Tentative Schedule – APLS 201 – Spring 2012

Carol Botsch’s Face to Face American Government Classes

(This page will be updated on a regular basis – check back to see your updated assignments)

Last updated 4/13/2012

Other Important Information:

Your textbook – online and free! You can also find this link on your syllabus and under the course listings on the Political Science program’s home page.

Blackboard web site – go here to access your Test Mastery Questions for each unit (see syllabus). If you have not changed your password in the past six months you probably will get an error message and have to update your password. If you are unfamiliar with Blackboard, stop in at the Computer Services Help Desk in the B and E building for help in getting started. The Blackboard assignments will not be available prior to the beginning of classes.

Requesting a tutor: Visit the Academic Support Center in the Penland Building or complete the form found at this link:

http://web.usca.edu/asc/tutoring/request-a-tutor.dot  - copy and paste url.

All assignments are due by the beginning of class, at the date listed on the left of each assignment. Assignments may be emailed to your professor in the body of an email (no attachments) prior to the beginning of class, or a paper copy may be handed in. All of your assignments except for the Blackboard Test Mastery Questions are found on this schedule page (scroll down). For the Blackboard assignments, go to the assignments link under your class listing on Blackboard and complete the questions there and submit them before you go to class on the due date.

Questions? Call me at 803-641-3227 or email me at carolb@usca.edu  (copy and paste)

Tentative Schedule for Spring 2012

Tues. Jan. 10 Introduction to course:

Syllabus and assignments – we’ll begin looking at some key concepts if time allows and we will do a “Getting to Know You” activity in class where each of you will have to introduce a classmate and tell us something about that classmate!

Thurs. Jan. 12 Newspaper assignment:

(due at the beginning of class today – you can either email it to me at carolb@usca.edu – be sure to fill in the subject line with the words APLS 201-003 newspaper assignment – or you can type and print a copy to bring to class. Regardless, you are expected to be familiar enough with the assignment and your work to discuss it in class – I will call on one or two of you to come to the front of the room and discuss it!)

Read the following articles from the NY Times (copy and paste each link or go to the newspaper’s website and type the name of the article into the search feature):

1. “Can Congress Force You to be Healthy?” by Jason Mazzone, December 16, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/opinion/17mazzone.html?_r=1&hp

2. “Wage Protection for Home Care Workers” by Steven Greenhouse, December 15, 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/business/wage-protection-planned-for-home-care-workers.html?ref=politics

The first article, in particular, addresses one of the key questions we pose in this course, How much should government do? Think about what is the role of government – you will address this when you look at ideology after reading unit 1 – this question addresses the health care issue primarily. So, what are your thoughts here? How do you feel about the whole issue? Do you like some of the features from the new health care plan, like being able to stay on your parents’ plan until you turn 26 if you don’t have your own insurance, or an insurance company not being able to drop you if you get sick, are injured, or have a pre-existing condition (sometimes even young people get cancer or are in a serious accident)? Should government be able to force you to buy health insurance if you can afford to do so? If we got rid of the mandate (this is one of the key questions the Supreme Court will decide during the current term!), how would the insurance companies be able to afford to cover people with expensive illnesses if they are not allowed to drop them, without going bust themselves? Or should people be left on their own to find ways to pay for medical care when they get sick or hurt? Think about what will happen if Medicare and Medicaid do get cut in the end, as a result of the new budget deal! What obligations, if any, do we have as a society to those who need our help, whether young or old, and how should we resolve this important problem?

The second article puts a human face on government regulation, with a discussion of whether government should require businesses to pay certain wages and salary- these workers are now exempt from federal requirements. You can see here the pros and cons in the positions taken by Democrats and Republicans. It also shows us how every issue has at least two sides! So, what do you think? What are the major arguments for and against? Who makes the better case, and why? Address this in a couple of paragraphs.

Fri. Jan. 13 Last day to register or change your schedule for Spring 2012. Last day to drop a class or withdraw without record.

Mon. Jan. 16 MLK holiday – university closed.

