GOVERNMENT 2302: American Government:
National, State, and Local II
WELCOME!
Instructor:
Elizabeth McLane, M.A. and M.S.
Outside E-mail address: mclanegovt@yahoo.com
Orientation: No "in-person" orientation occurs with this course. Once you
enter the course site, click on the icon that says "orientation."
Directions for you to follow are available through the orientation icon.
On Campus Meetings: No on-campus meetings are required for this course. Everything is done
online, including tests.
Description of course: A study of the executive, legislative, and judicial
branches of government at both the national and state levels; economic and
regulatory policy; social policy; civil liberties and civil rights policy; and
foreign policy. This is a Core Curriculum Course.
Credit: 3
(3 Lecture).
Prerequisites: You must be placed into college-level reading and college-level
writing.
Internet, Hardware, and Software: You MUST have regular access to a computer with a
modem (PC: Intel Pentium class computer with 56.k modem speed
connection, Microsoft Windows 9x, ME, 2000 or XP operating systems or Macintosh:
G3 with 56.k modem speed connection. Mac OS 9.X to 10.1.),
an Internet Service Provider (ISP), and a browser (Internet Explorer 5.00 or
higher or Netscape 6.2 or higher or AOL 7.0). JavaScript must be enabled for
all of these browsers.
You must be familiar with
using the Internet, using links, sending and opening Microsoft Word attachments
and sending e-mails.
Recommended Textbooks: Tannahill, Neal. American Government: Policy and
Politics 7th edition (Longman Publishing, 2003) and Tannahill, Neal.
All books may be purchased from
the Houston Community College Bookstores.