POLT 103 - Political Change in America

First Semester. Introduction to American politics, political development, national institutions, and constitutional law. Topics include: the Supreme Court, the right of privacy (abortion choice), and gender discrimination; interest groups, Congress, media, and the politics of agenda setting: nuclear power, pesticides, smoking, and RU 486 (The Abortion Pill); how presidential power and American politics shape each other from FDR to the Bushs; introduction to pluralist, critical pluralist, and politics and history interpretations of American politics and democracy.

Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment Limit: 75.

Mr. Kahn