| AP US Government & Politics
COURSE TITLE: AP US Government & Politics
LENGTH OF COURSE: One Semester
TYPE OF CREDIT: Social Science Core (5 credits)
GRADE LEVEL: 12
PREREQUISITES: Teacher Approval
TEXTBOOK:
Government in Action, 11th Edition, Edwards, Wattenberg & Lineberry
Prentice-Hall, 2004, ISBN# 0-321-19524-8
SUPPLEMENTAL TEXTBOOK:
United States Government: Democracy in Action, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Publishing, 2000 Edition ISBN 0 002 822148 6
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
AP U.S. Government and Politics studies the structure and operations of the U.S. government and the behavior of the electorate and politicians. Students will gain the analytic perspective necessary to critically evaluate political data, hypotheses, concepts, opinions, and processes. Along the way, they will learn how to gather data about political behavior and develop their own theoretical analysis of American politics. They will also build the skills they need to examine general propositions about government and politics, and to analyze the specific relationships between political, social, and economic institutions. The equivalent of an introductory college-level course, AP U.S. Government and Politics prepares students for the AP Exam and for further study in political science, law, education, business and history. Students are encouraged but not required to take the AP Exam.
BOARD ADOPTED DATE: April 2, 2003
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