Preview: POL111 U.S. and Nevada Government :
Course Guide
Prerequisites
Course Description
Instructional Materials
Course Resources
None
This course serves as an introduction to American government and politics with an emphasis on the Constitution of the United States and the
Constitution of the State of Nevada. It is designed to familiarize students with the origins and evolution of American national government and Nevada
state government, its basic institutions, ideals, and its fundamental decision-making processes regarding domestic and foreign policy. It covers
fundamental terms and facts, the development and functions of the U.S. branches of government, and the value preferences within American society
that affect public policy. It also develops a basic understanding of how federal, state and local governments interact in the U.S. political system.
Required Resources
James Wilson. (2018). American
Government:
Institutions
and
Policies,
Brief
version.
(13th ed.). Cengage.
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library. No date. All Amendments to the United States
Constitution. http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/education/all_amendments_usconst.htm
State of Nevada. (1864). Constitution of the State of Nevada . https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Const/NVConst.html
Barbara Cegavske. (2016). The Political History of Nevada (12th ed.) [PDF] .
https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Division/Research/Publications/PHoN/PHoN.pdf
Nevada State Library, Archives, and Public Records. No date. Nevada Politics . https://nsla.nv.gov/friendly.php?s=politics
Deborah White. February 5, 2020. Pros and Cons of Legalizing Marijuana in the U.S . . https://www.thoughtco.com/pros-and-cons-legalizing- ThoughtCo
marijuana-3325521
Deborah White. August 10, 2019. Pros and Cons of Gun Ownership and Use Laws for Individuals . . https://www.thoughtco.com/pros-and- ThoughtCo
cons-gun-ownership-3325522
U.S. Election Assistance Commission . No date. https://www.eac.gov/voters/register-and-vote-in-your-state
Michelle Ye Hee Lee. May 30, 2017. Do Voter ID Laws Help or Hurt Voter Turnout? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-
checker/wp/2017/05/30/do-voter-id-laws-help-or-hurt-voter-turnout/
German Lopez. February 21, 2019. A New Study Finds Voter ID Laws Don't Reduce Voter Fraud—Or Voter Turnout . https://www.vox.com/policy-and-
politics/2019/2/21/18230009/voter-id-laws-fraud-turnout-study-research
ProCon.org. No date. Should Voters Be Required to Show Photo Identification in Order to
Vote? https://2020election.procon.org/view.answers.election.php?questionID=002198
U.S. House of Representatives. No date. Find Your Representative . https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
U.S. Senate. No date. Contact. https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
News Literacy Project. No date. News Lit Quiz. The Easiest Quiz of All Time . https://newslit.org/get-smart/easiest-quiz-all-time
Eric Griffith. October 4, 2019. How to Take Screenshots on Any Device . . https://www.pcmag.com/news/how-to-take-a-screenshot-on-any- PCMag.com
device
University of California, Santa Barbara. No date. The American Presidency Project . https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/index.php
AllSides. No date. Media Bias Ratings . https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-ratings
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Course Learning Outcomes
The University of Adelaide. 2014. Objective Language: Writing Centre Learning Guide
[PDF]. https://www.adelaide.edu.au/writingcentre/sites/default/files/docs/learningguide-objectivelanguage.pdf
Lumen. No date. . United States Government: Civic Engagement in Representative Republic a
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/americangovernment/chapter/engagement-in-a-democracy/
Supplemental Resources
Books
James Barber. (1985). The
Presidential
Character (3rd ed.). Prentice-Hall.
Anthony King. (1990). The
new
American
political
system.
American Enterprise Institute.
Edward Sidlow. (2011). GOVT.
(2nd ed.). 4LTR Press/Cengage.
Academic Journals With Full-Text Available in the Strayer University LRC Databases
American
Journal
of
Political
Science, found in EBSCO Host.
Daedalus
Journal,
found in e-Library.
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