Course News
Evaluation for the library session surveys
available here
Nov. 24 update
Quiz on Congress will be held on Tueday Nov. 25. Next week's topic is Administration.
Administration practice
exam (quiz after Thanksgiving holiday)
Interesting new Resource
on The US Role in World Affairs here
Congress and Administration assignments:
- dont have to be turned in--no points given for them
- do have to be done in order to complete public policy brief
on Federal level policy
- Bring them to class or office hour for help with your assignment.
Example of a B+ policy brief
here
Here is a source on what an annotated
bibliography is and how to make one .
Annenberg video
case studies
Course Outline
Congressional
Internships
Course Abstract
This course presents a survey of the origin and
development of the U.S. government. It covers the structure of the
Confederacy, Federalist papers, and functions of Congress, the Presidency
and Courts as well as Interest Groups, Civil Liberties, Political
Parties and Political Policy.
Assignment Types
You will be asked to do three types assignments
in this class:
- reading quizzes, .......................................................25%
- weekly thinking........................................................25%
- term long policy
research. ..............................50%
Text:
Sabato and Oconner: American Government: Continuity
and Change
Richard Heffner: Documents in United States
History (on order: links to be provided at schedule page)
Daily News
It is required that you read a newspaper about
politics every day. I recommend the NY Times or the Washington Post
the LA Times or the Wall Street Journal as very good on National
News coverage.
I also recommend that you read an "alternative"
political news source. Alternative can be about:
- Specific issues (AARP Newsletter),
- Points of view (In These Times, Mother Jones,
National Review)
- or from foreign countries (The Economist
or The Guardian).
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