Administrative - Master Syllabus COVER SHEET Purpse: It is the intentin f this Administrative-Master Syllabus t prvide a general descriptin f the curse, utline the required elements f the curse and t lay the fundatin fr curse assessment fr the imprvement f student learning, as specified by the faculty f Whartn Cunty Junir Cllege, regardless f wh teaches the curse, the timeframe by which it is instructed, r the instructinal methd by which the curse is delivered. It is nt intended t restrict the manner by which an individual faculty member teaches the curse but t be an administrative tl t aid in the imprvement f instructin. Curse Title Federal Gvernment Curse Prefix and Number Gvt. 2305 Department Gvernment and Ecnmics Divisin Scial and Behaviral Science Curse Type: (check ne) Academic General Educatin Curse (frm ACGM but nt in WCJC Cre) Academic WCJC Cre Curse WECM curse (This curse is a Special Tpics r Unique Needs Curse: Y r N ) Semester Credit Hurs # : Lecture Hurs # : Lab/Other Hurs # 3:3:0 Equated Pay hurs fr curse - 3 List Lab/ Other Hurs Lab Hurs Curse Catalg Descriptin - Origin and develpment f the U.S. Cnstitutin, structure and pwers f the natinal gvernment, including the legislative, executive and judicial branches, federalism, plitical participatin, the natinal electin prcess, public plicy, civil liberties and civil rights. Prerequisites/C-requisites TSI Satisfied in Reading and Writing Clinical Hurs Practicum Hurs Other (list) Prepared by Elizabeth Rexfrd Date 9-11-13 Reviewed by Department Head Elizabeth Rexfrd Date 9-11-13 Accuracy verified by Divisin Chair Amanda Sheltn Date 9-11-13 Apprved by Dean r Vice President f Instructin GG Hunt Date 9-11-13 Administrative-Master Syllabus April 2013 Page 1 f 5
Administrative - Master Syllabus I. Tpical Outline Each ffering f this curse must include the fllwing tpics (be sure t include infrmatin regarding lab, practicum, clinical r ther nn-lecture instructin): This curse will cver the fllwing areas: Area One - Cnstitutinal Fundatins/Plitical Structure: Define the cncept f demcracy and apply it as a standard fr evaluating American gvernment and plitics. Identify the key cmpnents f the U.S. Cnstitutin and analyze its strengths and weaknesses. Define federalism and trace the evlutin f federalism in the United s. Identify the strengths and weaknesses f federalism and examine the cnflict ver the meaning f federalism. Explain hw federalism differs frm ther systems f gvernment and hw federalism supprts/enhances demcracy. Identify and explain the cncepts f plitical idelgy and plitical culture. Analyze the factrs that impact idelgy and culture. Area Tw Plitical Linkages (Public Opinin, Media, Interest Grups, Party Vting and Electins): Define public pinin, identify the prblems in measuring public pinin and assess the degree t which American plicy makers are respnsive t public pinin. Identify and analyze the rle f the media in demcracy, hw news is gathered and disseminated, and hw the media impacts public pinin and public plicy. Identify and evaluate the limits f the media and the cncept f media bias. Identify and evaluate the reasns fr interest grup prliferatin and interest grup bias. Identify the tactics emplyed by interest grups t influence the plitical prcess. Evaluate the success f each tactic. Explain the structure f American plitical parties. Describe the functins f a party within the plitical system including the rle f third parties. Identify and explain the types f electins in the American plitical system. Analyze electral participatin. Area Three Three Branches f Gvernment Identify and evaluate hw members f Cngress represent their cnstituents. Identify and evaluate the functins f Cngress. Describe and analyze the rle f leaders, cmmittees, plitical parties and interest grups within the legislative branch. Identify the basic structure/mdel f U.S. bureaucracy and identify the types f bureaucratic agencies. Identify and evaluate hw the federal curt system is rganized and hw it perates. Describe the peratinal prcedures and behaviral characteristics f the U.S. Supreme Curt Administrative-Master Syllabus April 2013 Page 2 f 5