Tues. Jan. 17 Key ideas in American Government and Politics

Readings: Chapter 1 (see link above for online text)

Assignment: (due today at the beginning of class)

After reading the first chapter in your text, complete the Chapter 1 Test Mastery Questions found on the Blackboard web site (see link above). Assignment must be completed before class begins today. These are true-false questions. Each student will have a different set of 20 randomly generated questions for each unit. They will only be available for a brief window of time for each unit and generally will “disappear” at the beginning of class on the due date. If you plan ahead you can save your answers and go back to review them before you submit them! You can make up to three attempts and only your highest score will be counted, but you will get a different set of questions each time.

Tues. Jan. 18: Governor Haley’s State of the State address, 7 pm on SCETV. Extra credit. Watch the program and do a short write up where you describe, in five separate paragraphs, the five things about the speech that "jumped out" at you, and why (be sure to evaluate her proposals there!). You will earn up to five extra credit points towards your first test grade! Your report is due via email by 9:25 am tomorrow, or hand in at the beginning of class.

Thurs. Jan. 19 Continued

There are two parts to your assignment for today.

Assignment: (due today)

Note: for this and any other assignments, we will be discussing your work and the examples you find to illustrate that work, in class. Print out a copy of your assignment to bring to class, or keep it stored on a laptop or phone you can access in class when I call on you!

1. Political scientists have developed much more complex ideological schemes than the one presented in this chapter. Here’s a new, brief ideology quiz. Remember the two key dimensions we used in the text, of how much government should do in regulating the economy and regulating people’s private lives. Some political scientists add other dimensions as well, such as views on government protecting civil rights, or military.

Take the Where Do You Fit? Quiz at http://people-press.org/typology/quiz/ (copy and paste url) and see whether you fit where you thought you would or not. After you click on the link, answer the questions. You do not need to print out a copy of the quiz, but answer the following and turn in to me in class, or submit via email (no attachments!).

A. Where do you fit? According to this quiz, what are your views on government?

B. Were you surprised at the results? If so, why? Explain. You should respond in a couple of typed paragraphs. Of course, this quiz is oversimplified, and there may be additional dimensions or types of questions that would be helpful in determining people’s attitudes about politics and government.

2. Find a recent (in the past two weeks) newspaper article that illustrates something you think government should or should not do. This can be any level of government, federal, state, or local. First, give the title and author of the article, the name of the newspaper, and the page or url. Then in a typed paragraph, summarize the article in your own words. In a second paragraph, explain whether you think this is something government should or should not do, and why.

Tues. Jan. 24         The Constitution and Other Important Documents of the Time

Readings and Assignment: Read the Declaration of Independence and skim through the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution before you come to class, so you have a bit of familiarity with each of these when we discuss them in class. There are links to all of these on your course home page, or you can Google the terms. We will look at these documents in class today and discuss them – think about what they mean, and about the differences between the Articles, our first constitution, and the Constitution we know today. We may do an in class assignment in conjunction with this reading!

Then, read this one page article from Sciway and respond to the question I pose below – I’ll ask you to think about this again when we reach the unit on civil rights/civil liberties later on this semester!

SC info from Sciway: copy and paste url –

http://www.sciway.net/afam/reconstruction/literacytests.html

After looking at the Constitution, do you think that if you were an African American living in SC prior to 1965, when the Voting Rights Act was passed, that you would have been able to vote? Answer in a paragraph.

Tues. Jan. 24 – President Obama’s State of the Union address – 9 pm - extra credit. After watching this (it will no doubt also be streamed on the White House website), list and describe in five separate paragraphs five points or proposals the President made that will affect you and yours, and explain. Due Thurs. Jan. 26 at the beginning of class or via email. 5 extra credit points.

Thurs. Jan. 26          Continued

Readings: Read Chapter 2 in your online text.

Assignment: (due today)

Chapter 2 Test Mastery Questions on Blackboard.

Tues. Jan. 31           Continued

Readings and Assignment:

Read the following two articles about the Tea Party and the one article about the Occupy movement (note also that Time Magazine selected the protest movements as its “Person” of the Year for 2011! This included not just the movements in the US, but also those found in other parts of the world, like the Middle East):

1. “Poll Finds Tea Party Backers Wealthier and More Educated,” by Kate Zernike and Megan Thee-Brenan, New York Times, April 14, 2010. Copy and paste url:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/us/politics/15poll.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

Describe the typical member or supporter of the Tea Party, at least as this movement existed in its early days – were these people very much like people you know? Why were they so angry? How did they want to change government? Do you see any contradictions in their goals? Answer in a couple of paragraphs.

