Spring 2000

HST341/PSC 329
The Modern Presidency

Prof. Margaret Susan Thompson
Syracuse University
Department of History, 145 Eggers Hall
Office: 313C Maxwell Hall, x. 5882, 2210
E-Mail: msthomps@twcny.rr.com
Spring Office Hours--TuTh: 2:30-3:30, Th 11:45-12:45, & by appointment

Jongpil ("JP") Chung, T.A.
Department of Political Science, 100 Eggers Hall
Office: 025 Eggers Hall, x. 9928, 2416
E-Mail: jchung07@maxwell.syr.edu
Spring Office Hours--MF 1-2, & by appointment

Welcome to The Modern Presidency Homepage. Here you will find a great deal of information that will help you to get more out of HST341/PSC329.

Among the items you'll find here are a copy of the syllabus (including daily reading assignments), paper topics as they become available, information on the "MODPREZ" discussion list, and other course-related materials. You'll also be able to find the office hours, phone numbers and e-mail addresses for Professor Thompson, and for J.P. Chung, your T.A.

Finally, you'll find an ever-expanding list of links to many politics and media-related websites that will allow you to explore both the historical and the modern presidency as directly and fully as you wish--and to experience it through the perspectives of a variety of ideological, partisan, and interpretive lenses.

This site is a work-in-progress. So enjoy, feel free to make suggestions as to how it might be improved, and keep checking back here frequently.

• Syllabus
• Finding Professor Thompson
• Finding My T.A., J. P. Chung
• Links to Relevant Websites
• Announcements/What's New
• "MODPREZ" (electronic discussion group)
• Paper Topics
• Take-Home Final Exam
• Links to writing resources on the WWW (including a version of MST's writing guidelines--important!)