GOV 201 Summer 2007

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UNION COUNTY COLLEGE
American Government and Politics, GOV 201

 

Summer I Semester 2007

GENERAL INFORMATION:  Summer Session I is a six week semester beginning on Monday, May 21 and ending on Thursday, June 28.  We meet on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.  Each class is two hours and thirty minutes long.  The course covers all the material taught usually in a fifteen week semester.  There is a considerable amount of reading involved in this course.  This is a difficult course to take during the summer semester.  Please do not fall behind in your readings.  Class attendance is taken and counts toward your grade.  There are three examinations; one at the end of each two week segment.  The final on June 28 will be comprehensive.

I will give Late Withdrawals up through the end of week five on Thursday, June 21 after class.  Thereafter none will be given.

My Email Address is damerow@ucc.edu.  My office is N2-17 upstairs from the Counseling Center.  Office Hours are by arrangement after class.

TEXT:

Schmidt, Steffen W., Mack C. Shelley II, and Barbara A. Bardes.  American Government and
     Politics Today: 2007 - 2008 Edition.  Belmont, CA: West/Wadsworth, 2007.

There is a WEB page associated with this textbook at http://political science.wadsworth.com

Syllabus

I:   Introduction, Constitution, and Federalism
                    Schmidt, Chapters 1 - 3

FIRST HOURLY EXAMINATION:  Thursday, May 31 at 9 A.M.. 

 II: Federalism, State and Local Government, and the Media
                    Schmidt, Chapters 3, 18, and 10

SECOND HOURLY EXAMINATION: Thursday, June 14 at 9 A.M.

III: Inputs: Public Opinion, Political Socialization, Interest Groups, Political Parties, Campaigns, Nominations, and Elections
                    Schmidt, Chapters 6 - 9

FINAL EXAMINATION: Thursday, June 28 at 8 A.M.. 

THE FINAL EXAM IS COMPREHENSIVE. IT HAS BOTH OBJECTIVE AND ESSAY PARTS. THE ESSAY PART EMPHASIZES MATERIAL COVERED SINCE THE SECOND HOURLY EXAMINATION.  THE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS ARE DRAWN FROM ALL THE CHAPTERS OF THE TEXT.

GRADING POLICY:

ATTENDANCE AND QUIZZES           -- 10%

THREE  EXAMS                                -- 90%
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COURSE GRADE                          --   100%