Document Type
Syllabi
School
CLA
Department
PSCI
Course Subject
PSCI
Course Number
1110
Course Section
01
Course Title
American Government & Politics
Academic Term and Year
Fall 2015
Credits
4.00
Hamline Plan Letter
D, S
Area of Study
PSCI, SSTD
Course Description
Goals: To introduce students to analytical concepts and frameworks for the study of American national government, and politics, especially as it relates to the question of who gets what, how, and why. Content: The constitutional framework; political values and public opinion; the role of parties, interest groups and mass media; Congress, the judiciary and the presidency; the policy process in selected substantive areas such as defense, foreign policy, economic management, and civil liberties. Taught: Annually. Credits: 4
Recommended Citation
Peschek, Joseph, "PSCI1110-01.American Government & Politics.F15.Peschek,Joseph" (2015). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 6137.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/6137