Allgemeine Informationen

Veranstaltungsname	Vorlesung: BA Fachspezifische Schlüsselqualifikationen II - FSQ II
Semester	WS 2012/13
Aktuelle Anzahl der Teilnehmenden	10
erwartete Teilnehmendenanzahl	200
Heimat-Einrichtung	Politikwissenschaft
Veranstaltungstyp	Vorlesung in der Kategorie Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
Erster Termin	Donnerstag, 11.10.2012 14:15 - 15:45
Art/Form	Weekly lectures, with students required to register for one of the available review/discussion (Ubung) weekly sessions.
Teilnehmende	The course is intended for fifth semester BA students to fulfill the requirement to attend successfully a course conducted in a foreign language. Students in other years of study may register on a space available basis.
Voraussetzungen	Fifth semester BA status in Political Science. Students from other faculties and years admitted on a space available basis.
Lernorganisation	Weekly lectures, with additional attendance at one or more Ubung sessions weekly. Written final examination (in English) during semester examination period
Leistungsnachweis	Student grades will be assigned on the following basis: End of semester examination 50% Attendance and participation in Ubung sessions: 30% Attendance and participation in Vorlesung sessions: 20 %
Studiengänge (für)	BA Politikwissenschaft 120, BA Politikwissenschaft/Soziologie 180
SWS	2
Sonstiges	Lectures and Ubung sessions are conducted in English. Course readings are primarily in English. The principal textbooks for the course are: Lowi, Theodore, Benjamin Ginsberg, and Kenneth Shepsle American Government, 2012, available in the Political Science Library and James Q. Wilson, John Dilulio American Government: Institutions and Policies, 2011, also available in the Political Science Library. Additional readings will be supplied in electronic form. Copies of more recent editions of both text books can be ordered through Amazon, as well as e-book versions of both books.
ECTS-Punkte	5

Lehrende

Tutor/-innen

Räume und Zeiten

Keine Raumangabe: Dienstag: 18:15 - 19:45, wöchentlich(14x); Donnerstag, 25.10.2012 14:15 - 15:45

Studienbereiche

Philosophische Fakultät I - Sozialwissenschaften und historische Kulturwissenschaften > Institut für Politikwissenschaft > Politikwissenschaft > alte Bereiche > Analyse und Vergleich politischer Systeme

Kommentar/Beschreibung

This lecture class is intended to satisfy the requirement for fifth semester students to take a course in a foreign language. The course lectures will survey major structures and processes of American government and politics. In addition to examining the role of the Congress, the Prsident, the Supreme Court, the bureaucracy and interest groups, the lectures will also examine the early action in the American presidential election campaign of 2012. Particular attention will be placed on the early presidential primary elections that are scheduled in December and January, 2011-2012. This course is recommended for international students.