| Date |
Readings, Class Discussions, Assignments |
|
Aug 30, Sept 8 and 10 |
|
|
Topic: |
The American Presidency and American Politics |
|
Reading: |
Jones, Ch. 1 and 2; Ellis and Nelson, Reading #1; Daynes and Sussman, Introduction, Ch. 1 and 6 |
| September 6 |
Labor Day Holiday |
| September 13-17 |
|
| Topic: |
The Presidential Selection Process |
| Reading: |
Jones, Ch. 3 |
| Sept 20 |
Group: Ellis and Nelson, Reading #3 |
|
Sept 22 |
Group: Ellis and Nelson, Reading #4 |
|
Sept 24 |
|
|
Topic: |
Presidential Personality |
|
Reading: |
No reading |
|
Sept 27 |
Group: Ellis and Nelson, Reading #12 |
| Sept 29 and Oct 1 |
|
| Profile: |
John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Reading: |
Greenstein, Ch. 5 and 6; Daynes and Sussman, Ch. 2 |
| Oct 4 |
|
|
Topic: |
The Public President and the News Media |
|
Reading: |
No reading |
|
Oct 6 |
Group: Ellis and Nelson, Reading #5 |
| Oct 8 and 13 |
|
|
Topic: |
White House Staff, Advising, Decision Making |
|
Reading: |
Jones, Ch. 4 and 5 |
| Oct 11 and 12 |
Fall Holiday |
| Oct 15 |
|
| Profile: |
Richard Nixon |
| Reading: |
Greenstein, Ch. 7; Daynes and Sussman, Ch. 3 |
| Oct 18 |
|
| Profile: |
Jimmy Carter |
| Reading: |
Greenstein, Ch. 9; Daynes and Sussman, Ch. 4 |
| Oct 20 |
FIRST EXAM |
| Oct 22-27 |
|
|
Topic: |
The President, the Congress, and Making Public Policy |
|
Reading: |
Jones, Ch. 6 |
| Oct 29 |
Group: Ellis and Nelson, Reading #6 |
|
Nov. 1 and 3 |
|
| Profile: |
Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush |
| Reading: |
Greenstein, Ch. 10 and 11; Daynes and Sussman, Ch. 8 and 9 |
| Nov 5 |
Group: Ellis and Nelson, Reading #9 |
| Nov 8 |
|
| Profile: |
Bill Clinton |
| Reading: |
Greenstein, Ch. 12; Daynes and Sussman, Ch. 5 |
|
Nov 10-15 |
|
|
Topic: |
The President and Foreign and Defense Policy |
| Reading: |
No reading |
| Nov 17 |
Group: Ellis and Nelson, Reading #7 |
| Nov 19 |
No class |
| Nov 22 |
Group: Ellis and Nelson, Reading #8 |
| Nov 24 and 26 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
| Nov 29 |
|
| Profile: |
George W. Bush |
| Reading |
Greenstein, Ch. 5; Daynes and Sussman, Ch. 10 |
| Dec 1 |
|
| Profile: |
Barack Obama |
| Reading: |
Greenstein, Ch. 14; Daynes and Sussman, pp. 238-240 |
| Dec 3 |
|
| Topic: |
Presidential Greatness |
| Reading: |
Group: Ellis and Nelson, Reading #13 |
| Dec 6 |
QUIZ ON DEBATING THE PRESIDENCY |
| Dec 8 |
|
|
Topic: |
Evaluating Presidential Performance/Evaluating Barack Obama |
| Reading: |
Jones, Ch. 7; Daynes and Sussman, pp. 210-238 |
|
Dec 10 |
SECOND EXAM |
