Ideology in "neutral spaces"

Take a look at the course description for this course:

CLJ 540 Criminal Justice: Process and Institutions
    4 hours. Critical examination of the criminal justice system. The 
dynamics and processes of contemporary police, judicial, and correctional 
institutions are evaluated in the context of key historical developments 
and relevant research. 

Some questions, just for fun:

1) Breaking down the descriptive phrases, what would you expect
the class to be about? Is the description really as self-evident
as the precise language appears?. That is, what does the description
say, if anything, about our assumptions of knowldge, educational
bureaucracy, preparation of future professionals? (Especially
think about what counts as a "critical examination").

2) Given the course description, what you would expect today's
presentation to be about?

3) Are there any ideological premises in the course description?

4) Do these questions even matter?

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