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Date |
Lecutre Topic (Click on Topic for Lecture Notes) |
Reading Assignment |
| January 31: | Introduction to the Course Purpose of Government: Freedom, Order & Equality |
Syllabus; Janda, Chapter 1; IDEAlog Self Test. |
| February 7: | U.S. Constitution: Federalist
No. 10
U.S. Constitution: Amendments |
Janda, Chapter 2; Federalist No. 10 |
| February 14: | Federalism: Theory & Practice | Janda, Chapter 3; Gerston, Chapter 10 |
| February 21: | First Amendment: Religion | Janda, Chapter 12 |
| February 28: | First Midterm Exam
First Amendment: Speech |
Janda, Chapter 12 |
| March 7: | 1st Amendment: Speech & Press | Janda, Chaper 12 |
| March 14: | 14th Amendment: Due Process & Equal Protection | Janda, Chapter 12 |
| Assignment One Due Public Opinion:Measurement Composition of Ideological Groups |
Janda, Chapter 4 | |
| March 28: | Political Participation Forms of Participation Interest Groups |
Janda, Chapter 5 Janda, Chapter 7 |
| April 4: | Spring Break | Campus Closed |
| April 11: | Second Midterm Exam Political Parties Party Identification |
Janda, Chapters 6; Gerston Chapters 2 & 3 |
| April 18: | Campaign Finance | Janda, Chapter 6; |
| April 25: | Third Midterm Congress: Reapportionment |
Janda, Chapter 8 |
| May 2: | Congress: Public Policy Congress: Policy Domains |
Janda, Chapter 8 Gerston Chapter 5 & 8 |
| May 9: | Assignment 2 Due The Executive Foreign Policy |
Janda, Chapters 9 & 10, Gerston Chapter 7 |
| May 16: | The Federal Courts | Janda, Chapter 11; Gerston, Chapter 6 |
| May 23: | Final Exam | 7:15 to 9:15 |
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