Samuels, C- POLISCI 2- 81629 syllabus- SP 23 (online)
Intro to American Government- Open For Antiracism (OFAR)
Overview
The Open for Antiracism (OFAR) Program – co-led by CCCOER and College of the Canyons – emerged as a response to the growing awareness of structural racism in our educational systems and the realization that adoption of open educational resources (OER) and open pedagogy could be transformative at institutions seeking to improve. The program is designed to give participants a workshop experience where they can better understand anti-racist teaching and how the use of OER and open pedagogy can empower them to involve students in the co-creation of an anti-racist classroom. The capstone project involves developing an action plan for incorporating OER and open pedagogy into a course being taught in the spring semester. OFAR participants are invited to remix this template to design and share their projects and plans for moving this work forward.
Action Plan
OFAR helped my class be more antiracist by using open pedagogy, more culturally responsive material, community agreements, and equity grading
Course Description
This is for American Government which is Political Science 2 (or Political Science 100 or 101 at other campuses)
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The field of American politics deals with the organization, distribution and orientation of political power in American society. This course surveys the processes and institutions of United States’ national, state and local politics. Among the topics discussed are individual political attitudes and values, political participation, voting, parties, interest groups, Congress, the presidency, Supreme Court, the federal bureaucracy, civil liberties, civil rights, and domestic and foreign policy making. Attention is paid both to the present state of the American political system and to its historical roots.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: Recognize the Constitutional processes and principles as they occur in modern U.S. and California politics Relate the structures, roles and powers of the national, state and local governments Recognize the impact of various “policy inputs” on the development of public policy in the United States and in California. Identify the categories of policies made by government within the United States, and relate the questions underlying these policies
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