Professional Documents
Culture Documents
001
Course
Political Institutions in the U.S. and Texas
Professor Curt Childress
Term Spring 2009
Class Time MW 2:30PM - 3:45PM in SOM 2.107
Canon, David T., John J. Coleman, and Kenneth R. Mayer, eds. (2008)
The Enduring Debate. 5th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
Required Texts & (Hereafter: TED)
Materials
Texas Politics Multimedia Online Textbook:
http://texaspolitics.laits.utexas.edu/
(Hereafter: TPOT)
Grade Breakdown:
Participation—10%
Assignments—10%
Quizzes—10%
Exam 1—20%
Exam 2—25%
Exam 3—25%
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100%
Grade Scale:
A+: 100-97 A: 96-93 A-: 92-90
B+: 89-87 B: 86-83 B-: 82-80
C+: 79-77 C: 76-73 C-: 72-70
D+: 69-67 D: 66-63 D-: 62-60
F: 59 or below
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assessment on whether to sustain the challenge or not.
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