POLITICAL SCIENCE 22
Pasadena City College
S. Anderson
TTH 10:30, C337
INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL THEORY
TEXT/READER
Terence Ball and Richard Daggar. Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal, 9th
edition. Terence Ball and Richard Daggar. Ideals and Ideologies, A Reader, 9th edition.
(These books can be purchased from the Bookmart located at 1535 E. Colorado Blvd.
across from the college or on-line)
Bibliography. You will be required to read one book from the list handed out in class.
You can purchase your selection from any major bookstore either on-line or in person.
You may also want to see if your selection is in the Shatford Library.
GRADING AND ATTENDANCE
There will be a midterm and a final examination. For these exams you will be
responsible for learning key concepts and terms outlined in class and in your reader.
In addition to these two tests, you will be required to turn in one paper – five to seven
pages typed (the paper will be based upon the book you read from the bibliography).
You will also be given one or two questions from me on each chapter. The questions and
answers must be submitted to turnitin.com by due date. There will also be five written
exercises to be completed in class.
Pasadena City College policy will be followed regarding attendance. “Students are
expected to attend all class meetings of the courses in which they are enrolled.
Students have a responsibility to drop classes they no longer attend. Excessive
absences after the drop or withdrawal deadlines may result in the assignment of F
grade.”
Your final grade will be derived from the following:
WRITTEN EXERCISES
20%
ONLINE QUIZZES
20%
MIDTERM
20%
PAPER
20%
FINAL
20%
PLAGIARISM, CHEATING, AND OTHER WAYS TO FAIL
You are responsible for your own work in this class. Your paper must be posted on
www.turnitin.com by the time the assignment is due. If you fail to submit a hard copy
and a copy to turnitin.com, you will not receive credit for the class. There is a detailed
explanation of how to use www.turnitin.com on my website. If you don’t pass either the
midterm or final satisfactorily, you will not pass the course. Any student caught cheating
on any core assignment will receive a failing grade and will be subject to further
disciplinary action by the college. Your class ID is: 9265081 and Password is:
Freedom.
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Cell Phone use will not be tolerated in class. If you have an emergency, please
use phone in the hallway. Three warnings will be given and if not heeded, you will be
dropped from the class. Laptop use in class is for taking notes only. Social networking,
e-mailing, etc. in class will result in being dropped from the class.
OFFICE LOCATION AND PHONE #: C347, 626/585-7495
E-MAIL: SJANDERSON@PASADENA.EDU, WEBSITE:
HTTP://FACULTY.PASADENA.EDU/SJANDERSON
OFFICE HOURS: MW 8:00-8:45 a.m., TTH 8:00-8:45, TTH 2:30-3:30 pm
Throughout the semester EXTRA CREDIT will be announced. The difficulty of the
assignment will determine the amount of extra credit you will receive. You will be given
a separate handout explaining in greater detail the types of Extra Credit you can
complete. ALL EXTRA CREDIT IS DUE ON APR. 28TH AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE CLASS. I suggest, however, that you turn extra credit in as you complete it for
feedback.
NOTE: YOU MUST COMPLETE THE CORE ASSIGNMENTS – MIDTERM,
PAPER, AND FINAL – WITH SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE IN ORDER
TO PASS THIS COURSE. EXTRA CREDIT DOES NOT REPLACE MISSED
ASSIGNMENTS OR MISSED CLASSES. IN ADDITION, YOU MUST PASS
EITHER THE MIDTERM OR FINAL WITH “C” OR BETTER IN ORDER TO
PASS THE COURSE!
THE COURSE
This course is for beginning students of Political Science and Philosophy – for those who
will be majoring in the field as well as for those who are majoring in other areas but wish
to understand central questions of political life, views of nature, political organization,
power, justice, and revolutions. The main objective of this course is to introduce students
to political ideas –past and present- and to show how these ideas and perceptions shape
our everyday lives.
ASSIGNMENTS
Jan. 13-15
Course Introduction: Ideology and Ideologies,
Assignment: Ball and Daggar, Chapter 1, Reader 1.1
Jan. 20-22
The Democratic Ideal
Assignment: Ball and Daggar, Chapter 2, Reader, 2.2-2.10,
Jan. 27-29
Liberalism
Assignment: Ball and Daggar, Chapter 3, Reader, 3.113.26, QUIZ #1 DUE ON TURNITIN.COM JAN. 29, WE
#1 JAN. 29
Feb.3-5
Conservatism
Assignment: Ball and Daggar, Chapter 4, Reader, 4.274.33, QUIZ #2 DUE ON TURNITIN.COM FEB. 5
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Feb. 10-12
Liberalism and Conservatism in 2014
Assignment: Am. Electoral Politics,
Feb. 17-19
Socialism and Communism: More to Marx
Assignment: Ball and Daggar, Chapter 5, Reader, 5.345.37, QUIZ #3 DUE ON TURNITIN.COM FEB. 19,
WE#2 FEB. 19
Feb. 24-26
Socialism and Communism After Marx
Assignment: Ball and Daggar, Chapter 6, Reader, 6.38
-6.45
Mar. 3-5
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Mar. 17-19
Facism
Assignment: Ball and Daggar, Chapter 7, Reader, 7.467.50, QUIZ #4 DUE ON TURNITIN.COM MAR. 19
Mar. 24-26
Liberation Ideologies and the Politics of Identity
Assignment: Ball and Daggar, Chapter 8
Apr. 2
Liberation Ideologies (con’t)
Assignment: Reader, 8.51-8.60, QUIZ #5 DUE ON
TURNITIN.COM APR. 2, WE #3 APR. 2
Apr. 7-9
Green Politics: Ecology as Ideology
Assignment: Ball and Daggar, Chapter 9
Apr. 14-16
Green Politics: (con’t)
Assignment: Reader, 9.61-9.65, QUIZ #6 DUE ON
TURNITIN.COM APR. 16, WE #4 Apr. 16
Apr. 21-23
Radical Islamism
Assignment: Ball and Daggar, Chapter 10, Reader. 10.6610.68, PAPER DUE APR. 23
Apr. 28-30
Globalization and the Future of Ideology
Assignment: Ball and Daggar, Chapter 11
May 5
FINAL EXAMINATION, 10:15-12:15
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