Hi my name is Mike Bressler and I'm the
Political Science instructor for ITV
weekend college
I like to welcome you to political
science 1
and go over some other things were going
to cover in this course
in this course will study the US
Constitution which is the basis for the
united states government
how it operates what powers the
government has
what powers the government doesn't have
as well as the rights of individuals
we'll look at some other basic
principles of
the government such as federalism and
separation of powers
will look at the different branches of
government the presidency
Congress and the courts as well as what
goes on beneath the surface in
lawmaking in our country will also be
looking at policy-making in this country
how we deal with economic
and environmental and foreign policy
issues
this should be a interesting time for
taking political science
there are a number of issues taking
place throughout our world which the
nation is facing that we have to
deal with
foreign policy challenges
in far off parts of the world such as the
Ukraine and Syria
environmental challenges such as climate
change
the economic problems that our country
is facing that we see with the high
unemployment rate
in this course I hope you'll gain some
insight into
our political system and how it operates
and some other problems that it is
dealing with
welcome to the class I hope you enjoy it
