Sue .
Winter Quarter 2014 http://marshall.ucsd.edu/doc/doc2
DOC 2:
Lecture B : MWF 11-11:50 in Warren Lecture Hall 2001
Dr. Gagnon’s Office: Sequoyah Hall 124
Office Hours: Monday 1-2, Wednesday 12-1, and by appointment jgagnon@ucsd.edu
Course Overview:
In building on the concepts and topics introduced during DOC 1, “DOC 2: Justice” is designed to introduce students to more specific features and debates within American politics, law, and society. As with
DOC 1, the course focuses on the tensions between the founding American promise of “liberty and justice for all” and its imperfect realization in various historical settings. Central themes are: the ideological conception of law, politics, and justice embedded in the founding principles of the American experiment; the blind spots and contradictions that arose when these ideologies were put into practice; the grassroots social movements and methods through which various groups have contested and demanded justice (and the relative success or failure of these methods); the role of government, the courts, and the people themselves in bringing about political, social and cultural change; and the extent that the American promise of equality is becoming more or less realized in the 21st century.
The course will focus on historical and contemporary topics such as voting and citizenship, immigration law, the freedom of contract, freedom of religion, state security, privacy, and economics.
Required Texts and Readings:
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2014 DOC 2 Coursepack – A custom reader to be purchased exclusively from this website: http://universityreaders.com
(click on “Students Buy Here” on the right side of the page). This year’s
DOC 2 Coursepack has changed considerably from the 2013 DOC 2 reader, so students will not be able to use old readers.
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Some readings will be posted on Electronic Reserves via the UCSD Library ( http://reserves.ucsd.edu
).
 Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
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University e-mail messages – Official communications from the DOC office and me will be sent to enrolled students’ @ucsd.edu
e-mail addresses. Students are responsible for checking their inboxes regularly and reading these messages promptly.
Classroom Etiquette: Because the use of computers and other electronic devices can be disruptive in class, you should bring paper and pens to take notes. Laptops, cell phones, iPods, tablets, etc., may not be used in my
DOC 2 lecture. These should be turned off and kept in your bag under your seat. Please arrive at class on time, and do not leave before the end of the session.
Writing Assignments: The writing assignments this quarter build on the fundamentals of critical reading and analysis introduced in DOC 1: reading actively; analyzing key points in an argument; analyzing ideological intersections at work in a text; applying key concepts learned in the course; and using relevant course lectures and readings to place primary texts in their historical and cultural contexts.
The purpose of DOC 2 is to enable undergraduate students, through rigorous practice, to critically read and write academic arguments. Students who successfully complete DOC 2 writing assignments will be able to:
1) Practice all aspects of the writing process, including outlining, drafting, editing, and revising; 2) Argue and
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defend a claim that is informed by multiple sources; 3) Select and use evidence in clear and effective ways; 4)
Use various kinds of feedback to revise papers effectively; and 5) Cite sources effectively using MLA format.
Grade Breakdown:
Paper 1……………………………………..............…. 20%
Paper 2………………………………........................... 25%
Final Exam………......................................................... 30%
Pre-Writing.................................................................... 5%
Section Assignments...................................................... 10%
Section Participation………………………..………… 5%
Section Attendance........................................................ 5%
Maintaining Academic Integrity: While DOC strongly encourages intellectual cooperation and discussion, all material submitted for a grade must represent your own work. Proper citation of others’ work is required. The rules for incorporating MLA documentation can be found on OWL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ owl/resource/747/01/ . Suspicions of academic misconduct and plagiarism will be investigated, and verified cases will be reported to the Academic Integrity Office according to university policy. A finding of plagiarism will result in an “F” grade. See http://students.ucsd.edu/academics/academic-integrity/ai-and-you.html
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Students agree that by taking this course all required papers will be subject to submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin for the detection of plagiarism. All submitted papers will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers. Use of the Turnitin service is subject to the terms of use agreement posted on the Turnitin.com site.
Attendance and Participation Policy: Attendance and participation are required at all discussion sections, starting January 7 or 8. In order to earn the highest Section Participation score, you must complete the corresponding readings prior to each class and be ready to discuss them and/or ask questions. Listen to others, and show respect for people, ideas, and perspectives with which you may disagree. If you are absent from discussion section more than three times, for any reason (e.g., an emergency or illness), 5% of your course grade will be a zero. There are no “excused absences,” so if you don’t want to be penalized you should not miss four or more discussion sections. Your Teaching Assistant will explain his/her Section Assignments in class.
See the Table of Contents at the beginning of the 2014 COURSEPACK (“CP”) for page numbers
of the corresponding readings below.
WEEK 1 : W HAT DO WE MEAN BY JUSTICE ?
