POL 3325 is also offered in Fall 2024
POL 3325 is also offered in Fall 2022
Fall 2024 | POL 3325 Section 001: U.S. Campaigns and Elections (32370)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 370
- Enrollment Status:
Open (89 of 149 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Presidential/congressional campaigns/elections in the United States. How political scientists study electoral politics. Theoretical generalizations about candidates, voters, parties, and the media. Ways electoral context and "rules of the game" matter.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?POL3325+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- This course examines presidential and congressional campaigns and elections in the United States. We will explore how political scientists study and understand electoral politics. What theoretical generalizations can we make about candidates, voters, parties, and the media? In what ways do the electoral context and the "rules of the game" matter? What are the effects of incumbency and the economy? How do gender and race affect campaigns and elections? The 2020 elections promise to be interesting for many reasons. Students will monitor the presidential campaigns and some congressional campaigns to asses how theory and practice converge in 2020. In addition to exams, students will write short papers analyzing specific elements of major campaigns and elections and a research paper of around eight to ten pages that addresses one of the themes of the course.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32370/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 March 2020
ClassInfo Links - Fall 2024 Political Science Classes