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GOV320N \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 M-W 2:30-4:00Mezes B.0306<\/div>\n

Office Hours and Locations<\/h2>\n

My Wednesday office hours will be after class at the Cactus Cafe Union as available or other places on or near campus<\/p>\n

Other office hours will be\u00a0 before class, 1:30-2:30<\/p>\n

Other times on Monday and Wednesday I\u00a0 can be\u00a0 available by appointment.<\/p>\n

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Who Should Not Take This Course?<\/strong>
\nAnyone prone to putting everything off until the exam and not being willing to keep up with daily assignment–that is unrepentant and unchangeable PROCRASTINATORS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n


\nHow Can Students Make This Course Easier?<\/strong>
\nSpend all the time necessary in the first few weeks to write very good\u00a0 to excellent briefs and put together a study group.<\/p>\n

Prizes<\/strong>
\nIt is my custom to award prizes for\u00a0 the best scores on each exam and the highest averages for the semester.\u00a0 For the highest individual exam scores the prize is a U.S. Supreme Court coffee mug or other similar item. \u00a0 For the highest average , the prize is an engraved plaque with a gavel and the Supreme Court seal and a signed copy\u00a0 of Clarence Thomas\u2019s autobiography, My Grandfather\u2019s Son<\/span>. The inscription is directed to to the winner.\u00a0 There are also other\u00a0 prizes, e.g., for most improvement from one exam to another<\/p>\n

SUGGESTION<\/strong>\u00a0 Students\u00a0 have found that study groups of from 4 to 8 classmates are extremely helpful\u00a0 in mastering this course.<\/p>\n

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What is required of students in the course:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A. Keep up with reading and briefing for each class.<\/p>\n

B. Know the cases\u00a0before coming to class.<\/strong><\/p>\n

C. A willingness to be an active participant in the class.<\/p>\n

D. A willingness to go beyond any self imposed academic limits.
\nCourse Requirements<\/strong>
\n1. 3 hours exams approximately 65%(40% objective,60% essay)
\n2. 2 short papers 3-4 pages approximately 20%
\n3. Class attendance and participation approximately 15%<\/p>\n

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Communicating With Dr. Sager Outside of Class<\/h2>\n

Email: amsag@utexas.edu <\/a> or if a problem with U.T. email address use: class@alansager.com
\n<\/a>I respond to email very quickly. My cell is 512 751 7020.\u00a0 Text only emergency items.\u00a0 I do not answer
\nassignment questions by text.\u00a0 Best not to ever\u00a0 leave a phone message in my Mezes office which I never visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GOV320N \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 M-W 2:30-4:00Mezes B.0306 Office Hours and Locations My Wednesday office hours will be after class at the Cactus Cafe Union as available or other places on or near campus Other office hours will be\u00a0 before class, 1:30-2:30 Other times on Monday and Wednesday I\u00a0 can be\u00a0 available by appointment. Who Should Not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":443,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/amcondev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/amcondev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/amcondev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/amcondev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/443"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/amcondev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/amcondev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1207,"href":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/amcondev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/1207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/amcondev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}