College of Arts and Sciences' Podcast Features Course to Follow Presidential Election

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 4, 2012) — The College of Arts and Sciences produces podcasts that demonstrate work being done by the faculty and students in the college. Each week, UKNow will highlight a podcast. This week focuses on a new A&S course, "Currents: America Through the Lens of the 2012 Election."

Arts & Sciences Dean Mark Kornbluh and history professor Kathi Kern are teaching the class 'inside out' — by taking an issue (in this case, the 2012 presidential election) and building a curriculum around it. The class, takes an interdisciplinary look into how American democracy functions.

The course is slated to be a nonpartisan examination of how elections work, their function in media and society, and how elections have changed over time.

To listen to this podcast, produced by the College of Arts and Sciences, click here.

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