American Politics and Government

Political Science 101
 W 6:30pm - 9:10pm Room X 143
Frank Brooks, instructor

This web site is designed to support the American Politics courses being taught in the Fall 2009 semester at Harper College  by Frank Brooks.  You may contact him via e-mail at brooks@anarres.com or by filling out the contact page.


Final Test Review

The final exam will be on Wednesday, December 16 at 6:30 pm.  Here is the review.


Course Syllabus

This provides information on the required texts, course requirements, and a schedule of readings, exams, and other assignments.  It is a PDF file, so you need (and probably already have on your computer) the Adobe Acrobat Reader.  If you don't have Reader, it's available as a free download at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.

Textbook Website

The textbook publisher has established a website to support this textbook. It includes chapter outlines, interactive quizzes, weblinks, and other supplementary material.

Study Questions

These are also PDF files, requiring the Adobe Acrobat Reader (see the note under "Syllabus" above).


Lecture Outlines - (PowerPoint Presentations)

To view these, you need to either have the PowerPoint program installed on your computer, or have downloaded the free PowerPoint viewer from Microsoft.  Here are a couple tips:


Other Assignments


Supreme Court Cases (for the Court Cases Assignment)

These are also PDF files, requiring the Adobe Acrobat Reader (see the note under "Syllabus" above).

Harper College Links

Harper College Home Page Library Home Page
Academic Calendar Library On-Line Catalog
Harper College Bookstore Library Subject Guide:  Political Science


Last updated on December 09, 2009.