2. “That Monolithic Tea Party Just Wasn’t There,” by Kate Zernike, New York Times, August 1, 2011. Copy and paste url:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/us/politics/02teaparty.html?scp=3&sq=tea%20party&st=cse

Like most protest movements, the Tea Party has evolved. After reading this subsequent article, describe how the Tea Party seems to have changed over time, and how its members and supporters seemed to feel last summer about the budget debate and the debt limit battle. Do you agree with the author’s analysis of how much strength and power it holds? Why or why not? And what lessons are there here for members of Congress of both parties? Answer in a couple of paragraphs.

3. “Elements of Style as Occupy Movement Evolves,” by Alice Rawsthorne, New York Times, November 21, 2011. Copy and paste url:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/21/arts/design/elements-of-style-as-occupy-movement-evolves.html?scp=10&sq=what%20is%20occupy&st=cse

Describe the Occupy movement in a paragraph. To the surprise of many, the Occupy movement is still going strong as 2012 begins, but this article was written a couple of months ago, in the fall. What kind of people are part of this? What are their goals? What similarities and differences do you see with the Tea Party movement?

Thurs. Feb. 2           The Legislative Branch

Readings: Read Chapter 3 in your online text.

Assignment: (due today)

1. Chapter 3 Test Mastery Questions on Blackboard.

2. Go to the websites for the US Senate at www.senate.gov and the US House of Representatives at www.house.gov (copy and paste links).  Find the name and political party of both of your senators and of your representative in the House.    

Tues. Feb. 7 Continued

Assignment: (due today)

Find a newspaper article written in the last week that illustrates something from the chapter. Summarize the article in your own words in one paragraph. In a second paragraph, indicate what it illustrates – be very specific. Give name of newspaper, date, title of article, author of article, and page or url. Be prepared to discuss in class!

Study Guide – copy and paste link – here are some study questions (half a dozen) – if you prepare these, you should do very well on the test:

http://www.usca.edu/polisci/apls201c/test1studyspring2012.htm

Thurs. Feb. 9 First test – bring some notebook paper and an ink pen. The test will be of the essay format.  

Tues. Feb. 14  The Executive

Readings: Chapter 4 in your online text.

Assignment: (due today)

Chapter 4 Test Mastery Questions on Blackboard.

Thurs. Feb. 16 Continued

Assignment: (due today)

Go the White House website at www.whitehouse.gov and find a presidential executive order issued by President Obama. You may be able to find a link to these or you can search the site. Write down the title of the executive order, the date issued, and the complete url so you can find it again in class. Read it and explain what this was about in a couple of typed paragraphs.

We will take a closer look at the White House website in class today.

Tues. Feb. 21   The Bureaucracy

Readings: Chapter 5 in your online text, and the following newspaper article (this is a couple of years old, but it’s still a good one!). Caution: don’t read this article right before you eat a meal! Then do the listed assignments below.

“The Maggots in Your Mushrooms, New York Times, by E.J. Levy, Feb. 12, 2009 – copy and paste the following url:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/opinion/13levy.html?emc=eta1

(if you have trouble accessing this directly you can do so through the USCA library website – go to the NY Times link).

Assignment: (due today)

1. Chapter 5 Test Mastery Questions on Blackboard.

2. This brings us back to our original question for this course. Think about what government does and what role it should play in addressing issues like the one you have just read about. Referring back to the article you read in your response, answer this question: How much should it do? Should government regulate business? Or is that interfering with the individual rights of that business or corporation? Is there a happy medium? Remember that everything we do costs money, too! Respond in a paragraph or two.

For information: here is a related website you can explore – we’ll look at it in class as well.  

USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service website: copy and paste url at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/

Thurs. Feb. 23     Continued

Assignment: (due today)

We are going to take a look at e-gov, or electronic government today. Most states, cities, and counties now have websites with lots of information and where you often can take advantage of needed services, all from the comfort of your own home or office (or I guess, almost anywhere, since most of you now access the internet on your smart phones!). The federal government also has an excellent website, which you can find at www.usa.gov – a web portal to all kinds of resources, information, and services (I go directly to the post office’s website now when I travel and fill out a “hold mail” form there, and I downloaded the form to renew my passport from the passport office’s website last year). Here is what I want you to do. Go to the website for your local government, the city or county where you live, and see what kind of services are offered entirely over the web, or what kind of information is provided. Cite at least two things, in a separate and detailed paragraph for each. You will have to do more than just look at the governmental entity’s home page for this! You can find the website by Googling it or going into your web browser – type in the name of the entity, like “city of San Jose” or “Lexington County, SC” – you will come up with a list of links – then click on the one for your local government’s web site.