CP 1. DOC teaching staff, “List of Key Words for Analysis”
O NLINE
: “U.S. Constitution” http://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm
CP 2. Alexander Tsesis, Chapter 1, “Liberty Through Revolution” (2008)
CP 3. Martin Luther King, Jr., excerpt from “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” (1963)
WEEK 2 : J USTICE AND THE R IGHT TO V OTE
E-R ESERVES : The New York Times , “Supreme Court Invalidates Key Part of Voting Rights Act” (2013)
CP 5. Chandler Davidson, excerpts from “The Voting Rights Act: A Brief History” (1992)
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CP 7. Ralph F. Young, “Susan B. Anthony and Her Speech, ‘Is It a Crime for a U.S. Citizen to Vote?’ (1873)”
CP 8. Harriet Hernandes, “Testimony Against the Ku Klux Klan (1871)”
CP 12. Excerpt from Shelby County, Ala. v. Holder , 133 S. Ct. 2612 (2013)
WEEK 3 : R IGHTS , J USTICE , AND F REEDOM OF C ONTRACT IN I NDUSTRIAL A MERICA
 Monday, 1/20/14: N O L ECTURE (Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday)
CP 13. David Von Drehle, “What Bangladesh Can Learn from New York’s Triangle Factory Fire”
Time
(5/02/13)
CP 14. Adam Smith, Excerpt from The Wealth of Nations
Book I, Chapter XI, “Of the Rent of Land:
Conclusion” (1776)
CP 15. Steven J. Diner, “Owners, Managers, and Corporate Capitalism” from
A Very Different Age: Americans of the Progressive Era (1998)
CP 16. William Shepherd, “The Triangle Fire,”
New York World , March 27, 1911
CP 17. “What the Grave Covers,”
Chicago Daily Tribune , September 30, 1913
WEEK 4: R IGHTS , J USTICE , AND THE F REEDOM OF C ONTRACT , P ART II
CP 18. Excerpt from Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
CP 19. Excerpt from Muller v. Oregon, 208 U.S. 412 (1908)
CP 22. Robert S. McElvaine, ed., excerpts from Down and Out in the Great Depression: Letters from the
Forgotten Man (1983)
CP 23. Richard Polenberg, “The New Deal, 1933-1936” (2000)
CP 54. Young Americans For Freedom, “The Sharon Statement, 1960”
WEEK 5 : G ATEKEEPING AND I MMIGRATION
 P APER 1 DUE TO YOUR TA IN L ECTURE M ONDAY , F EBRUARY 3
E-R ESERVES : The New York Times , “Obama to Permit Young Migrants to Remain in US” (2012)
CP 27. Erika Lee, “The Chinese Exclusion Example: Race, Immigration and American Gatekeeping” (2002)
CP 30. Excerpt from Thind v. United States , 261 U.S. 204 (1923)
CP 29. “The Asiatic Exclusion League Argues that Asians Cannot be Assimilated” (1911)
CP 34. Leti Volpp, excerpt from “The Citizen and the Terrorist” (2002)
WEEK 6 : F REEDOM OF AND F REEDOM F ROM R ELIGION
E-R
ESERVES
: “Liberty’s Lost Decade,” The Economist, August 3, 2013
CP 35. John J. Patrick and Gerald P. Long, “The Constitutional Right to Free Exercise of Religion: 1791-1991”
(1999)
CP 36. Excerpt from West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
CP 53 [p. 373-377]. Ronald Story and Bruce Laurie, “First Steps” in “The Making of a Movement” (2008)
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WEEK 7 : B ALANCING S ECURITY VERSUS L IBERTY IN A MERICAN S OCIETY
 Monday, 2/17/14: N O L ECTURE (Presidents’ Day Holiday)
CP 40. John Mack Faragher et al., ed., “The Cold War at Home” (2012)
CP 41. Joseph McCarthy, “Speech in West Virginia” (1950)
CP 42. Ronald Reagan and Albert Maltz, “Testimony Before House Un-American Activities Committee” (1947)
CP 43. Dwight D. Eisenhower, “Farewell Address” (1961)
CP 44. Anthony Romero, “In Defense of Liberty at a Time of National Emergency” (2002)
WEEK 8 : T HE F REEDOM OF C HOICE
E-R ESERVES : The New York Times , “California Expands Access to Abortion with Two New Laws” (2013)
CP 46. John D’Emilio and Estelle B. Freedman, excerpts from “Beyond Reproduction”
CP 47. Linda Kerber and Jane DeHart, ed., “ Roe v. Wade 1973” (2011)
CP 49. N.E.H. Hull and Peter Charles Hoffer, “ Roe Symbolized an Idea Whose Time Had Come” (2001)
CP 48. Jerry Falwell, Excerpt from Listen America (1980)
WEEK 9 : T
HE
R
IGHT TO
P
RIVACY
 P APER 2 DUE TO YOUR TA IN L ECTURE M ONDAY , M ARCH 3
E-R ESERVES : The New York Times , “Supreme Court Bolsters Gay Marriage with Two Major Rulings” (2013)
CP 50. John D’Emilio, excerpts from Chapter 1, “Homosexuality and American Society: An Overview” (2002)
CP 51. Excerpt from Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186 (1986)
CP 52. Excerpt from Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003)
CP 53 [p. 382-390]. Ronald Story and Bruce Laurie, “Clean Sweep” in “The Making of a Movement” (2008)
WEEK 10 : C ORPORATE I NDIVIDUALS AND C ITIZENS U NITED
CP 55. Lewis F. Powell, Jr., “Confidential Memorandum: Attack on American Free Enterprise System” (1971)
O NLINE : Overview , Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2008/2008_08_205
FINAL EXAM : Monday, March 17, 2014, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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