CAMPAIGN FINANCE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing and ( POLI SCI 104 or LEGAL ST/POLI SCI 217 ) Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2024 Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand and articulate the major philosophical and constitutional rationales and arguments for a more (or less) restrictive regulatory framework for campaign finance. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify the connections between regulatory structures and the political consequences (both intended and unintended) of those structures. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Understand the history of campaign finance regulation, the causes of major changes, and the current regulatory structure. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Understand the jurisprudence and major Supreme Court decisions that have set the terms of campaign finance regulation. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Connect controversies over campaign finance regulation to broader themes in Americanpolitics. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand and articulate the major philosophical and constitutional rationales and arguments for a more (or less) restrictive regulatory framework for campaign finance. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify the connections between regulatory structures and the political consequences (both intended and unintended) of those structures. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Understand the history of campaign finance regulation, the causes of major changes, and the current regulatory structure. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Understand the jurisprudence and major Supreme Court decisions that have set the terms of campaign finance regulation. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Connect controversies over campaign finance regulation to broader themes in Americanpolitics. Audience: Undergraduate