SYLLABUS
POLITICAL SCIENCE 2
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
REEDLEY COLLEGE: SCHEDULE 50035	~ SMITH, J.D.
Room: Soc 32	Adjunct Instructor
Sat. 09:00-011:50 AM.	Iawdoc a scccd.org

REQUIRED TEXT: Keepinn the Republic, Barhoui-, Wright, and Korey, 3d ed. 2003
RECOMMENDED:	Webster’s Colleuiate Dictionary
COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES: Utilizing the assigned text, assigned papers, additional assigned reading and out-of-class projects, Our classroom time will provide discourse for a better understanding of the political/judicial institutions of the United States ofAmerica, California, counties, cities, and towns, as well as the issues that have not only brought our society to its contemporary political situation, but also those that continue to develop domestic, foreign, and economic policies.
GRADING:	I. EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS: DUE DATES POINTS
Chapters
	PartL	l,2,3,&4	9/11/04	200
	Part IL	5&6	9125104	200
	Part III	7,8,9,& IC	10/23/04	200
	Part IV	II, 12, 13, 14,& IS	11/20/04	200
	PartV	16&l7	12/14/04	200
	Final Exam: Text, lectures and other assignments		12/14/04	400
				1,400
Examinations will be by multiple choice and/or essay form, based upon both text and lectures to date. Be prepared for either or both by having appropriate test materials at all times. Always include your name, date and SCCCD student identiflcation number on your exam answer forms and all other assiunrnents. Make-up exams may be allowed by prior arrangement between the student and instructor, but the instructor reserves the right in each case to offer an alternative examination based on the same subject matter of the scheduled examination, perhaps not in the same form. All Writing assignments are to be submitted in 12-point type, double-spaced, and annotated as needed, on or before the due dates. Late submissions may not be accepted. Timely submissions that do not comply with the aforementioned form may receive up to a 40 % reduction in grade.
	JI.	ASSIGNED WRITING:   	DUE DATES   	POINTS
		Political Issue Paper
		1) Outline  	10/2104  	50
	               2) Premise (100-word		maximum) 10/16/04	50
	               3) Paper (1000-1500 \vords)		10/30/04	200
				300
	III. INSTRUCTOR’S DISCRETION:			POINTS
Based on class participation, including, hut not limited to quizzes and/or take-home
assignments.	300
TOTAL POSSIBLE POINTS:	2,000
FINAL GRADE
GRADING SCALE:		POINTS
	A	1,800-2,000
	B	1,600-1,799
	C	1,400-1,599
	1)	1,200-1,399
	F	I3elowI,200
ATTENDANCE: Substantial absence(s) from and/or repeated late entry into the classroom may affect your grade anchor your continued presence in the class, at the instructor’s discretion. Any examinations or classroom assignments given during a student’s absence, will be at the student’s risk of point loss. Always carry a Scantron SI 5-F” for any unannounced quiz. Emergency absence may be excused by the instructor, if timely notice is delivered to the instructor’s mailbox prior to class. A pre-approved absence for personal schedule conflict can be obtained, if for a substantive reason, and documentation is provided if and when requested by the instructor. Any information. test, or assiennrnnt a student misses because of absence is the responsibility of the student to obtain and/or make-up.
EXTRA CREDIT: The instructor may allow extra credit per additional assignment(s), up to 200 points, w thin the instructor’s disc ret i oui a ry point allotment.
OFFICE HOURS: The instructor does not have an office on campus, but will attempt to meet at a mutually convenient time and location upon a student’s request. Outside the classroom, contact me by e-mail lawdoc~scccd.ore, or leave a message for my mailbox at the Selnia Adult School and/or Reedley College switchboard(s).
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: Accommodations will be arranged upon request.

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