POLITICAL SCIENCE 10: CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT

FALL 2008                            

TTH     8:00 AM – 9:25 AM              

CEDAR 1

1432

 

CLASS AND EXAM SCHEDULE

 

WEEK

DATE

ASSIGNMENT

WEEK

DATE

ASSIGNMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Aug 26th

First day of class

9

Oct 21st

 

 

Aug 28th

 

 

Oct 23rd

All materials DUE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Sept 2nd

 

10

Oct 28th

2nd Exam Assigned

 

Sept 4th

 

 

Oct 30th

2nd Exam DUE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Sept 9h

 

11

Nov 4th

 

 

Sept 11th

 

 

Nov 6th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Sept 16th

 

12

Nov 11th

Holiday: Veteran’s Day

 

Sept 18th

All materials DUE[1]

 

Nov 13th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Sept 23rd

1st Exam Assigned

13

Nov 18th

 

 

Sept 25th

1st Exam DUE[2]

 

Nov 20th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Sept 30th

 

14

Nov 25th

All materials DUE

 

Oct 2nd

 

 

Nov 27th

Holiday: Thanksgiving

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Oct 7th

 

15

Dec 2nd

 

 

Oct 9th

 

 

Dec 4th

Last Day of Instruction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

Oct 14th

 

FINAL EXAM:

 

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9TH, 8AM – 10AM

 

Oct 16th

 

 

 

 

POLITICAL SCIENCE 10: CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT

FALL 2008                            

TTH     8:00 AM – 9:25 AM              

CEDAR 1

1432

 

CLASS AND EXAM SCHEDULE

 

1st
E

X

A

M

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH– All Materials DUE

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD  – 1ST Exam Assigned

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH  – 1ST Exam DUE

Preparation: Greenberg and Page, Chapters 1-4; and Shively, Chapters 1-3, 8-10.

 

2nd
E

X

A

M

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23RD – All Materials DUE

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28TH – 2ND Exam Assigned

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30TH – 2ND Exam DUE

Preparation: Greenberg and Page, Chapters 5-10; and Shively, Chapters 7(re-reading chapter 8 is recommended), 11-13.

 

FINAL
E

X

A

M

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH – All Materials DUE

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9TH, 8AM – 10 AM – FINAL EXAM DUE

Preparation: Greenberg and Page, Chapters 11-18; and Shively, Chapters 4-6, and 14-18.

 

 

* If Notes, Readings, and Outlines are not approved by the due date, the student may still receive full credit if they are appropriately modified before the time of the Exam due date (although they will not receive choice of Exam Questions).

 

Grades based upon:

 

·    (3) Sets of Notes/Readings @ 50 Points each = 150 points

·    (3) Sets of Outlines @ 50 Points each = 150 points

·    (2) Graphic Presentations @ 50 points each

·    (1) Graphic Presentation @ 100 points

·    (2) Essays @ 100 points each = 200 points

·    (1) Final Exam @ 200 points

 

TOTAL:          900 Points

A = 810 – 900

B = 720 – 809

C = 630 – 719

D = 540 – 629

F =  > 540

 

* Plus improvement on final per Contract

 

REQUIRED READINGS:

 

  1. Greenberg, Edward and Benjamin Page. 2005. The Struggle for Democracy. Eighth edition.  New York: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers.

 

  1. Shively, W. Phillips.  2008. Power and Choice.  McGraw-Hill.  Eleventh edition.

 

  1. Smith, Dan with Ane Bræin.  2003.  Penguin State of the World Atlas.  Seventh edition.  London; New York: Penguin Books.

 

SUGGESTED READINGS, VIDEOS, ETC.:

 

1.         Banner, James M., Jr. and Harold C. Cannon. 1999. The Elements of Learning. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press.

 

2.         Gladwell, Malcom.  2002.  “Political Heat”.  The New Yorker, August 12, pp. 76-80.

 

3.         Robbins, Richard H. 2005. Global Problems and the culture of Capitalism.  Third edition.  Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

 

RECOMMENDED READINGS FOR ALL HAMILTON/CLARKE COURSES:

 

* Refer to Reserve Readings on the web

 

 

 


[1] “All materials due” means that on or before 8:00 am on the stated date, readings, notes, and outlines must be approved for choice and credit.

[2] “Exam due” means that the exam must be received on or before class on the stated date.