{"id":291,"date":"2025-08-23T05:29:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T09:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-introduction-to-american-government-artinian\/?page_id=291"},"modified":"2025-12-07T14:57:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T19:57:27","slug":"course-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0508-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/course-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Guide and Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here is our weekly schedule. New Modules will be activated at the end of each week (by Sunday evening), unless otherwise noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table alignleft is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>DATE<\/td><td>TOPIC<\/td><td>ASSIGNMENTS<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>WEEK 1: <\/strong>8\/26-8\/31\/25<br><\/td><td><strong>*&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0508-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/modules\/module-1-2-1-2-7\/\"><strong>Module 1:&nbsp;<\/strong>Course Introduction<\/a><br><\/strong><\/td><td><br><strong>*&nbsp;Discussion Board #1: Introductions<\/strong><br>* Discussion Boards posts are due by midnight, Sunday, 8\/31\/2025<\/td><td><strong><br><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>WEEK 2:&nbsp;<\/strong>9\/1-9\/7<\/td><td><strong>*<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0508-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/modules\/module-3-political-ideology-9-7-9-13\/\">Module 3: Ideology<\/a><\/td><td>* Discussion Board posts 1 and 2<br>* Module 3 Reading response paper<br><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>WEEK 3<\/strong>: 9\/8-9\/14<\/td><td>* <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0508-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/2025\/09\/07\/new-module-has-been-posted-15\/\">Module 4: What is Social Class?<\/a><\/td><td>See assignments in the module.<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>WEEK 4:<\/strong> 9\/15-9\/21<br><\/td><td>* <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0508-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/module-5-social-class-part-2-9-21-9-27\/\">Module 5: What is Social Class <\/a><\/td><td>* <mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">NOTE: Module 5 will take place over 2 weeks.<\/mark><br>* See assignments in module.<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>WEEK 5:<\/strong> 9\/22-9\/28<br><\/td><td>* <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0508-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/module-5-social-class-part-2-9-21-9-27\/\">Module 5: What is Social Class<\/a><\/td><td>* See assignments in module.<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>WEEK 6:<\/strong> 9\/29-10\/5<br><\/td><td>* <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0508-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/module-6-9-28-10-5-20\/\">Module 6: How Class Influenced the Constitution<\/a><\/td><td>* See assignments in module.<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>WEEK 7<\/strong>: 10\/6-10\/12<\/td><td>* <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0508-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/module-7-basic-structure-of-us-government-10-5-10-11-20\/\">Module 7: The Structure of US Government<\/a><\/td><td>* See assignments in module.<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>WEEK 8: <\/strong>10\/13-10\/19<\/td><td>* <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0508-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/module-8-first-exam\/\">First Exam<\/a><\/td><td>* <strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">First Exam.<\/mark><\/strong> <br>* <strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Due date: 10\/19\/25<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>WEEK 9: <\/strong>10\/20-10\/26<\/td><td>* <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0508-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/module-9-civil-liberties-and-the-bill-of-rights-10-19-10-25-20\/\">Module 9: Civil Liberties and the Bill of Rights<\/a><\/td><td>* NOTE: this week you should focus on the study of the Bill of Rights<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>WEEK 10: <\/strong>10\/27-11\/2<\/td><td><br>* <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0508-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/module-11-the-court-system\/\"><\/a><a 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