Extra credit assignment to add up to 30 points on your first test grade! There are three separate essays, and you can do all or none of them. Due Tues. Mar. 13 by the beginning of class.

See extra credit link for that, at http://www.usca.edu/polisci/apls201c/extra.htm

Mon. Feb. 27: Midpoint of semester.

Tues. Feb. 28  The Judicial Branch

Readings: Chapter 6 in your online text.

Assignment: (due today)

Chapter 6 Test Mastery Questions on Blackboard. Also read the following NY Times editorial, which gives you the “liberal” perspective on a conservative-majority Supreme Court. “Politics and the Supreme Court,” NY Times (Feb. 4, 2012) – comment in a paragraph about what this opinion piece illustrates that supports what you read in the chapter.

Copy and paste url: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/politics-and-the-supreme-court.html?_r=1&src=rechp

Thurs. Mar. 1 Continued

Assignment: (due today)

Newspaper assignment due today. Find a current article, written in the past week, on the US courts, that is, either the Supreme Court or other courts in the federal or state systems. Make sure you know which one you are looking at! Give the title and author of the article, the name of the newspaper, and the url or page number. Summarize the story in your own words in one typed paragraph. Then in your second paragraph, indicate what this illustrated from the chapter you read. Be sure you understand the concepts and be specific. Note: don’t just type in a search term like “courts.” You can end up with some weird things! Actually look through newspapers to find an article!

Fri. Mar. 2: Last day to drop a course or withdraw without receiving a WF for spring classes.

Mar. 5-9 (Mon-Fri): Spring break – no face to face classes!

Tues. Mar. 13 Federalism

Extra credit due today – see link

Readings: Chapter 7 in your online text.

Assignment: (due today)

Chapter 7 Test Mastery Questions on Blackboard.

Thurs. Mar. 15    Continued

Assignment: (due today)

Go to the websites of two different states. One of the states should be a state that starts with first letter of your first or last name (so for me, since my first name is Carol, choices would include California, Colorado, and Connecticut). The other state may be a state of your choice. Pick one kind of program, like tourism, or economic development, or health care, or education, or services for children, or Medicaid, or air pollution, or services to seniors, or solutions to funding problems like education lotteries, or policies on marriage, or anything else of your choice. This should be a specific program that provides a specific service or activity of some kind. Use the same kind of program or service or activity for both states. Compare these programs in the two states you picked, and indicate how they are similar and how they are different, in a couple of paragraphs. If you looked at lotteries, which 41 states have, you could compare the programs in states like Georgia and Florida, for example. Or you could look at California’s strict laws that require cars to have special anti-pollution equipment and compare it to another state. How do you explain the similarities and differences? Think geography, population differences, political culture and attitudes toward government, etc. You should write about a page on this and type it. What you see with the states will certainly illustrate what states do!

Out of class review – TBA – possibly at 3 or 4 pm on Mon. Mar. 19

Blackboard discussion forum – through 6 pm on Mar. 19, I will accept questions posted on a discussion forum on Blackboard, concerning the test items. If you do not wish to have your name listed, email me privately and I will post your question anonymously. I will respond on the forum so all students may benefit.

Study Guide – copy and paste url:

http://www.usca.edu/polisci/apls201c/study2spring2012.htm

Tues. Mar. 20 Second Test (covers chapters 4, 5, 6, 7) –

Please bring a blue book and an ink pen.

Thurs. Mar. 22     Civil Liberties and Civil Rights – focus on general concepts and on civil rights

Readings: Chapter 8 in your online text; read also the following very short article:

(copy and paste url):

http://www.sciway.net/afam/reconstruction/literacytests.html

Assignment: (due today): Comment briefly here on the impact of literacy tests and what impact this might have had for you or people you know.  

Extra credit for test 2 has been posted on your extra credit link! You can earn up to 40 points! Due Monday April 16.

Tues. Mar. 27  Continued – focus on civil liberties

Assignment: (due today): Chapter 8 Test Mastery Questions on Blackboard.

