"In a day not far from now, we will be able to break down the barriers of time and space and connect our students on internships or between semesters to the university and to each other and, in that way, create outstanding, interactive educational experiences for them."
President Kim B. Clark
President Kim B. Clark
FDAMF 101 American Foundations Online
Credits: 3
Estimated Enrollment per Offering: 60 Students
Outcomes
- Students will learn the basic principles of politics, government, and economics “in the tradition of the founding fathers” upon which the American experience was founded.
- Students will prepare themselves to become both good citizens and members of the church. They will recognize their responsibility “to be full participants in political, governmental, and community affairs,” to understand that they “are under special obligations to seek out and then uphold those leaders who are wise, good, and honest,” and to follow the First Presidency’s counsel that members of the church “be willing to serve on school boards, city and county councils and commissions, state legislatures, and other high offices of either election or appointment, including involvement in the political party of their choice.” (The First Presidency, 1998)
- Students will be able to explain how the phrases “inspired Constitution,” “choice land,” and “the law will go forth from Zion,” from LDS Church tradition are related to and inform the basic principles of the American experience.
- Students will engage the writings of prominent economic, political, and cultural thinkers and evaluate them in terms of the gospel and the insights gleaned from the words of the modern church leaders.
- Students will develop critical thinking skills as they consider why American social, political, cultural, and economic systems developed, the alternatives to those systems, what the strengths and weaknesses of past and present systems are, and how this information helps them to better formulate and promote future policy.
- This course will provide students with the tools to become informed, active participants in the American experience and be able to defend the foundational principles against forces that would erode and destroy them.
Requried Materials
Audio hardware will be required for your online meetings (microphone and headphones or speakers). All other resources, including the text, are embedded in the course.
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