LALS 104 - Young People, Gun Violence, and Human Rights

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

The First-Year Writing Seminar adds to students’ understandings of young people, human rights, and gun violence in the United States and in Central America. In the first part of the course students engage in the debates around gun control, school safety, and the US’s failure to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child, an international human rights treaty designed to protect the human rights of young people. In the second part of the course we examine several Central American nations where armed violence has had a dramatic impact on the lives of young people, and been a contributing factor of forced displacement, loss of education, and migration to the US. An ongoing and significant consideration in the course is the role of youth-led advocacy and legislative efforts around gun control legislation, as well as safe gun education, firearm buy-back programs, and violence prevention projects. Tracey Holland.

Open only to first-year students; satisfies the college requirement for a First-Year Writing Seminar.

Two 75-minute periods.

Course Format: CLS