Wed. Mar. 28 at 12 noon – extra credit event! See your class extra credit link – scroll down!

Thurs. Mar. 29 Continued – focus on civil liberties and also on health care reform law (please note changes in schedule)

Assignment: (due today)

We’ll further explore the area of civil liberties today. Find a newspaper story about some civil liberties issue in the US – summarize in a paragraph and give the title, author, date, url or page number, and name of newspaper. Indicate what it illustrates from the text in a second paragraph. Civil liberties are mostly found in the Bill of Rights and include many issues, like free speech, freedom of religion, right to assemble, free press, freedom from illegal search, right to a lawyer, protection from cruel and unusual punishment, etc (this is not to include the civil rights issues we discussed, or any civil liberties story already addressed in class).

We will also listen to some of the arguments on health care reform and discuss in class. You will have a short assignment to complete in conjunction with this for next time – send via email! This will be posted by Thursday afternoon for you. TBA!

Web Week! No face to face classes will be held this week (April 3 or 5)!

Tues. Apr. 3 Interest Groups – out of class assignment – no class will be held today!

Readings: Chapter 9 in your online text; Federalist Number 10 – copy and paste url at http://www.constitution.org/fed/federa10.htm or go to another of the many websites where this can be found.

Assignment: (due today)

There are two parts to your assignment for today.

A. Chapter 9 Test Mastery Questions on Blackboard – complete these by April 6. Extended since Blackboard questions were not up on timely basis due to problem with link.

B. For Federalist Number 10:  This is one of a series of newspaper articles initially written to convince New Yorkers to vote to ratify the proposed Constitution. Although to us the language is antiquated and flowery, these articles were so well-written and persuasive that they were reprinted in newspapers all over the country and within a year, they had been bound in book form. They are considered the best window into the thinking of the Founders about the Constitution and the nature of our government. Federalist Number 10 argues that a large republic, which would be set up under the Constitution, is the way to go. So, what arguments are made here? Work your way through this document and summarize the key arguments in a couple of typed paragraphs. Allow yourself enough time to read the old-fashioned language! Be prepared to explain specific sections in class, so don’t just depend on some online website for a short-cut. I think that with so many people today arguing about the meaning of the Constitution, it’s a good idea for us to go back and look at what the Founders were thinking, too!

Note: this assignment requires you to read Federalist Number 10, not the summary on Wikipedia or another site!

Thurs. Apr. 5        Continued – We will have an out of class assignment for today – no class will be held.

Assignment: (due today) – you can send this via email (no attachments, please) or drop off a paper copy in H and SS 204 with our administrative assistant. It should be a one page typed essay.

1. Pick one issue of your choice (like global warming, or gay marriage, or abortion, or gun control, or school vouchers, or any other issue of your choice!) and explore two interest groups that have different positions on this issue. These will mostly be public or citizen interest groups although on some issues, such as economic issues, that may not be the case. Be sure to use two groups that have different positions on the same issue.

State the names and urls of the two groups. In your own words, explain what position each group has on this issue and how they differ in their identification of the problem and the proposed solutions. Since interest groups try to influence public policy, what policy outcome would each group support? How does this group go about accomplishing their goals? Do they lobby directly, engage in grassroots lobbying, institutional advertising, protest, etc? What resources do they seem to have at hand? Are they well-organized and do they have strong leadership? Do they have lots of members? Do they have a lot of money available? Look at the discussion of tactics and resources in your text, and spend some time exploring each group’s website. 

Type a search term like human rights or stem cell research or whatever issue interests you into your search engine to find groups, or cut and paste the following url: http://www.polsci.wvu.edu/PolyCy/pspubpol.html and scroll down the page and then click on an issue.

2. Here is your brief assignment about the health care law. Please read each of these two articles! This assignment is due no later than the beginning of class on April 10.

