Program Information

The primary goals of the WCJC government program include the following:

• To provide the student with an understanding of the development of the American system of democracy (2301).
  
  
• To provide the student with a working knowledge of how the American political system works (2302).
  
  
• To foster a greater sense of citizenship among students (both courses).

The objectives used to reach these goals include:

• Develop the student’s critical thinking skills regarding constitutional history and evolution, the importance of participation in the political process (2301) and about the American political process and its institutions (2302).
  
  
• Expand the student’s basic ability to identify and to understand the primary components of political diversity.
  
  
• Foster the student’s understanding of political participation and improve the student’s contributions to that participation.
  
  
• Equip the student with a solid base of fundamental knowledge of the American political process ; this base would be especially important to transfer students.