Department of Political Science
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POL S 202: Intro to American GovernmentTuesday & Thursday, 12:00 - 1:20 pm, Kane 110 Professor: Matt A. Barreto
Course Syllabus and Reading Assignments for Spring 2010 Week 1 March 30 First Day of Class April 1 NO CLASS - PROF. BARRETO OUT OF TOWN Week 2 April 6 Schmidt et. al., Chapter 2, "Forging a New Government" [ PPT Slides ] April 8 Schmidt et. al., Chapter 3, "Federalism" [ PPT Slides ] Clayton & Meyer, "Washington's Constitution" [ ONLINE ] Week 3 April 13 Schmidt et. al., Chapter 4, "Civil Liberties" [ PPT Slides ] "The Patriot Act vs. the SAFE Act" [ ONLINE ] April 15 Schmidt et. al., Chapter 5 "Civil Rights" [ PPT Slides ] "Racial Profiling in Missouri: Traffic Stop Data" [ ONLINE ] Week 4 April 20 Schmidt et. al., Chapter 5 "Civil Rights" Continued [ PPT Slides ] "Divided Court Limits Use of Race by School Districts" [ ONLINE ] April 22 Schmidt et. al., Chapter 6 "Public Opinion, Political Socialization" [ PPT Slides ] Pierce et. al., "Public Opinion in Washington State" [ ONLINE ] Short paper due at 12:00pm via online drop-box Week 5 April 27 Schmidt et. al., Chapter 6, "Public Opinion and the Media" [ PPT Slides ] Handouts for Survey Project: online April 29 Schmidt et. al., Chapter 7, "Interest Groups and Political Parties" [ PPT Slides ] Appleton & Grosse, "Washington State Parties" [ ONLINE ] Week 6 May 4 Schmidt et. al., Chapter 8, "Campaigns and Elections" [ PPT Slides ] Long, "Direct Democracy in Washington," [ ONLINE ] May 6 Midterm Exam - in class - bring only pen or pencil Week 7 May 11 Schmidt et. al., Chapter 8, "Voting Behavior" [ PPT Slides ] "College Students and the 2004 Election" [ ONLINE ] May 13 Schmidt et. al, Chapter 9, "The Congress" [ PPT Slides ] Donovan, "The (WA) Legislature" [ ONLINE ] Week 8 May 18 Schmidt et. al, Chapter 13, "Domestic Policy" [ PPT Slides ] Case Study: Health Care Reform Bill of 2009-2010: PBS Frontline documentary May 20 Stewart, Chapter 10, "The Presidency" [ PPT Slides ] Nice & Otte, "The Office of the Governor" [ ONLINE ] Week 9 May 25 Schmidt et. al., Chapter 12, "The Judiciary" [ PPT Slides ] May, "The Washington State Court System" [ ONLINE ] May 27 Schmidt et. al., Chapter 14, "Foreign Policy" [ PPT Slides ] Afghanistan: The Forgotten War - Online documentary (PBS) http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/428/index.html Week 10 June 1 Review Session for Final Exam [ Review Slides ] June 2 QS Review Session for Final Exam June 3 FINAL EXAM 12:00 - 1:20PM KANE 110 |