Time Schedule:
Gary M Segura
POL S 550
Seattle Campus
Core course in American government and politics. Systematic survey of the literature; focuses on national politics. Prerequisite: undergraduate courses in American government and politics.
Class description
Description: This seminar is intended as a broad introduction to American politics as a sub-field of political science inquiry. The readings represent two classes of material: some are among the discipline’s classic books, foundational in their contribution to what we know about American politics; others are among the most important recent works, either summing up our progress in the field or posing provocative new assertions that challenge conventional wisdom.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Recommended preparation
Texts: TBA
Class assignments and grading
Assignments. Students will be required to prepare approximately five weekly précis and critiques of the materials they were assigned to prepare. In addition, at the end of the quarter, each student will write a bibliographic essay and literature review on a question or topic of your choosing in the general area of American Politics, detailing the literature in a specific sub-field with the goal of identifying the collective strengths and weaknesses, as well as finding the lacunae and/or unanswered questions in the field.
