The state constitution study program exposes the student to 1) the state’s organization of control between elected, appointed, and employed governing; 2) distribution of power between the departments of state government; and 3) the legal subdivisions within the state.

This course explores the evolution of systematic politics in the U.S., from pre-Civil War abolitionism and post-war social science convergence to the early 20th-century Progressive movement's alignment with social science.