Minor in American Constitutional Democracy
The minor in American Constitutional Democracy is designed for those students who wish to delve more deeply into the philosophical roots and complex history of self-government by exploring the intellectual, political, historical, and cultural forces that contributed to the development of both the American republic and constitutional democracy around the globe.
In addition to a wide-ranging interdisciplinary curriculum, the minor contains a required “experiential” component that allows students to consider constitutional issues in practice and/or in comparative perspective.
Requirements
A minimum of fifteen (15) credits are required for the minor. Students in the minor must maintain a B average (3.0 GPA) for courses in the minor.
A minimum of twelve (12) credits must come from the courses below. At least nine (9) hours must be completed at MU.
Additionally, a minimum of three (3) credits must come from an experiential component. The experiential component may be satisfied through participation in either an internship or study abroad program associated with the minor or approved by the director of the minor.
The minor must be completed with courses from at least two (2) subject areas.
- A minor must be completed and awarded at the same time as the MU undergraduate degree
- Once an A&S minor is awarded, a student cannot return to MU to complete a major in the same department
- Minor coursework cannot also be used for Foreign Language Alternative
A minor consists of at least 15 credits, including at least 6 credits numbered 2000 or above, 9 of the required credits must be taken in MU course work. This requirement can be reduced from 9 to 6 at the discretion of an individual department. Students must meet the minimum GPA requirements for a minor, which in no case can be lower than 2.0. In addition, a student cannot receive a grade lower than a C- in any course applied towards a minor in the College. For more information, please see Requirements for Optional Minor.
| AMS 3100 | The Age of Pericles | 3 |
| or AMS 3100H | The Age of Pericles - Honors | |
| AMS 3400 | Murder and Mayhem: Images of Justice in Classical Antiquity | 3 |
| or AMS 3400H | Murder and Mayhem: Images of Justice in Classical Antiquity - Honors | |
| or AMS 3400W | Murder and Mayhem: Images of Justice in Classical Antiquity - Writing Intensive | |
| AMS 4800 | Political Thought in Classical and Christian Antiquity | 3 |
| BL_STU 2425 | Race and the American Story | 3 |
| or CNST_DEM 2425 | Race and the American Story | |
| or POL_SC 2425 | Race and the American Story | |
| BL_STU 2804 | Black Political Thought | 3 |
| BL_STU 2904 | Black Studies in Slavery and Freedom | 3 |
| or HIST 2904 | Black Studies in Slavery and Freedom | |
| BL_STU 3605 | African-European Histories: The African Diaspora in Germany and Beyond | 3 |
| or BL_STU 3605H | African-European Histories: The African Diaspora in Germany and Beyond - Honors | |
| or GERMAN 3605 | African-European Histories: The African Diaspora in Germany and Beyond | |
| or GERMAN 3605H | African-European Histories: The African Diaspora in Germany and Beyond - Honors | |
| BL_STU 3804 | Resistance in the Black Atlantic | 3 |
| BL_STU 4303 | Black Studies in Race, Class, Gender, and U.S. Policy | 3 |
| or HIST 4303 | Black Studies in Race, Class, Gender and U.S. Policy | |
| BL_STU 4640 | African Politics | 3 |
| or POL_SC 4640 | African Politics | |
| CNST_DEM 2100 | The Revolutionary Transformation of Early America | 3 |
| or HIST 2100 | The Revolutionary Transformation of America | |
| or CNST_DEM 2100H | The Revolutionary Transformation of Early America - Honors | |
| or HIST 2100H | The Revolutionary Transformation of America - Honors | |
| CNST_DEM 2120 | The Young Republic | 3 |
| or HIST 2120 | The Young Republic | |
| or CNST_DEM 2120H | The Young Republic - Honors | |
| or HIST 2120H | The Young Republic - Honors | |
| CNST_DEM 2450 | The Intellectual World of the American Founders | 3 |
| or POL_SC 2450 | The Intellectual World of the American Founders | |
| or CNST_DEM 2450H | The Intellectual World of the American Founders - Honors | |
| or POL_SC 2450H | The Intellectual World of the American Founders - Honors | |
