Study tips
I have two suggestions as you prepare for your exam:
  1. ORGANIZATION: Put all the chapters, articles, videos, class discussions & activities, your notes, etc. into categories (use the text chapters for this section of the course as your categories). First, you can remember more when you create a manageable number of categories (for example, you can remember a phone number like 1-706-864-1872, organized into sections, a lot easier than you can remember just 11 digits like 17068641872); and second, you can see how class materials are related (for example, how the articles relate to the chapters) -- which makes it even easier to recall things during the exam.
  2. ACTIVE LEARNING: I HATE 'touchy-feely' terms like that, but I have to admit that it is a valuable thing! Don't just do all this on your own. You can learn MUCH more when you have to EXPLAIN things to someone else. Speaking is ACTIVE. You'll quickly find out what you don't know — and you'll be able to reinforce what you DO know. In addition, you can get feedback, corrections, and suggestions from others. Talk about the material with others in the class, or talk to me (after all, my job IS to talk about this stuff, right?).
POLS 1101 Study Guide for the Final Exam
Note: While I hope this is helpful, it is ONLY a guide. It is NOT comprehensive. Not all of these items will appear on the exam, nor is the exam limited to these items only.
Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Public Policy
Foreign Policy
You are NOT responsible for any lecture items here that are crossed out, UNLESS they are covered in the textbook
Topics
Definitions, Incorporation
Civil Liberties
Civil Rights
Complexity, involving not just laws;
Actors & Environment;
Tools & Instruments
Types; Models; Policy Process;
Social Welfare Policy
Makers, Shapers, Instruments ;
History: Isolationism and Unilateralism; Post WWII Multilateralism and Engagement;
Containment of Communism; New Perspective: Global Economics
Sub-topics
 
Religion (Free Exercise, Establishment),
Speech/Press (Limits: Libel/Slander, Obscenity, Dangerous),
Accused (4th Amendment, 6th Amendment)
14th Amendment,
Suspect Classifications,
Race,
Other Groups: Gender,
Affirmative Action
Federalism, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances, Other actors;
Economy, Institutions/Politics, Society/Culture
Command/Control, Economic and Information Instruments;
Distributive, Redistributive, Regulatory, Constituent
Elitism/Sub-Governments, Groups/Advocacy, Institutionalism/Rational Choice		 Makers (President, Bureaucracy, Congress),
Shapers (Interest Groups, Media),
Instruments (Diplomacy, International Monetary Structure, Economic Aid, Collective Security)
You ARE responsible for ALL the text chapters listed below.
Text
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 14 
Articles
 Moot Court (in place of an article) The Pros and Cons of Affirmative Action Perspective: America needs one-stop shops for benefits like Welfare Square Congressman Crow Outlines His New Vision for American Foreign Policy
Audio & Video
 
"Tennessee No Evil", "Family Guy: "Phoque"
"Bull Connor", "George Wallace"
 "Are Bees Fish?"
"Global Depression" (to 32:35)		 "Cold War: excerpts 1 (@2:47 to 3:10), 2,3 (@0:25 to 1:13)"
Other
Dual Citizenship,
Barron v. Baltimore (1833),
Selective incorporation
"Penumbra" (or umbrella theory of liberties)
Free Exercise:
W.Va v. Barnette (1943): Flag salute,
Establishment:
Engel v. Vitale (1962): School prayer,
Abbington Sch.Dist. v. Schempp (1963): Bible readings,
Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971): Lemon test,
Lee v. Weisman (1992): Graduation Invocation,
Van Orden v. Perry (2005): 10 Commandments,
McCreary Co. v. ACLU (2005): 10 Commandments,
Speech/Press:
NYT v. Sullivan (1964): Reckless disregard for truth,
Obscenity:
Roth v. U.S. (1967): Redeeming Social Value,
Miller v. Calif. (1973): SLAPS test,
Reno v. ACLU (1997): Internet,
Dangerous:
Schenck v. U.S. (1919): Clear and Present Danger,
Search/Seizure:
Mapp v. Ohio (1961): Incorporates Exclusionary Rule,
Harris v. N.Y. (1971): Evidence for credibility,
US v. Leon (1984): "Good faith" exceptions,
Hudson v. Mich. (2006) No-knock warrant,
Right to Counsel:
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963): Counsel during trial,
Escobedo v. Illinois (1964): Counsel after arrest,
Miranda v. Arizona (1966): Must be informed,
U.S. v. Gonzalez-Lopez (2006): Counsel of choice,
Maryland v. Shatzer (2010): 14 day limit,
Berghuis v. Thompkins (2010): Must speak up,
Vega v. Tekoh (2022): Exclusion, not lawsuit
Civil Rights:
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896): Separate but equal,
Gaines v. Canada (1938): Missouri law school,
Sweatt v. Painter (1950): Texas law school,
 Brown v. Board (1954): desegregation,
Civil Rights Act of 1964: pubic accomodations
Civil Rights Act of 1968: housing,
Voting Rights Act of 1965: discriminatory voting practices,

Affirmative Action:
Regents v. Bakke (1978): No numbers, but consider race ok,
Adarand v. Peña (1995): "Strict Scruitiny",
Grutter v. Bollinger (2003): "Critical Mass" is ok,
Gratz v. Bollinger (2003): Point system is not ok,
Still debating affirmative action...
Fisher v. Texas (2013, 2016)
Students for Fair Admissions (2022)
Welfare presentation;
Complex, involves laws, rules, regulations...;
Multi-Step Process; Unintended Consequences; Ethics & Values
Demand Side Economics;
Interdependence;
Fiscal and Monetary redistributive techniques,
Contributory and non-contributory policies
Who benefits most from "welfare"?

Bottom line:
For the Public Policy topic you are ONLY responsible for:
--The chapter
--Lecture in class
--The D2L content
--The presentation article
Foreign Policy presentation;
Perspectives: from global security to global economics

Bottom line:
For the Foreign Policy topic you are ONLY responsible for:
--The chapter
--Lecture in class
--The D2L content
--The presentation article
 
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