GOVT 120 - State & Local Government

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory (or Other) Hours: 0

General Education Code(s): 23SS
Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Restriction(s): None

This course examines state and local government systems, including: constitutions and charters; political parties, campaigns, elections, and interest groups; state and local executives, legislative bodies, and courts; metropolitan government; policy areas such as taxation and finance, welfare, education, highways, civil rights, housing, zoning, and planning; and current issues.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course: The General Education requirement for Social Sciences is satisfied by GOVT 120. To meet this General Education requirement, students will be able to:

describe major concepts and theories of at least one discipline in the social sciences; and
demonstrate an understanding of the methods social scientists use to explore social phenomena.

Course-specific SLOs for GOVT 120:

Understanding of the methods social scientists use to explore social phenomena, including observation, hypothesis development, measurement and data collection, experimentation, evaluation of evidence, and employment of mathematical and interpretive analysis; and
Knowledge of major concepts, models and issues of at least one discipline in the social sciences.