Planning Calendar

Week 1:
January 10:
No Classes (Winter Break Continues)
 
January 12:
Introduction to the Course
 
January 14:
Political Science
Research Question, Theory, Hypothesis, Falsifiability
Read: What is Science?
Get: Research Paper details
Week 2:
January 17:
No Classes (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)
 
January 19:
Political Ideology
Political Socialization
Research Question due
Political Ideology Paper due
January 21:
Introduction to Government
State of Nature (Hobbes, Locke, Rawles)
Chapter 01
Representation due
Get: Group assignments
Week 3:
January 24:
The Constitution
Constitutionalism and Constitutional Philosophies 
(Aristotle, Machiavelli, Montesquieu, Madison)

Federalist 51
January 26:
Finish Philosophies
 
January 28:
Historical Roots
Presentation of Aged Constitutions:
  Constitutions of Clarendon
  The Magna Carta
  The Mayflower Compact
  Albany Plan of Union
  English Bill of Rights
  French Declaration of Rights of Man
  Virginia Declaration of Rights
  The Iraqi Interim Constitution

Group Presentations
Week 4:
January 31:
Finish Group Presentations
Chapter 02
February 2:
The Articles of Confederation 
Articles of Confederation
February 4:
Federalism
Create-a-Constitution Activity
Constitution Activity due
Research Question due
Week 5:
February 7:
Create-a-Constitution Activity
Chapter 03
February 9:
Federalism
Expect a quiz over Chapter 03
C-a-Constitution due
Review Hodges 252
7:00-9:00pm
February 11:
Test
 
Week 6:
February 14:
The Executive
Original Intent, Art II
Chapter 10
Article II Quiz 
February 16:
The Bureaucracy
Chapter 11
February 18:
The Bureaucracy
"What if?" due
Week 7:
February 21:
The Electoral College
  
February 23:
The Congress
Original Intent, Art I
Chapter 09
Article I Quiz
February 25:
Lawmaking Process
Week 8:
February 28:
The Budgetary Process
Chapter 08
Bill Writing Project due
Quiz on Lawmaking
March 2:
The Courts
How to Brief a Case
Original Intent, Art III
Chapter 12
Article III Quiz
March 4:
Civil Liberties
English Habeas Corpus Act
Constitution: Bill of Rights
Chapter 04
Week 9:
March 7:
Civil Liberties
Civil Rights
 
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
Constitution: XIII, XIV, XV
Equal Rights Amendment
March 9:
Civil Rights
Chapter 05
March 11:
Momentous Supreme Court Cases
Week 10:
March 14:
Other Court Cases
Movie: Twelve Angry Men
Group Case Presentations
Movie: 7:00-10:00pm
in Hodges 252
March 16:
Finish Presentations
Review Hodges 252
7:00-9:00pm
March 18:
Test
Week 11:
March 21:
No Class (Spring Break)
 
March 23:
No Class (Spring Break)
 
March 25:
No Class (Spring Recess)
 
Week 12:
March 28:
Public Policy
Policy Process
Literature Review due
March 30:
Domestic Policy
Chapter 13
April 1:
Economic Policy
Eisenhower: Farewell
Clinton:SOU 1999
Hypothesis due
Week 13:
April 4:
Foreign Policy
Movie: Thirteen Days
Federalist 23
Washington: Farewell
Monroe: Monroe Doctrine
Movie: 7:00-10:00pm
in Hodges 252
April 6:
Foreign Policy
Chapter 14
April 8:
NAFTA: The Confluence of Domestic, Economic, and Foreign Policy in the United States.
Selections from NAFTA
Week 14:
April 11:
Democracy
Advantages of a Democratic Government
Elitism vs. Pluralism Discussion: Utopia, Sir Thomas More

Selections from Tocqueville Discussion: 
April 13:
Public Opinion and Polls
Delegate vs. Trustee
Direct Democracy vs. Representative Democracy Discussion: Walden Two, B. F. Skinner
Chapter 06
Operationalizations due
Discussion: 
April 15:
No Class for us.
Week 15:
April 18:
 No Class for us.
 
April 20:
Political Parties
Structure Functionalism
Party Platform due
Chapter 07
April 22:
Interest Groups
Federalist 10
Week 16:
April 25:
 No Class for us.
 
April 27:
Last Thoughts on Government
Group Evaluation due
Final Paper due
 
 
Review Thursday, Sunday
April 28:
Review: Hodges 252, Thursday 7:00-9:00pm
May 1:
Review: Hodges 252, Sunday 7:00-9:00pm
 
 

Final Exam: 12:30–2:30, Monday, May 2, 2005.