POL 313 Topical Outline

8/22	The 5 "Great Concepts"
8/24, 27, 29	Our Fascination with Presidents	Begin reading Nelson 1
8/29, 31, 9/5	The Presidency and Political Socialization  The Textbook Presidency	Complete Nelson
9/7	Reflections
9/10	Approaches	Nelson 2 (Rockman) QUIZ
9/12,14	The Comparative Approach	See country assignments below
9/17,19, 21	The Constitutional Approach	Nelson 3 (Tulis) QUIZ on the 17th
9/24, 26, 28	The Historical Approach See president assignments below	Written country quiz on 9/24 Weaver
10/1	Exam  One	Exam Study Guide
10/3 10/5 10/8	Presidential Power Reconsidered	Pious , Lowi Nelson 4 (Skowronek) QUIZ on 10/5 Nelson 5 (Quirk) QUIZ on 10/8
10/8 10/10	Introductory film Elections and the Popular Connection
10/17, 10/19, 10/22, 10/24	Nominations and Campaigns The Electoral College and the Campaign	Nelson 7 (Pious) Nelson 8 (Aldrich, et.al.) Quiz on Aldrich, 10/24
10/26 10/29 11/1	The Psychological Presidency Active-Negatives,  Passive Positives Passive-Negatives Active-Positives	Nelson 6
11/5/ 11/7	The President and the Media	Nelson 10 Monday, Nov. 5^th: Quiz on 10
November 9th	Exam 2 Study guide
11/12	The Post-Modern Presidency	Rose Synopsis
11/14 11/16	The Institutional Connection: Introduction The President and the Bureaucracy	Nelson 14, 15 Quiz on Burke 11/14 Quiz on Lewis 11/16
11/19 11/ 26	The President and Congress	Nelson 17 Quiz on Dickson 11/26
	The President and the Judiciary
	The President and Domestic Policy The President and Economic Policy
	The President and National Security Policy	Nelson 21
		Take Home Exam Question
	Country Argentina -- Lennox, McLellan, Perez Australia -- Strzelczyk, Ryan, Gravier, Kreiger Czech Republic --- Novak, Butcher Fiji – Baire, Vella Great Britain – Mowry, Hammonds, Swanson Japan – Gibboney, Hensley, Warner Indonesia – Maney, Johnson, Lauricella Ireland -- Durkin, Hurlburt, Pastor, Riley Russia -- Keivel, Doerge, Schoffstall, Lennon Spain – Polomsky, Chan, Semmelmayer	President Washington -- Kreiger JoAdams -- Doerge Jefferson – Keivel Madison -- Mowry Monroe – Gibboney JQAdams -- Riley Jackson -- Lennox Harrison/Tyler -- Perez Fillmore -- Gravier Pierce -- Semmelmayer Lincoln -- Schoffstall AJohnson – Vella Grant -- Swanson Hayes – Polomsky Garfield/Arthur -- McLellan Cleveland -- Butcher TRRoosevelt -- Durkin Taft -- Hammonds Wilson – Baire Harding -- Hensley Coolidge – Maney Hoover – Lauricella FDRoosevelt -- Hurlburt Truman -- Lennon Eisenhower – Chan Kennedy – Strzelczyk LBJohnson – Johnson Nixon -- Pastor Carter – Ryan Reagan -- Novak
	Written Country Quiz You need to be able to answer the following: Head of state? Head of government? Name of chief executive Year came to power Partisan identification Source of government structure Type of representational system Most important current issue

The Historical Approach Part 3	Presidential Power Reconsidered		The Post-Modern Presidency Rose, Rose
Nominations and Campaigns	Mid-term Study Guide		Early Media Coverage
Nominations and Campaigns
The Electoral College	The Electoral College and the General Campaign		The Psychological Presidency
Active-Negatives, Passive Positives			Passive-Negatives
Active-Positives	The President and the Media		Televison and the Presidency: The Beginnings
March 20: Televison and the Presidency: Presidents Used By Televison	Televison and the Presidency: Reagan and Clinton		Summary
The Institutional Connection: Introduction			The President and Congress
	Presidential/ Congressional Relations
The President and the Judiciary
National Security Policy	The President and Domestic Policy
	The President and Economic Policy		Study Guide
Country Australia -- Strzelczyk, Ryan Fiji – Baire Spain – Polomsky, Chan		President Hayes – Polomsky Eisenhower – Chan Kennedy -- Strzelczyk Carter -- Ryan