American Government and Politics (face-to-face)
Textbooks:
- American Government and Politics Today, The Essentials 2008 edition (paperback, author(s), Bardes, Shelley, Schmidt.
- California Government, author; Korey, 4th edition. 2006.
Additional Materials: The Course Syllabus-LESGO is the other required resource and may be downloaded free, once logging in to Catalyst or you may purchase from the College bookstore. The two-page Green Sheet which will be handed out at the first class, may also be downloaded once accessing Catalyst.

White Fallow Deer
Mt. Madonna Park, Santa Clara County
Catalyst; an enhanced virtual classroom and resource material site, will be your primary bookmark for this course, i.e., after logging in you will not need to revisit this current site again (where you are now).
NOTE: You will not be able to log in until the morning [or early afternoon] of the first day of classes. If you are adding the course, it will take about 24 hours AFTER officially adding.
At Catalyst you may also:
- submit student assignments
- track your point/grade progress.
- find other useful resources to help you succeed in the course.

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