This page is your gateway to the class! Here are quick links to the Syllabus, a listing of all Assignments, and the Class Posts page. Read this important Class Posting Policy.
Use the links below to see exactly what you need to do on a week by week basis:
Session One: Introduction (Class Meets 8/25)
Session Two: What is Good Deliberation? (Class Meets 9/1)
Session Three: Historic Perspectives on Deliberation and Democracy (Class Meets 9/8)
Session Four: Deliberation and Political Writing (Class Meets 9/15)
Session Five: Deliberation and Reasoning–Ideals and Frameworks (Class Meets 9/22)
Session Six: Deliberation and Reasoning–Problems and Pitfalls (Class Meets 9/29)
Session Seven: Deliberation and Debate (Class Meets 10/13)
Session Eight: Deliberation and Procedural Rationality (Class Meets 10/20)
Session Nine: Deliberation at Public Meetings (Class Meets 10/27)
Session Ten: In-Class Presentations and Responses, No Further Assignments (Class Meets 11/3)
Session Eleven: In-Class Presentations and Responses, No Further Assignments (Class Meets 11/10)
Session Thirteen: Deliberation and the Mass Media (Class Meets 12/1)
Session Fourteen: Deliberation and the Internet (Class Meets 12/9)