2024-2025 Surry Community College Catalog 
    
    Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Surry Community College Catalog
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POL - 120 American Government


Class Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 3
When Offered: Fall, Spring

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Local Prerequisite(s): None
Local Co-requisite(s): None

This course is a study of the origins, development, structure, and functions of American government. Topics include the constitutional framework, federalism, the three branches of government including the bureaucracy, civil rights and liberties, political participation and behavior, and policy process. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the basic concepts and participatory processes of the American political system. *This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA and ICAA as a Universal General Education Transfer Component (UGETC) course in Social/Behavioral Sciences (AA/AS).*



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