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Emily Adair Neff-Sharum
POL S 202
Seattle Campus
Institutions and politics in the American political system. Ways of thinking about how significant problems, crises, and conflicts of American society are resolved politically. Offered: AWSpS.
Class description
Description: This course is a survey to American politics on the national level. Students will learn about major concepts and observations of political science as well as develop the tools to become informed citizens. This course will provide an introduction to key principles developed during the constitutional founding, how American institutions function and why their structure is important, the role of behavior (for both political actors and citizens) in American politics for both consuming and using information. This course is intended to provide students a broad understanding of American politics and provide the necessary preparation to excel in upper division American politics courses.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Recommended preparation
Texts: *Lowi, Theodore, Benjamin Ginsberg, and Kenneth A. Sheplse. /American Government/: /Power and Purpose/. CORE 10th ed. New York, NY: WW Norton & Co., Inc. Note: The purchase of a clicker is *REQUIRED* for this course. If the student does not already have a T*urning Point RF clicker *from a previous course, they can be purchased used online via ULOOP, Craig's List, and sometimes Amazon .com or can be purchased new from the UW Bookstore. In addition to the textbook, an online reader will be used. Please note the reading from the online reader CANNOT be printed. Please be prepared to do some reading on a computer. Instructions to access the online reader will be given the first day of the course.
Class assignments and grading
Grading: Grades will be composed from lecture clicker quizzes (10%), section participation (10%), midterm exam (30%), two short papers (1-2 pages) (20%), and a final exam (30%).
