Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 17.251 (Fall 2004) 
• Course Title:
• Congress and the American Political System I 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Political Science 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Charles Stewart III 
• Course Introduction:
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  17.251 Congress and the American Political System I
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2004

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features sample exams and explanations of group projects.
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course focuses on both the internal processes of the House and Senate and on the place of Congress in the American political system. Attention has been given to committee behavior, leadership patterns, and informal organization in this course. It considers relations between Congress and other branches of government, as well as relations between the two houses of Congress itself. Graduate students are expected to pursue the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.