For Indiana Teacher Certification Requirements in Social Studies, please refer to Division III requirements, General Education requirements , and to the section Preparation for Secondary Teaching for liberal arts and professional education requirements. An introduction to the institutions, powers, processes, and relationships of American government and politics. The course seeks to put these topics into theoretical perspective and to introduce the student to basic social science data analysis. One course credit, fall semester. Description and analysis of the major contemporary political institutions and processes.
Attention is given to both advanced industrial democracies and to other nations.
Analysis emphasizes the historical and social bases of different types of political systems, as well their current operation and the issues and challenges characteristic of them. One course credit, spring semester. These courses will focus on a particular issue, concept, problem or question at an introductory level. There are no prerequisites for these courses. This half-credit course explores political issues raised by the Internet and other new electronic technologies.