POLT 103 - Political Change in AmericaNext Offered: 2008-09 Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 4 Hours Attribute: 4 SS, CD, WR
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. Enrollment Limit: 75. Prerequisites & Notes
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