POL305State and Local Government

Course Prerequisites Tool·SNHU POL305 has 1 direct prerequisite.

Undergraduate · 3 credits

This course explores the structure and function of state and local governments in the United States, with an emphasis on their roles as partners with the Federal Government in a system of cooperative federalism. Students spend much of the course playing and critiquing their own performance in Camelot, a role-playing simulation. In Camelot, they assume the roles of civic leaders, representatives of organized interests, and other interested parties in a hypothetical city. The students then try to resolve controversial policy dilemmas like the ones that confront local communities throughout the United States.