APLS 201- 061 American National Government on the Web Spring 2012 A Web Course -- 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 taught over the Web! 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 (see link in left panel). The course will consist of four main parts: 1) the Web-based text, 2) answering reading questions about each chapter in the text using Blackboard, which you can take up to three times to improve your grade! 3)  short written assignments and discussions that you post using the Blackboard discussion feature for all to see and learn from, and 4) a take-home course midterm and final essay exam that you get on-line and then email back to me at bobb@usca.edu. 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. You go to "Course Schedule and Assignments" to see what is due when. Keep up! Web classes move very quickly. You will need a lot of self-discipline to frequently check the schedule and keep pace! .