POLS1101 - Spring 2009 Course Map
| Topic of the Week | Readings | Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
| Introduction to
the course and Politics powerpoint |
Jan 7 First Day of Class |
Jan 9 | ||
| From Politics to
the Founding Fathers powerpoint |
EAG - Ch1 | Jan 12 | Jan 14 | Jan 16 |
| The institutional
design of the Constitution powerpoint |
EAG Ch 2,3 | Jan 19 | Jan 21 |
Jan 23 |
| What Kind of
Nation: A Union of States or a Union of the People? powerpoint |
EAG Ch 4,5 | Jan 26 | Jan 28 Amendments Quiz |
Jan 30 |
| Populists, Progressives, and
The War to End All Wars powerpoint |
Feb 2 | Feb 4 Exam 1 |
Feb 6 | |
| The New Deal and
WWII powerpoint |
EAG Ch 6 | Feb 9 | Feb 11 | Feb 13 |
| Debating the New
Deal: Ideology and political legacies powerpoint |
EAG Ch 7,8 | Feb 16 Presidents Quiz |
Feb 18 | Feb 20 |
| The Civil Rights
Movement powerpoint |
EAG Ch 9 | Feb 23 | Feb 25 | Feb 27 |
| The Great Society
and Vietnam powerpoint |
Mar 2 | Mar 4 | Mar 6 | |
| From Nixon to
Obama: The face of contemporary politics powerpoint |
Mar 9 | Mar 11 Exam 2 |
Mar 13 | |
| Spring Break! | Mar 16 | Mar 18 | Mar 20 | |
| The Budget: "A
billion here, a billion there..." powerpoint |
EAG Ch 13 | Mar 23 | Mar 25 |
Mar 27 |
| Taxes: Where does
the money come from powerpoint |
EAG Ch 14 | Mar 30 | Apr 1 | Apr 3 Paper Due |
| Elections: Kodos
or Podos? powerpoint |
EAG Ch 12 | Apr 6 | Apr 8 | Apr 10 |
| The policy
process: How policy gets made and who makes it powerpoint |
Apr 13 | Apr 15 Exam 3 |
Apr 17 |
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| What you can do:
Citizen action in politics powerpoint |
EAG Ch 10,11 | Apr 20 | Apr 22 |
Apr 24 |
| Conclusions,
Evaluations, etc. powerpoint |
Apr 27 | Apr 29 Last Day of Class |
May 1 | |
| Final Exam Week | May 4 | May 6 Final Exam 11am |
May 8 |