ELECTIONS AND VOTING BEHAVIOR
Psychological and social components of voting behavior, current electoral trends, role of voters in the governing process. Not open to students with credit for POLI SCI 467 prior to fall 2017
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop a theoretical and empirical understanding of how individuals make voting decisions. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Be able to analyze factors that affect the results of particular elections. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Interpret surveys and election data to analyze how specific variables affect voters. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Develop a basis for evaluating the health of the U.S. electoral system. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop a theoretical and empirical understanding of how individuals make voting decisions. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Be able to analyze factors that affect the results of particular elections. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Interpret surveys and election data to analyze how specific variables affect voters. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Develop a basis for evaluating the health of the U.S. electoral system. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027