POL 201 - AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEMS

Fr. John Putka
St. Joe's Room 208
229-2594

This course is the basic introduction to the Constitution, the structures, and the functioning of the American political system. Areas of study will include the compromises and concepts that produced the Constitution of the United States, the major elements of the resulting government (presidency, Congress, courts, bureaucracy), and significant issues and influences that have emerged in our nation's living of the Constitution.

Text: Thomas E. Patterson, The American Democracy (Fourth Edition)

Format: Lecture/Discussion

Grading: Quizzes on the reading, term paper, midterm and final.