What I've Learned This Semester

Each semester, I like to share a bit of the wealth of information I've learned.  It's my little way of giving back, lol.  All pictures courtesy of Google Images.

Criminal Justice 102:  Introduction to Police

• Three Eras of American Policing
• Political Era (1830s-1900)
• Corruption
• Professional Era (1900-1960)
• Influence of Technology
• Community Era (1960-present)
• Efforts to connect with citizenry

Political Science 298:  Introduction to Political Inquiry

Political Science 300:  Introduction to American Politics

What do interest groups do?

• Talk to policy makers and the media
• Mobilize supporters to contact and support/oppose legislators
• Produce research and distribute info for use in policy debates
• Attempt to raise their causes' profile
• Try to influence policy formulation and implementation'
• Help lawmakers write legislation

Psychology 301:  Abnormal Psychology

• Bipolar disorder
• State of both episodic depressed mood and episodic mania
• Mood shifts between two emotional "poles"
• Bipolar I Disorder 
• Full-blown mania that alternates with periods of major depression
• Bipolar II Disorder
• Hypomania that alternates with episodes of major depression

Political Science 448:  Women and the Law
I'm not sure why exactly, but I hated every single second of this class, so I ended up dropping it.

Supreme Court Justices

• Sam Alito
• Stephen Breyer
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Elena Kagan
• Anthony Kennedy
• Antonin Scalia
• Sonia Sotomayor
• Clarence Thomas

I hope you've learned something new this semester too!