Political Science 214Y1Y 2012-13 Introduction to Canadian Government and Politics UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO St.

. George Campus Winter Term Lectures: 10:10 AM to Noon, Alumni Hall Rm 100 Instructor: Professor David Pond (for a short biography, see http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/~w3pol/sessional_pond.htm) E-Mail: david.pond@utoronto.ca; Phone: 416-538-0999 Office Hr: TBD Grading: First Term Test: Dec 3 (20%) First Term Essay: Oct 29 (20%) Second Term Essay: Feb 25 (25%) Note: penalty for late essays is 2% per day including week-ends Tutorial Participation: 10% Second Term Test: April 1 (25%) Final Drop Date: Feb. 18 Books: Stephen Brooks, Canadian Democracy: An Introduction, 7th ed. (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2012) Peter Russell et al., eds., Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 2010) Good Reference Books on Research & Writing: Margot Northey, Lorne Tepperman and Patrizia Albanese, Making Sense: A Students Guide to Research and Writing: Social Sciences, 5th ed. (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2012) Diane E. Schmidt, Writing in Political Science: A Practical Guide, 4th ed. (Boston: Longman, 2010) Accessibility Needs: The University of Toronto is committed to accessibility. If you require accommodations or have any accessibility concerns, please visit http://studentlife.utoronto.ca/accessibility as soon as possible.

ESSAYS The second term essay-assignment will be distributed at the beginning of the second term. Late assignments Late penalties for written assignments: 2 percent per day, including weekends. Late papers must be submitted to the Department of Political Science reception, Room 3018, 3rd floor Sidney Smith Hall (100 St. George Street). During the week, there is an after-hours mail slot in the department. It is not available on weekends. Extensions and make up tests Make up tests and essay extensions are granted only for documented medical emergencies and severe family crises. Appeals Appeals must be accompanied by a one-half page explanation of the basis of the appeal. Appeals must be submitted to your TA first. Plagiarism Plagiarism is a serious offence and will be dealt with accordingly. It is important that you familiarize yourself with U of Ts policies and procedures. Consult:
How Not to Plagiarize at http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/using-sources/how-not-toplagiarize Academic Honesty at http://life.utoronto.ca/get-smarter/academic-honesty.htm Rights + Responsibilities at http://life.utoronto.ca/get-help/rights-responsibilities.htm

Your essays will be marked on the assumption you have read this section of the outline. Plagiarism is cheating. It is considered a serious offence against intellectual honesty and intellectual property. Penalties for an undergraduate can be severe. At a minimum, a student is likely to receive a 0 mark for the assignment or test in question. But a further penalty is often assessed, such as a further reduction from the course mark or placing a permanent notation of the incident on an academic record. It is essential that you understand what plagiarism is and that you do not commit it. Under the University of Toronto policy, ignorance of the nature and consequences of plagiarism is not a valid defence. In essence, plagiarism is the theft of the thoughts or words of others, without giving proper credit. You must put others words in quotation marks and cite your source(s). You must give citations when using others ideas, even if those ideas are paraphrased in your own words. Plagiarism is unacceptable in a university. The following are some examples of plagiarism:
Submitting as your own an assignment written by someone else. Quoting an author without indicating the source of the words. Using words, sentences, or paragraphs written by someone else and failing to place quotation marks around the material and reference the source and author. Using either quotation marks or reference alone is not sufficient. Both must be used! Adapting an authors ideas or theme and using it as your own without referencing the original source. Seeking assistance from a friend or family member in respect to work you claim as your own. 2

