The
Academical Village All Things Political of Dr. David Garrison
Govt 2301-- AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT I "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." -- William Butler Yeats
The
Academical Village All Things Political of Dr. David Garrison
Govt 2301-- AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT I
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." --
William Butler Yeats
John Philip Sousa,
Stars
& Stripes Forever
"What stuns me most about contemporary politics is not even that the
system has been so badly corrupted by money. It is that so few people get the
connection between their lives and what the bozos do in Washington and our state
capitols." --
Molly Ivins, Texas journalist & writer
Welcome to the course page for GOVT 2301 -- American Government I. Please find the
course materials as you scroll down this page.
Dr. Garrison Photo: K. Mizell
"Politics
is the
process and method of gaining or maintaining support for public or common
action.
Although it is generally applied to governments,
politics is also
observed in all human group interactions including corporate, academic, and
religious. Political science is the study of political behavior and examines
the acquisition and application of power, i.e. the ability to impose one's
will on another. One theorist, Harold Lasswell, has defined politics as 'who gets what, when, how.'" --
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics
Announcements
"Politics is the most interesting thing you can do."
-- John F. Kennedy
Syllabus
Government
Textbook
MyPoliSciLab Registration
Instructions
"Courage is resistance to fear,
mastery of fear - not absence of fear." -- Mark Twain
"Politics is who gets what, when, and how..." --
Harold Lasswell
American Politics
& Links 
Find more information about specific American & Texas
politics topics here.
Texas Politics &
Links 
Find more information about specific American & Texas politics topics here.
"Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best." —Sir Max Beerbohm
Mass Media Politics & Links
Find more information about specific American & Texas
politics topics here.
The Textbook Power Point Presentations -- Shea, et. al
(new text Fall 2009)
The Textbook
Power Point Presentations -- O'Connor & Sabato (previous text)
| The Study
Lists:
Study List for Exam 1
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Study List for Exam 2
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Study List for Final Exam
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The Writing & Documenting
& Experiential Tasks Explained
"You gain strength,
courage and confidence by every experience
in which you really stop to look fear in the
face. You must do the thing you think you
cannot do." -- Eleanor
Roosevelt.
"One must learn by doing the thing, for
though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try." --
Aristotle
The
Service Learning
Option
Service
Learning
The Student Course Evaluation
We have a passion for: Learning, Service and Involvement,
Creativity and Innovation, Academic Excellence, Dignity and Respect, Integrity.