Define and analyze the cncept f judicial review, judicial interpretatin, and the rle f the Supreme Curt in a demcratic sciety. Identify and evaluate the evlutin f presidential pwers. Analyze the relatinship between the Executive and Cngress. Assess the ability f either institutin t set plicy independently f the ther. Distinguish between judicial activism and restraint. Discuss hw they relate t the prper rle f the curt. Area Fur Gvernmental Functins Explain the difference between civil rights and liberties. Explain the cncept f incrpratin and hw the Supreme Curt s interpretatin f liberties has changed. Analyze the imprtance f civil rights in a demcratic system, trace the expansin f civil rights prtectin and examine the present status f civil rights prtectins in tday s sciety. Identify and explain the rle f gvernment in the ecnmy, evaluate the tls gvernment uses t manage the ecnmy. Describe hw freign and defense plicies are made. Evaluate the imprtance f natinal security and identify new prblems/issues fr freign and defense plicy. Examine scial welfare as a partisan issue. Differentiate between scial insurance and public assistance prgrams. Discuss/explain hw the rights f the accused have been prtected thrugh Supreme Curt rulings. Discuss the significance f the establishment and free exercise clauses in relatin t freedm f religin. Distinguish between prcedural and substantive due prcess. Examine the federal judiciary s applicatin f due prcess prtectins. II. Curse Learning Outcmes Learning Outcmes Upn successful cmpletin f this curse, students will: 1. Explain the rigin and develpment f cnstitutinal demcracy in the United s. 2. Demnstrate knwledge f the federal system 3. Describe separatin f pwers and checks and balances in bth thery and practice. 4. Demnstrate knwledge f the legislative, executive and judicial branches f the federal gvernment. 5. Evaluate the rle f public pinin, interest grups, and plitical parties in the plitical system. 6. Analyze the electin prcess. 7. Describe the rights and respnsibilities f citizens. 8. Analyze issues and plicies in U.S. plitics. Methds f Assessment 1. Instructr generated tests n text chapters cvering U.S. Cnstitutin. Tests may include multiple chice, fill in the blank, shrt answer r essay questins. 2.. Instructr generated tests n text chapters cvering federalism.. Tests may include multiple chice, fill in the blank, shrt answer r essay questins. 3.. Instructr generated tests n text chapters cvering U.S. Cnstitutin., federalism and the three branches f gvernment. Tests may include multiple chice, fill in the blank, shrt answer r essay questins. 4.. Instructr generated tests n text chapters cvering the three branches f gvernment. Tests may include multiple chice, fill in the blank, shrt answer r essay questins. 5.. Instructr generated tests n text chapters cvering plitical participatin ( media, public pinin, interest grups and plitical parties). Tests may include multiple chice, fill in the blank, shrt answer r essay questins. 6.. Instructr generated tests n text chapters cvering plitical participatin, electral systems and campaigns. Tests may Administrative-Master Syllabus April 2013 Page 3 f 5
include multiple chice, fill in the blank, shrt answer r essay questins. 7.. Instructr generated tests n text chapters cvering plitical participatin, campaigns and electins, and civil righrs and liberties. Tests may include multiple chice, fill in the blank, shrt answer r essay questins. 