In History of Science course "Brainwashing and Modern Techniques of Mind Control," students participate in a role play to debate the legality of torture and other types of coercive interrogation.... Read more about Legality of Torture Debate

After reading Thomas More’s Utopia, students debate topics related to the text in order to understand More’s use of rhetoric.... Read more about Practicing the Rhetoric of Thomas More

Students travel back in time to 19^th-century Japan, assuming the roles of advisors to the Tokugawa shogunate. They must synthesize primary readings on social and political unrest to propose reforms that could prevent the regime from collapsing. 

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