Center for Civics, Culture and Society

Courses Offered

Constitution and Declaration of Independence in CSU green

CIV 111: The American Republic

What does it take to sustain a free society? CIV 111 puts students in direct conversation with the founding texts, primary sources, and the debates that shaped the American experiment, not a textbook summary of them.

Fulfills: Ohio Transfer 36, Arts and Humanities
Format: 3 credit hours, Tuesday lecture plus a Thursday discussion section (capped at 20 students)
Instructor: Multiple

Small discussion sections mean every student is expected to bring an argument to the table, not just take notes on one.

CIV 211: Great American Debates

Some of the most contested questions in American life do not have easy answers, but they do have arguments worth taking seriously on both sides. CIV 211 trains students to research, articulate, and stress-test opposing positions on today's most debated issues, then defend them in respectful, rigorous, in-class debate.

Fulfills: Research & Professional Writing
Format: 3 credit hours, offered every Fall and Spring, two sections (M/W/F 9:10-10:00 and 10:15-11:05)
Instructor: Multiple

Both courses are part of CCCS's core commitment to grounding civic education in primary texts and open, good-faith debate.