About y200

Y200

Section: 20438

Class Meets: Mon. & Wed. 1:00-2:15
Woodburn Hall 120

Instructor: Prof. Gerald Wright
Office: WH311,phone: 855-6306
Office Hours: 2:30-4:00 MW & by appointment
Email wright1@indiana.edu

Assoc Instr: Christian MacLeod
Office: WH338
2:15-4:00 M, noon-1:00 W & by appt.
Email: macleodc@indiana.edu

No prerequisites are assumed for Election 2006, but Y103, Introduction to American Government, or the equivalent, would be a helpful background. The course does assume that you are interested in politics, though if not, hopefully the class can fulfill something like a "politics appreciation" function. After all, most of you will be bombarded with election news and campaign advertising at least every other year for the rest of your lives--you might as well learn to appreciate what some call "democracy's feast."

The structure of the course is

The character of American electoral politics: parties and alignments.
Looking back: The 2004 Presidential Election.
Congressional and state election (2006)
Elections and governing: Do elections matter?

The class format will be lecture with a lot of discussion, small group work, guest speakers, video clips, and a couple of films. There will be three exams and four short exercises.

This page was last updated 8/28/06
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~gwclass/y200/
Contact: wright1@indiana.edu