8.. Instructr generated tests n text chapters cvering dmestic, ecnmic and freign/military plicy in the U.S.. Tests may include multiple chice, fill in the blank, shrt answer r essay questins. Additinally all bjectives are evaluated by instructr generated ut f class writing assignments, and/r ral presentatins. All utcmes are tested by cmprehensive mandatry final exams. III. Required Text(s), Optinal Text(s) and/r Materials t be Supplied by Student. Sidlw, Edward I. and Henschen, Beth. GOVT. 5 th Editin. Wadswrth/Cengage, Bstn, MA. 2013. IV. Suggested Curse Maximum - 35 V. List any specific spatial r physical requirements beynd a typical classrm required t teach the curse. NONE. VI. Curse Requirements/Grading System Describe any curse specific requirements such as research papers r reading assignments and the generalized grading frmat fr the curse Instructrs may use the narrative/lecture methd f instructin t impart curse cntent. The narrative methd is als useful fr setting the stage fr class discussins. Class discussin between students and instructrs is encuraged fr the purpse f develping in students the ability t speak befre thers abut curse cntent. Class discussins shuld arise frm the readings that students cmplete and frm pints f interest and the interpretatin f facts that emerge in class, especially thse relevant t students. Students will be required t cmplete written wrk r t prepare ral presentatins t further elabrate r explain what has been presented and discussed by the instructr. These requirements are designed t challenge the student t analyze and critique the material presented. The written wrk may be in the frm f essay test tpics, bk reviews, reprts n articles in schlarly jurnals, r ther written assignments as assigned by the instructr. Oral presentatins may be designed as debates, infrmative verviews, r persuasive mnlgues. Minimum requirements include the fllwing: 1.) Attend class in accrdance with cllege plicy and as stipulated by the instructr. 2.) Cmplete apprpriate reading assignments made by the instructr 3.) Cmplete apprpriate writing assignments based n the readings, classrm presentatins and discussin 4.) Cmplete ral presentatins (if assigned by instructr) 5.) Cmplete apprpriate tests (quizzes, majr examinatins, and a final examinatin) The grading scale used fr all tests, papers, and prjects will be as fllws: 90% t 100% = A 80% t 89% = B Administrative-Master Syllabus April 2013 Page 4 f 5
70% t 79% = C 60% t 69% = D Belw 60% = F Instructrs may als use a pint system t determine final scres as lng as this pint system is clearly utlined in the instructr s syllabus. All instructrs will give students a cmprehensive final exam which will cunt fr a minimum f ten percent f their final grade. Written assignments will cnstitute a minimum f 25% f a student s final class scre. Assessment will be cnducted using a variety f methds. Objective questins such as multiplechice, matching, true/false and fill-in-the blank will be used as will subjective questins which may demand narrative identificatin, lengthy narrative respnses, and als critical thinking. Students will be tested n materials presented in class and are expected t develp listening and nte-taking skills. The weight, style, and nature f the specific assessment tl are left t the discretin f the individual instructr, but each instructr must place emphasis n the develpment f writing and critical thinking skills. Balance in testing t accmmdate fr varied learning styles is the desired gal. VII. Curriculum Checklist - Academic General Educatin Curse (frm ACGM but nt in WCJC Cre) N additinal dcumentatin needed - Academic WCJC Cre Curse Attach the Cre Curriculum Review Frms Critical Thinking Cmmunicatin Empirical & Quantitative Skills Teamwrk Scial Respnsibility Persnal Respnsibility - WECM Curses If needed, revise the Prgram SCANS Matrix & Cmpetencies Checklist. Administrative-Master Syllabus April 2013 Page 5 f 5
Cre Curriculum Review Frm Fundatinal Cmpnent Area: Gvernment/Plitical Science Curse Prefix & Suffix: Cre Objective: Critical Thinking Skills t include creative thinking, innvatin, inquiry, and analysis, evaluatin and synthesis f infrmatin Student Learning Outcme supprting cre bjective: Fr each cre bjective, there must be at least tw different methds f assessment. SLO Status Student Learning Outcme (SLO) Learning Activity Assessment Insert SLO (frm Administrative Master Syllabi) belw descriptin f the sample learning descriptin f the sample quiz, exam, rubric, assignment, etc. fr assessing the bjective: WCJC Cre Curriculum Review Frm-Gvernment/Plitical Science (April 2013) Page 1 (Mdified frm Cllin Cllege)