It is also unacceptable to hand in the same essay in two different courses in the same academic term. If you are not sure whether you have committed plagiarism, it is better to ask a faculty member than risk discovery and be forced to accept an academic penalty. As the passage above indicates, there are many forms of plagiarism. In my experience, the most common form of plagiarism is the failure to use quotation marks. So to repeat: all wording in your essays which is copied from another source must be in quotation marks. TurnItIn Normally, students will be required to submit their course essays to Turnitin.com for a review of textual similarity and detection of possible plagiarism. In doing so, students will allow their essays to be included as source documents in the turnitin.com reference database, where they will be used solely for detecting plagiarism. Terms that apply to the Universitys use of the turnitin.com service are described on the turnitin.com web site. E-mail: I welcome e-mail queries and comments. It is your responsibility to maintain your e-mail addresses in good working order and to ensure that the e-mail address known to the university (and listed on Blackboard) is accurate. Failure to receive important class announcements and messages from me because of a faulty e-mail account (for example, an account which screens out my e-mails as junk mail; bounced messages because of overloaded caches) are not legitimate excuses. Forwarding your utoronto.ca email to a Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo or other type of e-mail account is not advisable. In some cases, messages from utoronto.ca addresses sent to Hotmail, Gmail or Yahoo accounts are filtered as junk mail, which means that e-mails from me or the TA may end up in your spam or junk mail folder. Tutorials: Tutorials are an essential component of the course. Your TA will help you understand the material, prepare for the tests, and write good essays. Note that tutorial participation is marked on a cumulative basis throughout the entire year. When preparing for the tutorial, you should work on developing strategic reading practices. For example, ask yourself the following questions when you are reading:
Do I understand the basic terms and concepts used by the author? o Keep a list of difficult concepts and bring it to the tutorial group. What is the central point or argument that the author is trying to make? o Write out in a couple of sentences what you think the main point of the reading was (and keep this to study later). How has the author organized his or her argument? What are the major themes? o Note the logical steps in the author's argument. Do these make sense? Are they supported by persuasive evidence? How does the reading relate to other course material? o Do the authors say anything new or are they just repeating conventional wisdom? Do they help prove or counter points made in another week's readings?

You should continually self-reflect on your participation in tutorial. Ask yourself after each tutorial meeting:
Did I initiate discussion? Did I provide some information when it was needed? Did I give some positive opinions or reactions? Did I give some negative opinions or reactions? Did I ask for positive or negative opinions or reactions? Did I disagree with someone I thought was wrong? Did I try to restate what someone else had said to ensure I understood? Did I give examples when they were needed? Did I ask others to provide some examples? Did I try to synthesize or summarize a part of the discussion? Did I ask if someone might synthesize or summarize a part of the discussion? Did I sponsor, encourage, help, or reward others in the group?

The Lecture Schedule: The topics covered in the weekly lectures are listed below along with the required readings. All lecture notes will be posted on the Blackboard site after a topic has been covered. It is possible that a small number of additional required readings will be added to the Blackboard site as the course progresses.

WEEKLY LECTURE SCHEDULE: Class One, January 7: Introduction to Course & Political Culture started Readings:
Brooks, chap. 2 Russell, Readings 63, 65, 66, 67, 73, 75, 76

Class Two, January 14: Political Culture concluded Class Three, January 21: Regionalism started Readings:
Brooks, chap. 4 Russell, Readings 70, 72, 79, 80

Class Four, January 28: Regionalism concluded Class Five, February 4: Politics of Language started Readings:
Brooks, chap. 13 Russell, Readings 2, 6, 24, 26, 50, 52, 68

Class Six, February 11: Politics of Language concluded Reading Week February 18-22 Class Seven, February 25: Multiculturalism started Readings:
Brooks, chap. 14 Russell, Readings 23, 25, 28, 29

Essay due February 25 Class Eight, March 4: Multiculturalism concluded & Women in Politics started Readings:

Brooks, chap. 15 Russell, Readings 36, 38, 39, 41

Class Nine, March 11: Women in Politics concluded Class Ten, March 18: Aboriginal Politics started Readings:
Brooks, chap. 16 Russell, Readings 8, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 46

Class Eleven, March 25: Test Review & Aboriginal Politics concluded Class Twelve, April 1: Test, Room TBA, Examination Centre, 255 McCaul St