| CNST_DEM 2455 | Constitutional Debates | 3 |
| or POL_SC 2455 | Constitutional Debates | |
| or CNST_DEM 2455H | Constitutional Debates - Honors | |
| or POL_SC 2455H | Constitutional Debates - Honors | |
| CNST_DEM 4231 | Constitutional Litigation | 3 |
| or POL_SC 4231 | Constitutional Litigation | |
| CNST_DEM 4400 | History of American Law | 3 |
| or CNST_DEM 4400W | History of American Law - Writing Intensive | |
| or HIST 4400 | History of American Law | |
| or HIST 4400W | History of American Law - Writing Intensive | |
| CNST_DEM 4835 | Race and Politics in South Africa | 3 |
| or BL_STU 4835 | Race and Politics in South Africa | |
| or HIST 4835 | Race and Politics in South Africa | |
| or HIST 4835H | Race and Politics in South Africa - Honors | |
| CNST_DEM 4900 | Beltway History and Politics: American Constitutional Democracy in Theory and Practice | 3 |
| or HIST 4900 | Beltway History: American Constitutional Democracy in Theory and Practice | |
| or POL_SC 4900 | Beltway History and Politics: American Constitutional Democracy in Theory and Practice | |
| CNST_DEM 4940 | Internship in Constitutional Democracy | 3-6 |
| CNST_DEM 4975 | Journal on Constitutional Democracy | 1-3 |
| or CNST_DEM 4975H | Journal on Constitutional Democracy - Honors | |
| ECONOM 3367 | Law and Economics | 3 |
| or ECONOM 3367W | Law and Economics - Writing Intensive | |
| ENV_SC 4400W | Environmental Law, Policy, and Justice - Writing Intensive | 3 |
| GEOG 2720 | The City | 3 |
| GEOG 4770 | Migration and Immigration | 3 |
| GERMAN 4840 | Totalitarianism and Culture | 3 |
| or GERMAN 4840 | Totalitarianism and Culture | |
| or GERMAN 4840H | Totalitarianism and Culture - Honors | |
| or GERMAN 4840HW | Totalitarianism and Culture - Honors/Writing Intensive | |
| GN_HON 2245H | Revolutions | 3 |
| GN_HON 2246H | Constitutions | 3 |
| HIST 2150 | The American Civil War: A Global History | 3 |
| HIST 2210 | Twentieth Century America | 3 |
| HIST 2440 | History of Missouri | 3 |
| HIST 2570 | The First World War and its Aftermath | 3 |
| HIST 2820 | Taiwan: The First Chinese Democracy | 3 |
| HIST 3200 | Black Freedom Movement, 1955-1973 | 3 |
| or BL_STU 3200 | Black Freedom Movement, 1955-1973 | |
| HIST 3210 | History of Religion in Post-Civil War America | 3 |
| HIST 3485 | The United States and the Middle East | 3 |
| HIST 3545 | World War II | 3 |
| HIST 3560 | The Scientific Revolution | 3 |
| HIST 3620 | Britain and the Sea | 3 |
| HIST 3855 | Japan and Britain, 1850-1940: The 'Two Island Empires' | 3 |
| HIST 3860 | History of Mexico | 3 |
| HIST 4070 | Indians and Europeans in Early America | 3 |
| HIST 4075 | Global History in Oxford | 4 |
| or CNST_DEM 4075 | Global History in Oxford | |
| or HIST 4075H | Global History in Oxford - Honors | |
| HIST 4235 | The Wire: Race, Urban Inequality, and the "Crisis" of the American City | 3 |
| or BL_STU 4335 | The Wire: Race, Urban Inequality, and the "Crisis" of the American City | |
| HIST 4260 | The Age of Ascendancy: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1945 - Present | 3 |
| HIST 4270 | African-Americans in the Twentieth Century | 3 |
| HIST 4280 | America in the Reagan Years | 3 |
| HIST 4580 | The "Making" of Modern Europe: Identity, Culture, Empire | 3 |
| HIST 4615 | Empire's Crossroads: Britain and the Middle East | 3 |
| HIST 4650 | Revolutionary France, 1789-1815 | 3 |
| HIST 4680 | From the Rise of the Nazis to the Fall of the Wall: German History in the Twentieth Century | 3 |
| HIST 4800 | Modern China and Japan: War, Imperialism and Memory | 3 |
| HIST 4821 | Constitutionalism in the Americas | 3 |
| or HIST 4821W | Constitutionalism in the Americas - Writing Intensive | |
| HIST 4880 | Chinese Migration: From Yellow Peril to Model Minority | 3 |
| HIST 4910W | History in the Public An Introduction to the Theory & Practice of Public History - Writing Intensive | 3 |
| HIST 4940 | Internship in History | 3 |
| JOURN 4000 | Communications Law | 3 |
| PEA_ST 2016 | Authoritarian Societies, States, and the Prospects for Democracy | 3 |
| or PEA_ST 2016H | Authoritarian Societies, States, and the Prospects for Democracy - Honors | |
