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  • The Constitutional Convention of 1787
  • Dates: 9/10/2025 - 10/15/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 6
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Little Theatre
    Instructor(s): Michael Kerley
    Fee: $0.00

    Catalog correction! This 6-session course meets on Wednesdays as follows:
    September 10, 17, 24 and October 1, 8, 15

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  • NEW! Critical Thinking for a Better Civic Life
  • Dates: 10/1/2025 - 10/15/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 3
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 2010
    Instructor(s): Michael Collier
    Fee: $0.00

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  • NEW! The Unitary Theory of Executive Power: Important but Unknown
  • Dates: 10/8/2025 - 10/8/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Williamsburg Regional Library
    Room: Theatre
    Instructor(s): Robert Spitzer
    Fee: $0.00

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  • NEW! Criminal Justice & Constitutional Rights in 2025
  • Dates: 10/20/2025 - 12/1/2025
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 6
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 2000
    Instructor(s): Nate Green
    Fee: $0.00

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  • NEW! Critical Thinking and U.S. Founding Documents
  • Dates: 11/11/2025 - 12/2/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 3
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 2010
    Instructor(s): Bruce Cogossi
    Fee: $0.00

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  • Government of the People: The Right to Know What Government Is Doing
  • Dates: 11/11/2025 - 12/2/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 3
    Building: School of Education
    Room: Room 1056
    Instructor(s): Megan Rhyne
    Fee: $0.00

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  • When Is Justice Served? Insights from the Military Experience
  • Dates: 12/1/2025 - 12/8/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 2
    Building: Campus Center
    Room: Room 159
    Instructor(s): Thomas Shubert, Ken Krantz
    Fee: $0.00

    An issue consistently discussed in our society is how to ensure “The Ends of Justice” is fulfilled in dealing with criminal offenses, the objective being to find the proper balance to protect the statutory rights of an individual while ensuring society’s laws and welfare are enforced.
    This course uses the Department of Defense’s (DoD) clemency and parole program as a vehicle to examine this issue.
    It presents the myriad procedures and factors, including Victim’s Rights, which are considered when deciding “when” to release inmates to integrate back into society.
    DoD’s Clemency and Parole Boards make and execute decisions concerning clemency, parole, and supervised release of military inmates.
    Board members consider many factors, such as: nature, circumstances of offense(s); confinement file, including offense-related rehabilitation programs; impact on victim(s); and protection and welfare of society.
    Learners will experience the decision-making process by evaluating such factors during interactive class discussions of case studies.

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