Government

COURSE:	American Government	CREDITS:	5 credits
COURSE CODE:	SGPS	UC/CSU:	Subject A
GRADE:	12
This course is required of all twelfth grade students. It is a semester-long introduction to the American Political System. It focuses on: 1) the historical and constitutional framework, 2) the various ways in which Americans participate in our political system, 3) the structure and functions of the major institutions of government, including Congress, the presidency and the executive bureaucracy, and the Supreme Court and judicial system, 4) civil liberties, and 5) California state and local government.
COURSE:	American Government AP	CREDITS:	5 credits
COURSE CODE:	SGPH	UC/CSU:	Subject A
GRADE:	12
Advanced Placement American Government is designed to prepare students to take the Advanced Placement examination in May. Emphasis will be put on the nature of the American political system, its development over the past two hundred years and especially how it works today. Principle processes and institutions through which the political system functions will be examined as well some of the policies that these institutions establish and how they are implemented.