"Declaration of Independence, 1776 (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/declar.html)
Constitution of the United States, 1787 (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/const.html")
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Seth Goldstein sg004h@uhura.cc.rochester.edu |
Chetan Gulati cg005e@uhura.cc.rochester.edu |
Mike Nguyen mn003e@uhura.cc.rochester.edu |
Kalina Popova kpop@troi.cc.rochester.edu |
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Class attendance and participation (15%). Students are expected to attend lectures and recitations on a regular basis. The baseline participation grade is determined by participation in recitations. For most students who attend lectures regularly but do not speak up much the recitation grade will be recorded as the participation grade. Recitation grades will be revised upward for students who not only attend lectures regularly but also speak up in lectures. Recitation grades will be sharply lowered for students who do not attend lectures regularly.
Three or four short papers (35% total). In 500-700 words (about 2 pages), students should address three (or four) of the paper questions listed in the hard-copy syllabus. Keep papers short and to the point. No paper may exceed 750 words. Double-space the papers, use 12-point fonts, and no funny stuff with the margins; an inch on each side is about right. Students may write papers for any three (or four) of the units, though all students must submit a paper in at least one of the first three units. In calculating the course grade, all paper grades will be included. (In the case of students who fail to submit a paper in at least one of the first three units, the grade of "0" will be assigned to the missing paper. These students will still be responsible for writing three additional papers.) Place your recitation leader's name at the top of your paper. Papers are due in Professor Gamm's box in Harkness 314 no later than 10:00 on Wednesday mornings (except for the paper due in class on Tuesday, April 6). No late papers will be accepted without prior permission. Students must submit at least three papers to receive credit for the course.
Midterm exam (15%). The exam will be administered in class on February 23.
Optional research paper. The paper, which should be 10-12 pages in length, must address a question raised in the course and pursue that question through outside reading or research; though some primary work is encouraged, it is not required. Students may bring in early drafts of the paper for comments. For students submitting a research paper, the midterm exam will count 10% of the course grade, the final exam will count 20%, and the research paper will count 20%. Students who are considering writing the final paper should meet with Professor Gamm within the next few weeks to get help finding a good paper topic; after receiving his approval, students must submit their written paper topics (5-7 sentences) no later than March 5.
Starting
points for your research.
Final papers are due by 4:30 on Wednesday, April 28, in Professor Gamm's box in Harkness 314.
UPPER-LEVEL WRITING REQUIREMENTS Political Science 210w, History 257w - These requirements apply ONLY to those receiving UPPER-LEVEL WRITING CREDIT and registered in Political Science 210w or History 257w.
Class attendance and participation (15%). Students are expected to attend lectures and recitations on a regular basis. The baseline participation grade is determined by participation in recitations. For most students-who attend lectures regularly but do not speak up much-the recitation grade will be recorded as the participation grade. Recitation grades will be revised upward for students who not only attend lectures regularly but also speak up in lectures. Recitation grades will be sharply lowered for students who do not attend lectures regularly.
Eight short papers (60% total). In 500-700 words (about 2 pages), students should address eight of the paper questions listed in the hard-copy syllabus. Keep papers short and to the point. No paper may exceed 750 words. Double-space the papers, use 12-point fonts, and no funny stuff with the margins; an inch on each side is about right. Students may write papers for any eight of the eleven units, though all students must submit a paper in at least three of the first five units. In calculating the course grade, the seven best paper grades will be included. (In the case of students who fail to submit papers in at least three of the first five units, the grade of "0" will be assigned to any missing paper. These students will still be responsible for writing at least seven papers.) Place your recitation leader's name at the top of your paper. Papers are due in Professor Gamm's box in Harkness 314 no later than 10:00 on Wednesday mornings (except for the paper due in class on Tuesday, April 6). No late papers will be accepted without prior permission. Students must submit at least seven papers to receive credit for the course.
Rewrite. Any paper (except the last paper) may be rewritten within the two weeks after the original draft has been graded and returned. The original graded paper must be attached when the rewrite is submitted. Grades received on the two versions of the paper will each constitute half the paper's grade. Students must rewrite one paper to receive credit for the course.
Final exam (25%). Students must take the final exam to receive credit for the course.
