Foundations of American Democracy is a graduation requirement for all students seeking a baccalaureate degree who enter a UNC institution, including Appalachian State University, on or after July 1, 2025, as stipulated by UNC Policy 400.1.5 (9).

Student Learning Outcomes

Courses that fulfill this requirement must include substantively the following student learning outcomes:

1. Evaluate key concepts, principles, arguments, and contexts in founding documents of the American republic, including the United States Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and a representative selection of the Federalist Papers; and,
2. Evaluate key milestones in progress and challenges in the effort to form “a more perfect Union,” including the arguments and contexts surrounding the Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Letter from Birmingham Jail, as well as other texts that reflect the breadth of American experiences.

Courses that satisfy this requirement may be completed as part of the student’s General Education program, with a course in their major or as an elective. Courses that satisfy this requirement are:

• ENG 2330 - Discourse and Democracy (3) [FAD]
     
• HIS 1200 - American History (3) [FAD][GenEd: HS]
    
• HIS 2525 - The Americans: A Cultural History (3) [FAD] [GenEd: HS]
    
• HIS 3728 - History of North Carolina (3) [FAD] [GenEd: HS]  
• IDS 2000 - The Idea of America (3) [FAD] [GenEd: HS]   
• PHL 2040 - Philosophy of Democracy (3) [FAD]
        
• P_S 1100 - American National Government and Politics (3) [FAD] [GenEd: SS]
    
• SOC 1100 - Social Problems in American Society (3) [FAD] [GenEd: SS]
    
• SOC 3650 - Political Sociology (3) [FAD]
     

• WRC 1103  [Only sections with the course title: Investigations (Local): Democracy An Owners Manual]