PSC 300: The American Conservative Movement

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PSC 300 The American Conservative Movement

• Héctor L. Ortiz-Instructor

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The Basics

• Monday to Friday
• May 15- May 26
• 100 - 500 p.m.
• Maxwell 110
• website classes.maxwell.syr.edu/psc300ortiz

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Office Hours

• Office TA Bay 024
• E-mail heortiz_at_maxwell.syr.edu
• Tel [phone]
• Office Hours Th. 900-1100 a.m.

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This course is about
Understanding Exploring Researching Reading
Learning
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This course is not about
Bashing Mocking
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Do you know them?
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Do you recognize these organizations?
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Objectives

• a) Familiarize the student with the varieties of
  thinkers, organizations and ideas that constitute
  the
• American conservative ideology.

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Objectives

• b) Help the student to understand the nature of
  the current ideological polarization by studying
  the
• roots of conservative arguments on relevant
  issues.

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Objectives

• c) Engage the student in activities that help to
  develop relevant skills, such as research,
  presentations and writing skills.

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Grading

• 10 Attendance and Participation
• 15 Presentation
• 15 Debate
• 10 Summary
• 30 Research Note
• 20 Final

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Policies

• a) Late Papers
• b) Students with Disabilities
• c) Plagiarism

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Readings

• There will not be a textbook for the course. The
  readings are in a packet that is available at
• Campus Copies in basement of Huntington Hall.