Section Info: POLIT-104-01

Course Title: American Politics

Start Date: 01/27/2026 End Date: 05/12/2026

Term: Spring Semester 2026

Description: Offers an overview of the American political system and the theories of those who both celebrate and criticize it. Focuses on the institutions of American politics, including the Constitution, the presidency, Congress, the courts, parties, elections, interest groups, and movements seeking political change. Also includes a theoretical focus: a critical examination of the varieties of liberalism, conservatism, pluralism, and democracy that inform the practice of American politics.

Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences

Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate

Credits:4.00

Faculty	Phone	Email address
Robert Darrow		rdarrow@mtholyoke.edu

Meeting Dates	Method	Meeting days	Meeting times	Building name	Room	Frequency
01/27/2026 - 05/12/2026	Lecture	Monday and Wednesday	11:30AM - 12:45PM	TBA	TBA	Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses
None

Comments

Additional Comments

Course Tags
POLIT-AMER	POLIT-AMER: Politics - American subfield	This course has been approved to count towards the American Politics subfield of the Politics major (100-200-level courses only) and minor (all courses).

Cross-listed Sections

None

Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted	Capacity: 28	Enrollment: 27	Available: 0	Waitlist: 2

Please note: The "Available" count will equal 0 in a Waitlisted course where spaces in the course have recently opened and students have not yet been moved into them from the waitlist.

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List	Required	Publisher Full Price
To be determined.

Additional Book Comments

This is NOT the complete book list for this class.