Advanced Placement Government
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- One Semester (Block); One Credit
- Degree of Difficulty: Advanced
- Prerequisites: Government/Economics Recommended
- Homework: Average to above
The AP Government & Politics: United States course provides an analytical perspective on government and politics in the United States. This course involves both the study of general concepts used to interpret U.S. politics and the analysis of specific case studies. It also requires familiarity with the various institutions, groups, beliefs, and ideas that constitute U.S. political reality.
Topics students will study in depth include the following:
- Constitutional underpinnings of United States government
- Political beliefs and behaviors
- Political parties, interest groups, and mass media
- Institutions of national government: the Congress, the Presidency, the Bureaucracy, and the Federal Courts
- Public policy
- Civil rights and civil liberties
- Government by the People, Prentice Hall