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11:30AM-12:20PM, Monday, Wednesday, & Friday
Classroom: Library 255
Office: Library 231
Office Hours: 10:30AM-11:30AM, Monday, Wednesday, &
Friday
Office Telephone: 503-5670
Email: alwayjr@bellsouth.net or leroyway2@juno.com
James MacGregor Burns, J.W. Peltason, Thomas E. Cronin and
David B. Magleby, GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE, Brief
Third Edition (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice
Hall, 2000).
PSC 201B "Questions for Study & Review" and other desig-
nated reading and study material on the professor's web-
site.
The "Questions for Study & Review" and other designated
material should be very helpful to students wishing to
make high scores on the examinations (tests).
The professor's website address (URL) is as follows:
http://www.geocities.com/way_leroy
Directions for locating and navigating the professor's
website and getting to the "Highly Recommended Reading
& Study Material" will be found at the end of this sylla-
bus.
Make-up examinations are of the essay, or long-answer, type and are taken in the profes- sor's office (Library 231) during his office hours. Regularly scheduled examinations are of the multiple-choice and short-answer types and are taken in the classroom during the class periods scheduled for that purpose.
90-100 A Excellent; Superior
80-89 B Good; Above Average
70-79 C Average; Mediocre
60-69 D Poor but Passing; Barely Passing
0-69 F Extremely Poor; Failing
Remember: The student is responsible for all assigned work in the course, and absences, excused or unexcused, will not absolve him or her of this responsibility.
Moreover, a student who misses more than five class meetings is liable to be assigned a failing course grade.
This class is neither a dinner party nor a social club. There will be no eating or drinking in the classroom. And once the professor has called a class meeting to order, there will be no social conversation among students--no unauthorized talking while the professor is check- ing attendance, making announcements, lecturing, conducting recitations, or moderating class discussions. Disruptive behavior--conduct detrimental to the smooth and orderly operation of the class--will be grounds for permanent removal of a student from the class. Anything less than the behavior, attitudes, and level of maturity expected of a conscien- tious and responsible adult genuinely seeking to further his or her education are totally unacceptable and will not be tolerated.
The individual student must meet the standards of classroom performance and participa- tion stipulated above. If a student is unwilling to live up to these standards, he or she should immediately make arrangements to drop the course. If a student tries to have it both ways--i.e., remains enrolled in the course, while demonstrating unsatisfactory class- room performance and participation--the professor will take the initiative and have him or her removed from the class roll.
UNIT ONE. THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM
Reading & Study Assignments (Required WorK):
Textbook, Chapters 1 & 2, pages 1-65 (includ-
ing the Constitution of the United States,
pages 37-43).
Highly Recommended Reading & Study Material:
Unit One, Online Course PSc 201B, "American
National Government & Politics," Professor's
Website:
"Questions for Study & Review."
"Notes on Constitutional Democracy &
Other Governmental Systems."
"Notes on the Federal Constitutional
Convention of 1787 & the Consti-
tution of the United States."
"Notes on the Principal Characteristics
of the American Constitutional
System."
"Notes on Federalism & the American
Federal System."
Lecture Topics:
a. Constitutional Democracy & the American
Constitutional System
b. Federalism & the American Constitutional
System
EXAMINATION I:
Covers Unit One of the SGIS 201 course.
Date of the Exam: Friday, September 15
UNIT TWO. RIGHTS & LIBERTIES UNDER THE UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION
Reading & Study Assignments (Required Work):
Textbook, Chapters 3 & 4, pages 66-124.
Highly Recommended Reading & Study Material:
Unit Two, Online Course PSc 201B, "American
National Government & Politics," Professor's
Website:
"Questions for Study & Review."
Lecture Topics:
a. Rights & Liberties under the First
Amendment
b. Equal Justice under the Law
UNIT THREE. POLITICAL PROCESSES IN THE U.S.A.
Reading & Study Assignments (Required Work):
Textbook, Chapters 5-9, pages 126-252.
Highly Recommended Reading & Study Material:
Unit Three, Online Course PSc 201B, "American
National Government & Politics," Professor's
Website:
"Questions for Study & Review."
Lecture Topics:
a. Political Culture & Political Ideology
b. America's Political Landscape
c. Political Parties & Political Interest
Groups
d. Public Opinion, Political Participation,
& Elections
e. The Mass-Communications Media--Its Role
in American Politics & Governance
EXAMINATION II:
Covers Units Two and Three of the SGIS 201 course.
Date of the Exam: Wednesday, October 25
UNIT FOUR. MAJOR POLICYMAKING INSTITUTIONS IN THE U.S.
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT--LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE,
& JUDICIAL
Reading & Study Assignments (Required Work):
Textbook, Chapters 10-15, pages 254-422.
Highly Recommended Reading & Study Material:
Unit Four, Online Course PSc 201B, "American
National Government & Politics." Professor's
Website:
"Questions for Study & Review."
Lecture Topics:
a. The U.S. Congress & National Legislation
b. The American Presidency & National Leader-
ship
c. The U.S. Courts--The Judicial Branch of
the National Government
d. The Federal Bureaucracy--Executive & Ad-
ministrative Agencies of the National Gov-
ernment
e. The Politics of National Public Policy-
making
(1) Economic & Social Policy
(2) Foreign & Defense Policy
EXAMINATION III--THE FINAL EXAMINATION:
Covers Unit Four of the SGIS 201 course.
Date & Time of the Final Exam:
Friday, December 8, 11:30AM-2:30PM
(1) In the location box near the top of your browser's
homepage, use the backspace key to erase the con-
tents and then type the professor's website address
(URL):
http://www.geocities.com/way_leroy
(2) Place the arrow on the location box and press the
ENTER key.
(3) On the website's homepage, scroll down the links to
"CYBERLAND UNIVERSITY OF NORTH AMERICA" and click
on this particular link.
(4) On the Cyberland University homepage, scroll down
to and click on "Political Science 201B: American
National Government & Politics."
(5) Scroll down the COURSE OUTLINE and click on the
appropriate unit--Unit One, Unit Two, Unit Three,
or Unit Four.