South Carolina Government
Strengthening Civic Knowledge and Engagement

  Materials used by:
Professor C. Blease Graham
Professor Mark Tompkins
Professor Charlie Tyer
Spring 2008 - Poli 570, South Carolina Politics and Government - Syllabus
Course Objectives
Graduate Student paper topics
Study Questions  Test 1  Test 2  Test 3
Special reading assignments: January 19 and 23
Intergovernmental Relations/Federalism (pdf)
Additional readings related to federalism
 
Special reading assignment: January 25-February 6
The S. C. Constitution
Powerpoints on SC Government
 
On-Line Resources
South Carolina Reference Materials
     

Video on SC Government: The Perilous Journey, prepared by the SC Executive Institute and co-produced by the SC Civic Education Project and USC. 10 min. 45 sec. long.  Best played in Microsoft's Media Player. If a copy is not already on your pc, click here and load Media Player. RealOne Player also plays, but not as quickly. A copy of it is also provided here. RealOne Player .  [Note: This file may not play in Netscape or Firefox/Mozilla.  If you experience this problem, use Microsoft Internet Explorer as your browser.  Alternatively, save the file to your computer and play directly from your hard drive.] If you need help viewing powerpoints and printing them, use MS Internet Explorer. If you do not have powerpoint on your computer, you can use powerpoint viewer.

The material provided on this site is for instructional usage in courses of the Department of Political Science at the University of South Carolina.  Other faculty at SC colleges and universities are welcome to the material as well. Assistance with the material can be provided by the faculty listed above.  Call 803-777-3109.

This page last updated:  01/10/2008