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2014 Fall Credit
Apr 23, 2024 |
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| 803 227 - American Government |
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American Government acquaints students with American political processes and institutions via a system approach which emphasizes the relationship between structure and behavior. The interrelationship of our state and national governments will first be analyzed in detail stressing political theory and methodology. Students will then examine, research, and analyze the complexity of the concept of separation of powers ("checks and balances") between Congress, the judiciary, the residency, and the bureaucracy as well as explore the roleof the media, interest groups, political parties and publicopinion in the political process before focusing on the Constitutional rights and responsibilities of citizens and how those citizens access the process of participatory democracy, including elections, most effectively.
3.000 Credit hours 54.000 Lecture hours Levels: Credit Programs/Classes Schedule Types: Web Conferencing, Online, Lecture Liberal Arts Division Humanities, Behav/Soc Sciences Department Course Attributes: Social Science Selective Prerequisites: ( COMPASS-Reading 80 or ACT Reading preentry assmt 19) or Credit Programs/Classes level 808 110 Minimum Grade of C or ( Bachelor's Science Y or Bachelor's Arts Y) |
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