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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2026
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FWIS 231 001 (CRN: 23580)
THE WAR ON DRUGS
Long Title: THE WAR ON DRUGS
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: Suarez-Potts, William
Meeting: 11:00AM - 11:50AM MWF (12-JAN-2026 - 24-APR-2026)
Part of Term: First Year Writing
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 16
Section Enrolled: 9
Enrollment data as of: 25-NOV-2025 12:48AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: This course examines the rhetoric and implications of the “War on Drugs” in the U.S. and Latin America. Students analyze from different perspectives key texts that are related to policies enacted in the last fifty years to suppress illicit drug use and that have affected civil liberties and national security.