STUDY GUIDES AND ASSIGNMENTS

	HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT #1
	PAPER ASSIGNMENT
	MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE
	FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

LECTURE OUTLINES

	LECTURE 1    -    WHAT IS AMERICAN POLITICS?
	LECTURE 2    -    TOTAL RECALL:  CALIFORNIA'S POLITICAL CIRCUS
	LECTURE 3    -    THE U.S. CONSTITUTION:  RULES OF THE POLITICAL GAME
	LECTURE 4    -    AMERICAN FEDERALISM:  87,000 GOVERNMENTS
	LECTURE 5    -    CIVIL LIBERTIES IN AMERICA
	LECTURE 6    -    THE POLITICS OF CIVIL RIGHTS I:  RACE AND ETHNICITY
	LECTURE 7    -    THE POLITICS OF CIVIL RIGHTS II:  GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AND THE DISABLED
	LECTURE 8    -    PUBLIC OPINION AND POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION
	LECTURE 9    -    POLITICAL PARTIES IN AMERICA
	LECTURE 10  -    INTEREST GROUP POLITICS
	LECTURE 11  -    CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS IN AMERICA
	LECTURE 12  -    POLITICAL COMMUNICATION IN THE MEDIA AGE
	LECTURE 13  -    CONGRESSIONAL POLITICS
	LECTURE 14  -    PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS
	LECTURE 15  -    THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY
	LECTURE 16  -    BUREAUCRATIC POLITICS
	LECTURE 17  -    POLITICS AND AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY