• Read the Course Syllabus in its entirety
• Read the Getting Started lesson 

View the Getting Started Lesson and complete the following:

1. Self introduction in the Discussion Forum
2. Student Questionnaire Form
3. Academic Integrity Statement

• Read Chapter 1: Courts, Crime, and Controversy in your textbook.
• Read the online lesson commentary

1. Complete the Thought Provoking Exercise
2. Complete the Weekly Quiz

• Read Chapter 2: Law and Crime in your textbook
• Read Chapter 3: Federal Courts in your textbook
• Read the online lesson commentary

1. Complete the Thought Provoking Exercise
2. Complete the Weekly Quiz

• Read the online lesson commentary

1. Complete the Interest Group Discussion
2. Complete the Who Controls the Courts: 3-2-1 Response
3. Complete the Weekly Quiz

• Chapter 4: State Courts
• Read a Section of Chapter 10: The Introduction through to the section on Preliminary Hearing in your textbook.
• Read the online lesson commentary

1. Complete the Thought Provoking Exercise
2. Complete the Bail Order Form Writing Assignment
3. Complete the Weekly Quiz

• Read Chapter 6: Prosecutors in your textbook.
• Read the online lesson commentary

1. Complete the Thought Provoking Exercise
2. Complete the Crime Scene Journal
3. Complete the Crime Scene Summary Writing Assignment
4. Complete the Weekly Quiz

• Read Chapter 7: Defense Attorneys in your textbook
• Read the online lesson commentary

1. Complete the Thought Provoking Exercise
2. Complete the Weekly Quiz

• Read Chapter 8: Judges in your textbook
• Read the online lesson commentary

1. Complete the Thought Provoking Exercise
2. Complete the Weekly Quiz
3. Prepare for the Midterm Exam (Covers Lessons 1-7)

• No new reading

1. Take Midterm Exam

• Read Chapter 9: Defendants and Victims in your textbook
• Read the online lesson commentary

1. Complete the Thought Provoking Exercise
2. Complete the Weekly Quiz

• Read Chapter 10: From Arrest and Bail through Arraignment in your textbook (Preliminary Hearing to the end)
• Read Chapter 12: Negotiated Justice and the Plea of Guilty in your textbook
• Read the online lesson commentary

1. Complete the Thought Provoking Exercise
2. Complete the Probable Cause Assignment
3. Complete the Weekly Quiz

• Read Chapter 11: Disclosing and Suppressing Evidence in your textbookRead Chapter 11 in the Text
• Read the online lesson commentary

1. Complete the Thought Provoking Exercise
2. Complete the Weekly Quiz

• Read Chapter 13: Trials and Juries in your textbook
• Read the online lesson commentary

1. Complete the Thought Provoking Exercise
2. Complete the Witness Testimony Memo Assignment
3. Complete the Weekly Quiz

• Read Chapter 14 Sentencing Options and Chapter 15: Sentencing Decisions in your textbook
• Read the online lesson commentary

1. Complete the Thought Provoking Exercise
2. Complete the Straw Poll Vote
3. Complete Jury Deliberations
4. Complete the Weekly Quiz

• Read Chapter 16: Appellate and Habeas Corpus Review in your textbook
• Read the online lesson commentary

1. Complete the Thought Provoking Exercise
2. Complete the Weekly Quiz
3. Prepare for the Final Exam (Covers Lessons 8-12)

• No new reading

1. Take the Final Exam