| or PEA_ST 2016W | Authoritarian Societies, States, and the Prospects for Democracy - Writing Intensive | |
| PEA_ST 2293 | Globalization, Identity and Citizenship | 3 |
| or PEA_ST 2293W | Globalization, Identity and Citizenship - Writing Intensive | |
| PHIL 4600 | Justice, Rights, and the State: An Introduction to Political Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 4610 | Law, Liberty, and Justice: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law | 3 |
| POL_SC 2200 | The Judicial Process | 3 |
| POL_SC 2250 | Missouri Politics | 3 |
| POL_SC 2410 | The Politics of International Law | 3 |
| POL_SC 2445 | American Constitutional Democracy | 3 |
| or CNST_DEM 2445 | American Constitutional Democracy | |
| POL_SC 2600 | Canadian Politics and Government | 3 |
| POL_SC 2860 | American Political Thought | 3 |
| POL_SC 4131 | Race and Politics | 3 |
| POL_SC 4140 | Congress and Legislative Policy | 3 |
| POL_SC 4141 | The History of American Legislatures | 3 |
| POL_SC 4150 | The American Presidency | 3 |
| or POL_SC 4150W | The American Presidency - Writing Intensive | |
| POL_SC 4190 | Elections and Democracy in the United States | 3 |
| POL_SC 4200 | The American Constitution | 3 |
| POL_SC 4210 | Constitutional Rights | 3 |
| POL_SC 4220 | The United States Supreme Court | 3 |
| POL_SC 4230 | Constitution and Civil Liberties | 3 |
| POL_SC 4320 | Public Policy | 3 |
| POL_SC 4370 | Law, Policy, and Regulation | 3 |
| POL_SC 4380 | Politics of Criminal Justice | 3 |
| POL_SC 4390 | United States Health Politics and Policy | 3 |
| POL_SC 4430 | Global Human Rights | 3 |
| POL_SC 4540 | American Foreign Policies | 3 |
| or POL_SC 4540W | American Foreign Policies - Writing Intensive | |
| POL_SC 4550 | Environmental Conflict | 3 |
| POL_SC 4650 | Middle East Politics | 3 |
| POL_SC 4680 | Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy | 3 |
| POL_SC 4690 | Korean Politics: North and South Korea | 3 |
| POL_SC 4750 | Power and Money | 3 |
| POL_SC 4800 | Classical Political Theory | 3 |
| POL_SC 4810 | Modern Political Theory | 3 |
| POL_SC 4820 | Contemporary Political Theory | 3 |
| POL_SC 4940 | Political Science Internship | 3-6 |
| WGST 2020 | Feminist Theory | 3 |
| WGST 3260 | Gender, Law and Justice | 3 |
| WGST 3450W | Feminist Methodologies - Writing Intensive | 3 |
Note: Students may petition the director of the minor to have a maximum of three (3) hours from a related course not on the list above apply toward the degree. This can include Honors Tutorials associated with the Kinder Institute (GN_HON 2010H courses). Outside courses may have additional prerequisites.
| The following courses have been approved to qualify for the Minor's experiential requirement: | ||
| CNST_DEM 4231 | Constitutional Litigation | 3 |
| or POL_SC 4231 | Constitutional Litigation | |
| CNST_DEM 4835 | Race and Politics in South Africa | 3 |
| or HIST 4835 | Race and Politics in South Africa | |
| or BL_STU 4835 | Race and Politics in South Africa | |
| CNST_DEM 4900 | Beltway History and Politics: American Constitutional Democracy in Theory and Practice | 3 |
| or HIST 4900 | Beltway History: American Constitutional Democracy in Theory and Practice | |
| or POL_SC 4900 | Beltway History and Politics: American Constitutional Democracy in Theory and Practice | |
| CNST_DEM 4975 | Journal on Constitutional Democracy | 1-3 |
| or HIST 4975 | Journal on Constitutional Democracy | |
| or POL_SC 4975 | Journal on Constitutional Democracy | |
| HIST 4075 | Global History in Oxford | 4 |
| or CNST_DEM 4075 | Global History in Oxford | |
| HIST 4910W | History in the Public An Introduction to the Theory & Practice of Public History - Writing Intensive | 3 |
| CNST_DEM 4940 | Internship in Constitutional Democracy * | 3 |
| or HIST 4940 | Internship in History | |
| or POL_SC 4940 | Political Science Internship | |
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HIST 4940, CNST_DEM 4940 and POL_SC 4940 can only apply as experiential courses. All others listed above can apply toward either the general coursework or experiential requirement.
Contact
For general questions about the minor, contact:
Thomas Kane
(573) 882-3330
kanetc@missouri.edu