Cre Curriculum Review Frm Fundatinal Cmpnent Area: Gvernment/Plitical Science Curse Prefix & Suffix: Cre Objective: Critical Thinking Skills t include creative thinking, innvatin, inquiry, and analysis, evaluatin and synthesis f infrmatin Student Learning Outcme supprting cre bjective: Fr each cre bjective, there must be at least tw different methds f assessment. SLO Status Student Learning Outcme (SLO) Learning Activity Assessment Insert SLO (frm Administrative Master Syllabi) belw descriptin f the sample learning descriptin f the sample quiz, exam, rubric, assignment, etc. fr assessing the bjective: WCJC Cre Curriculum Review Frm-Gvernment/Plitical Science (April 2013) Page 2 (Mdified frm Cllin Cllege)
Cre Curriculum Review Frm Fundatinal Cmpnent Area: Gvernment/Plitical Science Curse Prefix & Suffix: Cre Objective: Cmmunicatin Skills t include effective develpment, interpretatin and expressin f ideas thrugh written, ral and visual cmmunicatin Student Learning Outcme supprting cre bjective: Fr each cre bjective, there must be at least tw different methds f assessment. SLO Status Student Learning Outcme (SLO) Learning Activity Assessment Insert SLO (frm Administrative Master Syllabi) belw descriptin f the sample learning descriptin f the sample quiz, exam, rubric, assignment, etc. fr assessing the bjective: WCJC Cre Curriculum Review Frm-Gvernment/Plitical Science (April 2013) Page 3 (Mdified frm Cllin Cllege)
Cre Curriculum Review Frm Fundatinal Cmpnent Area: Gvernment/Plitical Science Curse Prefix & Suffix: Cre Objective: Scial Respnsibility t include intercultural cmpetence, knwledge f civic respnsibility, and the ability t engage effectively in reginal, natinal, and glbal cmmunities Student Learning Outcme supprting cre bjective: Fr each cre bjective, there must be at least tw different methds f assessment. SLO Status Student Learning Outcme (SLO) Learning Activity Assessment Insert SLO (frm Administrative Master Syllabi) belw descriptin f the sample learning descriptin f the sample quiz, exam, rubric, assignment, etc. fr assessing the bjective: WCJC Cre Curriculum Review Frm-Gvernment/Plitical Science (April 2013) Page 4 (Mdified frm Cllin Cllege)
Cre Curriculum Review Frm Fundatinal Cmpnent Area: Gvernment/Plitical Science Curse Prefix & Suffix: Cre Objective: Scial Respnsibility t include intercultural cmpetence, knwledge f civic respnsibility, and the ability t engage effectively in reginal, natinal, and glbal cmmunities Student Learning Outcme supprting cre bjective: Fr each cre bjective, there must be at least tw different methds f assessment. SLO Status Student Learning Outcme (SLO) Learning Activity Assessment Insert SLO (frm Administrative Master Syllabi) belw descriptin f the sample learning descriptin f the sample quiz, exam, rubric, assignment, etc. fr assessing the bjective: WCJC Cre Curriculum Review Frm-Gvernment/Plitical Science (April 2013) Page 5 (Mdified frm Cllin Cllege)
Cre Curriculum Review Frm Fundatinal Cmpnent Area: Gvernment/Plitical Science Curse Prefix & Suffix: Cre Objective: Persnal Respnsibility t include the ability t cnnect chices, actins and cnsequences t ethical decisinmaking Student Learning Outcme supprting cre bjective: Fr each cre bjective, there must be at least tw different methds f assessment. SLO Status Student Learning Outcme (SLO) Learning Activity Assessment Insert SLO (frm Administrative Master Syllabi) belw descriptin f the sample learning descriptin f the sample quiz, exam, rubric, assignment, etc. fr assessing the bjective: WCJC Cre Curriculum Review Frm-Gvernment/Plitical Science (April 2013) Page 6 (Mdified frm Cllin Cllege)