Optional research paper. The paper, which should be 10-12 pages in length, must address a question raised in the course and pursue that question through outside reading or research; though some primary work is encouraged, it is not required. Students may bring in early drafts of the paper for comments. For students submitting a research paper, the eight short papers will count 50% of the course grade, the final exam will count 171/2%, and the research paper will count 171/2%. Students who are considering writing the final paper should meet with Professor Gamm within the next few weeks to get help finding a good paper topic; after receiving his approval, students must submit their written paper topics (5-7 sentences) no later than March 5.
Starting points for your research.
Final papers are due by 4:30 on Wednesday, April 28, in Professor Gamm's box in Harkness 314.
"Declaration of Independence, 1776 (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/declar.html)
Constitution of the United States, 1787 (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/const.html")
The Address and Reasons of Dissent of the Minority of the Convention of Pennsylvania to Their Constituents (http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/bds:@field(FLD001+90898134+):@@@$REF$)
The Federalist Nos. 10, 47, 48, 51, 65, 66 (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/fed/fedpapers.html)
Samuel Spencer and James Iredell, speeches in the North Carolina Ratifying Convention, 28 July 1788 (class handout)
Cecelia M. Kenyon, "Men of Little Faith: The Anti-Federalists on the Nature of Representative Government," William and Mary Quarterly, 3d ser., 12 (1955), 3-43.(http://www.jstor.org)
V. O. Key, Jr., Southern Politics in State and Nation (1949; rpt. Knoxville:
University of Tennessee Press, 1984), pp. 15-18, 298-311 (coursepack)
E. E. Schattschneider, Party Government (New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1942),
pp. 1-7, 35-37, 61-69, 84-88, 93-98 (coursepack)
Joseph A. Schlesinger, "The Primary Goals of Political Parties: A Clarification of Positive Theory," American Political Science Review 69(1975), 840-49.(http://www.jstor.org)
John H. Aldrich, Why Parties? The Origin and Transformation of Political Parties in America (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995), 3-61.
Richard Beeman, "Republicanism and the First American Party System," 27-41 in Parties and Politics (coursepack)
Aldrich, Why Parties?, 65-96.
William G. Shade, "The Jacksonian Party System," 43-57 in Parties and
Politics (coursepack)
Aldrich, Why Parties?, 97-125.
Joel H. Silbey, "Party Organization in Nineteenth-Century America," 83-103 in
Parties and Politics (coursepack)
William E. Gienapp, "Formation of the Republican Party," 59-82 in Parties and
Politics (coursepack)
Aldrich, Why Parties?, 126-156.
Abraham Lincoln, Address at Gettysburg, 1863
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/gettyb.htm
C. Vann Woodward, The Strange Career of Jim Crow, 3d rev. ed. (New York:
Oxford University Press, 1974), 3-29.
Woodward, Strange Career of Jim Crow, 31-109.
E. E. Schattschneider, The Semisovereign People: A Realist's View of Democracy
in America (1960; rpt. Hinsdale, Ill.: Dryden Press, 1975), 76-83 (coursepack)
Paula Baker, "The Domestication of Politics: Women and American Political Society, 1780-1920," American Historical Review 89(1984), 620-47.(http://www.jstor.org)
V. O. Key, Jr., "A Theory of Critical Elections," Journal of Politics 17 (1955), 3-18.(http://www.jstor.org)
Bruce J. Schulman, Lyndon B. Johnson and American Liberalism: A Brief Biography with Documents (Boston: Bedford Books, 1995), 1-80.
Schulman, Lyndon B. Johnson and American Liberalism, 81-166.
Katherine Tate, "Black Political Participation in the 1984 and 1988 Presidential Elections," American Political Science Review 85 (1991),1159-76. (http://www.jstor.org)
Thomas Byrne Edsall with Mary D. Edsall, "Race," Atlantic Monthly, May 1991, 53-86 (http://www.theatlantic.com/election/connection/race/edsall.htm)(very slow loading)
Martin P. Wattenberg, "Dealignment in the American Electorate," 225-40 in
Parties and Politics (coursepack)
Sidney Verba, Kay Lehman Schlozman, Henry Brady, and Norman H. Nie, "Citizen Activity: Who Participates? What Do They Say?" American Political Science Review 87 (1993), 303-18.(http://www.jstor.org)
Aldrich, Why Parties?, 159-65, 180-86, 245-52.
David W. Brady and John Ettling, "The Party System in the United States House
of Representatives," 179-200 in Parties and Politics (coursepack)
Aldrich, Why Parties?, 194-201, 227-45, 252-74, 287-96.
Joe Klein, "The Town That Ate Itself," The New Yorker, 23 November 1998, 79-87.