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PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS (GVPT 100 Sections 0201-0209) Fall 2009 Tues and Thurs: 11:00 -12:15 p.m. Lefrak, 2205 Dr. Grant-Wisdom Office Hours: Tues, 3:30-4:30 p.m. (Or by appointment) Room: 1153, Tydings Telephone: (301) 405-4150 E-mail: [email protected] Teaching Assistants Breanna Forni- Tydings, Rm 5119, Tel (301) 405- 4161, [email protected] Susan Lee - Tydings, Rm 5107, Tel (301) 405-4184, sslee@ gvpt.umd.edu Sanaz Sayfi Mirzaei - Tydings, Rm 5133, Tel (301) 405-4559, [email protected] COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is a general but intensive introduction to the principles of politics and government. There are no prerequisites, but you are expected to be able to write at the college level, make some sense out of the reading, and take adequate notes. The course is challenging, and offers the opportunity to learn about governmental institutions, political behavior, and related issues of politics as they are studied in political science at different levels of analysis. You are therefore expected to work hard and to be actively involved in the learning process. Discussion questions are provided as a means to exploring alternative interpretations and to developing a framework for critical thinking and analyzing political institutions, behavior and events. Another major aspect of the course is the significant role that ideologies play in politics. A considerable amount of time will be spent on the study of political ideologies as one element in the comprehension and analysis of political thought and action within and among nation states. The final part of the course will focus on politics in the international and global context. Some of the questions that will be generated during the course are: • Why engage in political thinking? • Why study political ideologies and how can we understand them? • How do different perspectives define a democratic political system? • How do these perspectives view the role of government, the nature of society, and what do they tell us about who should rule? • What are their assumptions regarding society, authority, equality and change? • What is the relationship between politics and economics? • What is the nature of politics among nations? • Why is globalization such a contested concept? • What is trans-nationalism?GENERAL POLICIES • Every effort will be made to accommodate students who are registered with the Disability Support Services (DSS) Office and who provide a University of Maryland DSS Accommodation form which has been updated for the fall 2009 semester. This form must be presented no later than October 1, 2009. I am not able to accommodate students who are not registered with DSS or who do not provide me with documentation that has not been reviewed by DSS after October 1, 2009. • Campus Senate policy requires students who are absent due to illness/injury to furnish documentary support to the instructor. I require students to contact me by email or by phone prior to class time to indicate that you have an illness or an injury and will be missing class. You must provide written documentation verifying your illness/injury on the day that you return to class. You will not be allowed to turn in missed assignments or make up quizzes, tests, papers, etc. if you have not provided this documentation. In addition, if it is found that you have falsified the documentation provided, I will refer you to the University’s Student Conduct Office. • By September 14, 2009, students must provide in writing a request for a make up exam if I have indicated a date on this syllabus that you are unable to make due to a specific religious observance (specify) on a specific date. Please refer to the Undergraduate Catalog Policy on Religious Observance. • All students are expected to observe and honor the provisions of the University’s Code of Academic Integrity. Academic dishonesty, including cheating, fabrication, facilitating academic dishonesty, and plagiarism will not be tolerated. Any abridgement of academic integrity standards will be referred directly to the campus judiciary. Confirmation of such incidents will result in the earning of an “XF” grade for the course, and may result in more severe consequences such as expulsion. The Code of Academic Integrity is available on the web at http://www.inform.umd.edu/campusinfo/department/jpo.code_acinteg.html. • Please come to class on time and try to avoid leaving before the class ends. Turn down/off cell phones and avoid activities such as internet surfing, e-mailing, reading newspapers, etc. REQUIRED TEXTS Ellen Grigsby, Analyzing Politics: An Introduction to Political Science, 4th. Edition bundled with Infotrac, Mason, Ohio: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2008. ISBN-0495501123 Ball, Terence & Richard Dagger, Ideals and Ideologies, A Reader, 7th Edition bundled with “My Search Lab” New York: Pearson Longman, 2009. ISBN 0-205-70039X BLACKBOARD: Go to http://elms.umd.edu and login to GVPT100 (Grant-Wisdom)COURSE REQUIREMENTS Reading and Discussion • The class meets in its entirety for two sessions (Tuesdays and Thursdays) of lecture. You are required to attend and participate in discussion groups at different times and in different buildings. Be sure to check for the day, time, building, and room for your discussion section. • Readings from the texts and Blackboard are listed in the course outline under each lecture topic. You need to read prior to coming to class and discussion session. You should come to the sections prepared to discuss the assigned readings AND the questions listed in the outline. Note that you will not be able to get very much out of the lectures and discussions if you do not keep up on the reading. Attendance • It is in your interest to attend both lecture and discussion session since examinations and other assignments will be based on readings, lecture notes, and discussions. Attendance will be taken in lectures and at the discussions sessions. You will be graded on your participation in discussion sections. • In addition, you will be asked on various occasions to provide very brief summaries of issues/problems covered in a video and/or lecture. Examinations You are required to take three examinations on the scheduled dates. Make-up exams are possible only under very unusual circumstances. See general policies above. ALL MAKE-UP EXAMS WILL BE IN


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