Politics & History
Sample Syllabi
Below is a list of sample syllabi from scholars on a variety of courses that address topics that pertain to American Political Development. Dave Robertson has also produced a particularly impressive bibliography on American Political development which can be found here.
A full selection of syllabi on a wide range of topics can be found here.
American Political Development
American Constitutional Development
Graduate; 2008
Ken Kersch
Boston College
American Constitutional Development
Undergraduate; 2004
Ken Kersch
Princeton University
American Government: A Historical Introduction
Undergraduate; 2006
Andrew J. Polsky
Hunter College, City University of New York
American Government from an Historical Perspective
Undergraduate; 2008
Ann Cohen
Hunter College, City University of New York
American Political Development
Graduate; 2003
Sidney Milkis
University of Virginia
American Political Development
Undergraduate; 2006
Andrew J. Polsky
Hunter College, City University of New York
American Political Development
Graduate; 2005
Andrew J. Polsky
Hunter College, City University of New York
American Political Development
Graduate; 2006
Beth Rosenson
University of Florida
American Political Development in the Twentieth Century
Undergraduate/Graduate; 2007
Elizabeth Sanders
Cornell University
American Political Development
Undergraduate/Graduate; 2006
Eric Schickler
University of California, Berkeley
American Political Development
Undergraduate; 2003
Randall Strahan
Emory University
American Political Development
Graduate; 2003
Steven Teles
Brandeis University
American Political Development
Graduate; 2007
Vesla Weaver
University of Virginia
California and the West in National Politics
Undergraduate/Graduate; 2004
Margaret O'Mara
Stanford University
Civil Liberties
Graduate; 2005
Ken Kersch
Princeton University
Civil Liberties
Undergraduate; 2005
Ken Kersch
Princeton University
Congress, President, and the Court in American Politics
Undergraduate; 2007
Daniel Wirls
University of California, Santa Cruz
The Constitution in American Political Development
Undergraduate; 2003
Dave Robertson
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Democracy in America
Undergraduate; 2007
Charles Kromkowski
University of Virginia
Political Economy of American Development, 1860-1900
Graduate; 2005
Richard Bensel
Cornell University
Seminar in American Political Development
Undergraduate; 2003
Andrew D. Grossman
Albion College
Seminar in American Political Development
Graduate; 2007
Dave Robertson
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Themes in American Political Development
Graduate; 2006 - 2007
Ira Katznelson
Columbia University
Tutorial in American Political Development
Undergraduate; 2005
Nicole Mellow
Williams College
Twentieth-Century American Political Development Colloquium
Graduate; 2007
Brian Balogh
University of Virginia
War, Trade, and American Political Development
Undergraduate; 2007
Shelley Hurt
Vassar College