These will be brief tests on material covered in class, intended to help students keep up with concept and theory development and integrate material as we go along. A solid understanding of process and substance in one policy area of your choice, demonstrated in a 10-12 page paper, is the achievement toward which the course builds. The paper is detailed in a separate handout. The following scale is used for each of the components of the final grade and for the final grade. The components of the final grade will be weighted as follows.
Academic honesty is, or course, required.
If it appears that a violation of the standards as specified in the Undergraduate Catalog, 1999-2001 has occurred, we will follow the procedures explained in that document. No assigned reading. No assigned reading. Agenda Setting, Policy Formulation, Legitimation Amer.