De Anza College :: Blake Respini :: Introduction to American Politics

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Introduction to American Politics

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Week	Date	This Week's Topics	Assignments Due	Lecture Notes
1	09/26/08	Freedom and Equality	None	Political Freedom Pol. and Econ Systems
2	10/03/08	The Constitution	Week Sheet 1/2	The Constitution Implied Powers Federalist #10
3	10/10/08	Public Opinion and the Media	Week Sheet 3	Opinion Poll Political Ideology Demographics + Opinion The Media
4	010/17/08	Special Interest Groups Midterm	Week Sheet 4 Multiple Choice Exam	Special Interest Groups
5	10/24/08	Political Parties and the Two Party System	Week Sheet 5	The Two Party System History of Our Parties
6	10/31/08	Elections	Week Sheet 6	American Elections
7	11/07/08	Federalism	Week Sheet 7	Lecture on Federalism
8	11/14/08	Congress The President Midterm II	Week Sheet 8 Editorial Instructions Midterm II Preview Multiple Choice Exam II	Lecture on Congress Lecture on the Presidency
9	11/21/08	The Federal Bureacracy	Week Sheet 9	Lecture on the Bureaucracy
10	11/28/08	Topic	11/28/08 NO CLASS
11	12/05/08	The Judiciary	Week Sheet 10 Editorial Due	Lecture on the Judiciary
12	12/12/08	Final	In ClassFinal at 1:45pm MultipleChoice Questions

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email Email: Blake Respini

Office: L14

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F 12:00-1:00 p.m.

Political Science

Last Updated: 12/10/08