The College requires an SLO assignment for this course. Students are required to write an original essay that fully addresses all of the following material. It must be written in paragraph form, double spaced, in 12 point font, using correct English grammar, spelling, and punctuation. ALL WORK MUST BE IN STUDENTS’ OWN WORDS! No quotes from any other source, whether they’re cited and in quotation marks or not.
Each branch of government should be covered in different paragraphs. In order to fully address all the questions, the paper should be approximately 2-3 pages long.
Your SLO score will represent 20% of your final course grade. Papers will be accepted up to one week late with a deduction of 10% of the paper grade. After that, no late work will be accepted.

SLO Grading Criteria:

Performance Dimension

Performance Standard

Percentage Value

Subject matter mastery

For each branch of the Federal government, and using the U.S. Constitution as a guide, accurately and comprehensively describe the following for each branch:

– Name of Branch

– Composition of Branch

– Duties/responsibilities

– Manner of selection of branch members

– Term of office

– Role of political parties/political ideology in the operation of the above branch