“On Health Care, Is the GOP Ready for Victory?” by Dan Balz. Washington Post (March 29, 2010)

Copy and paste url:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/on-health-care-is-the-gop-ready-for-victory/2012/03/29/gIQANTm3iS_story.html

“Parties Brace for Fallout in Court’s Ruling on Health Care,” by Jeff Zeleny. The New York Times (March 28, 2012)

Copy and paste url:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/us/politics/supreme-court-health-care-ruling-to-bring-bipartisan-fallout.html?hpw 

What do you think will be the impact of the Court’s decision, whatever it may be, in the November elections, based on what you have read here? There are several different scenarios, of course, including one where the Court strikes down the whole law, another where it lets the whole law stand, and one where it just strikes down the individual mandate, among others. Comment in a couple of paragraphs, being very specific. Then in one more paragraph, indicate what, if anything, you think the government should do to provide health care to Americans, and why. What kind of approach do you think would be a good one, and would work? What would gain the support of the American people and the two major political parties? Explain.

Note: I added one more extra credit on your extra credit link (3/30) – another ten points you can earn! This is on the health care debate. Go to the class extra credit link for more information about all of these!

Tues. Apr. 10           Political Parties and Elections

Readings: Chapter 10 in your online text.

Assignment: (due today) – you have a two part assignment for today!

1. Chapter 10 Test Mastery Questions on Blackboard.

2. Go to a website where you can find a map of the Electoral College. Find out how many electoral votes each state has (this has changed since the Census). What strategy would you take if you were running for president, in order to win? Remember that in most states whoever gets the most popular votes gets all of that state’s electoral votes. Remember also that candidates have a limited amount of time and money! Even with the internet and social media, they can’t be everywhere! Answer in a paragraph or two.

Thurs. Apr. 12    Continued

Assignment: (due today)

Go to the websites of the two major parties, the Democrats at www.democrats.org and the Republicans at www.gop.com – look at the differences and similarities you find there. Find one issue of your choice (like national defense, or foreign aid, or abortion, or gay marriage, or taxes, for example) and see what each party’s position is on this issue. How do they define the issue and/or the problem and how would they resolve it. This tells you a little about what each party stands for and why certain groups of voters or interests support it and its candidates! You can click on links for issues as well as topical stories, and you may even find a link to the party’s platform. Remember that everyone talks in generalities and tries to present simple solutions to problems! You should be able to read between the lines and understand what each one is really saying, what they really mean, and explain it in writing and verbally in class. In other words, what do they really mean? “The devil is in the details!” Answer in a couple of paragraphs.

Tues. Apr. 17        Public Opinion, Socialization, and the Media – Focus on public opinion and political socialization

Readings: Chapter 11 in your online text.

Assignment: (due today)

There are two parts for your assignment.

A. Chapter 11 Test Mastery Questions on Blackboard.

B. Go to the website of one of the major polling organizations like Gallup, at www.gallup.com or the PEW Research Center at http://people-press.org/ and pick a recent poll that interests you, something done in the past month. Write down the url, the name of the polling organization, the title of the poll, and when it was posted. Then answer the following in your own words: What was the poll about? What were the findings? Also indicate how many people were surveyed and when the poll was conducted (this may be in fine print at the bottom or in a footnote). What you look at needs to be an actual poll, not just an article that summarizes something without using survey data that you can locate. Answer in a couple of paragraphs. I will ask some of you to discuss this in class and we will look at this on the computer. Be sure you are prepared to show everyone what you looked at!

Thurs. Apr. 19   Continued – focus on the media

Assignment: (due today)

Find a newspaper article written in the past week that caught your eye. What makes this story newsworthy? Look at the criteria cited in your text for “what is news.” Give me the url or title of the newspaper, online or paper, the page number if paper, the date, and the title of the article. Summarize the story in your own words in a paragraph and then explain what makes this story news in a second paragraph, being very specific about how the criteria in the text apply here. Type your work.

Mon. Apr. 23 Last day of classes!

Tues-Wed Apr. 24-25 - Reading Days – Good luck on all your exams!

Wed. Apr. 25 from 10-11 am in H and SS 205. Catch up and review for third test –during the Reading Days–Entirely optional for you, of course!

Study Guide - copy and paste link:

http://www.usca.edu/polisci/apls201c/studyguidesp2012.htm

Blackboard discussion forum – through 6 pm on Apr. 25, I will accept questions posted on a discussion forum on Blackboard, concerning the test items. If you do not wish to have your name listed, email me privately and I will post your question anonymously. I will respond on the forum so all students may benefit.

Apr. 26 (Thurs) at 8 am: Third test – (covers chapters 8,9,10, 11) at 11 am – in your usual classroom. Please bring a scantron and a number 2 pencil. The test is a combination of objective questions and an essay.