Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/Pomona College/Introduction to American Politics - POLI 3 (Spring 2013)/Course description

This course will serve as an introduction to the American political system - its historical and constitutional foundations, its institutions, its inputs (mediating institutions like elections, parties, the media, etc) and its outputs (public policy). Major themes explored include: the political consequences of federalism and fragmented power; the degree to which political institutions are *truly* democratically representative; the motivations and behavior of political actors; and the involvement of the public and the media in shaping political outcomes. In addition, we will spend some time evaluating the consequences and implications of this period of extreme party polarization in which we currently find ourselves.

Course Objectives:

This course is designed to 1) introduce you to the classic questions and basic concepts of American politics; 2) familiarize you with some tools and approaches that Political Scientists use to study those problems and investigate those concepts; 3) help develop and/or strengthen your research and library skills; 4) build collaborative learning skills and presentation skills.

There is an online research guide to support your Wikipedia article work, and CCL Librarian and Wikipedia Campus Ambassador Char Booth and CCL Librarian Sara Lowe will be your primary points of contact on the Wikipedia assignment.

Wikipedia Groups and Librarians:

Sara Lowe:

1 - Bureaucratic drift - this is a new Wikipedia article, so it will need to be created.

Group Members:
 * Morgan Yucel (talk) 23:42, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Thegiantswamprabbit (talk) 23:43, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Amytingle (talk) 23:44, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Nelson Cole (talk) 23:44, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Rbuenconsejo (talk) 21:57, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

2 - Layer cake federalism

Group Members:
 * Srh02012 (talk) 23:44, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Gagehen (talk) 23:43, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Oijara (talk) 23:45, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Akc02011 (talk) 23:45, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Dkritter (talk) 08:40, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

3 - Distributive tendency - this is a new Wikipedia article, so it will need to be created.

Group Members:
 * Marc8175 (talk) 23:45, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Hde02012 (talk) 23:46, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * An002011 (talk) 23:49, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Char Booth: Charbooth (talk) 23:44, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

4 - Office on Violence Against Women

Group members:
 * Che02011 (talk) 23:43, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Appletree19 (talk) 23:44, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Sophiasays (talk) 23:44, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Gummygoodness (talk) 23:51, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Gummygoodness/sandbox

5 - Polarization (politics)

Group members:
 * Tjr12011 (talk) 23:43, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Lbg02010 (talk) 23:44, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Ex Scientia Spes (talk) 23:44, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

6 - Guest worker program

Group members:
 * Sjl02012 (talk) 23:43, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Kks02011 (talk) 23:56, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Nkass21 (talk) 23:45, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Alicetim Alice Timken (talk) 23:45, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

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