APLS 201-004 American National Government Face-to-face class: Spring 2012--Sections 004 and 005 Bob Botsch (bobb@usca.edu), C-7 HSS Building

Home Syllabus Text Course Schedule and Assignments Blackboard link Resources   1.New York Times   2. Washington Post   3. USA Today 4. U.S. Constitution 5. Federalist Papers   6. PolitiFact -- check facts on who is telling the truth   7. VoteSmart -- voting records and ratings by interest groups

Course Homepage Welcome to American National Government In this course you will explore American National government, with a particular focus on the Constitution. The unique aspect of the course is that we have a FREE web based text that I wrote specifically for the course. The course will consist of three main parts: 1) the Web based text and answering Reading Mastery questions about each chapter in the text using Blackboard, 2) class assignments and discussions about questions raised by the text and current events you find in newspapers to illustrate concepts and ideas in the text, and 3) three exams covering 3-4 chapters each that used a mixed format, objective multiple choice and true false questions and essays. You can find all the links you need in the panel to the left. If you have not used Blackboard before, just follow the instructions on the opening page. .