Foundations of American Democracy
Starting in Fall 2025, all new first-year and transfer students at Carolina will need to complete the Foundations of American Democracy (FAD) requirement in the IDEAs in Action curriculum.
(If you started at Carolina before Fall 2025, you do not need to complete this requirement.)
Approved Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ARTH 161 | 
Introduction to American Art | 3 |
| CLAS 271 |
Classical Rhetoric and American Democracy | 3 |
| DRAM 388 |
Theatre, Law, and American Values | 3 |
| ENGL 275 |
Founding Fictions: Democracy and American Literature | 3 |
| HIST 88 |
First Year Seminar: America's Founding Documents | 3 |
| HIST 101 |
A History of Lies, Conspiracies, and Misinformation | 3 |
| HIST 102 |
Introduction to Major Problems in U.S History | 3 |
| HIST 126 |
Early American History and the Foundations of American Democracy | 3 |
| HIST 238 |
The American Revolution, 1763-1815 | 3 |
| IDST 131I |
Voting and Elections | 3 |
| PHIL 175 |
Philosophical Foundations of American Democracy | 3 |
| POLI 100 |
American Democracy in Changing Times H | 3 |
| POLI 279 |
American Political Thought Through the Civil War H | 3 |
| POLI 280 |
American Political Thought After the Civil War H | 3 |
| PWAD 238 |
The American Revolution, 1763-1815 | 3 |
| PWAD 250 |
Introduction to Peace and Security Studies | 3 |
| RELI 231 |
The Bible in America | 3 |
| SCLL 150 |
Foundations of American Civic Life H | 3 |
| SCLL 155 |
Declaration of Independence: Contexts & Controversies | 3 |
| SCLL 165 |
What is the American Character? | 3 |
| SCLL 180 |
Democracy in America: Promises and Perils | 3 |
| SCLL 250 |
Democracy-Ancient and Modern | 3 |
| H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
