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POLS 1101-1101D (UGA)
American Government (3 semester hours)

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Not open to students with credit in UGA POLS 1050H.

Government and politics in the United States, including the philosophical and constitutional foundations, political institutions such as Congress and the presidency, political practices such as voting, and civil rights and liberties.

Requirements: Nineteen lessons and one examination.

Instructor: Loch K. Johnson, Ph.D., Regents Professor, The University of Georgia.

Texts: Cummings, Milton C., Jr., and David Wise. Democracy under Pressure: An Introduction to the American Political System, 10th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Thomson, 2005.