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SST 295-03 - Special Topic: Public Attitudes on American Democracy

4 credits (Spring)


Cross-listed as: POL 295-03 .  This course examines the attitudes of the American public on liberty, equality and liberal democratic institutions using the Grinnell College National Poll. Students will study core democratic principles and contemporary challenges to democracy, design poll questions to examine attitudes about these principles in the American public, and analyze responses to those questions after the poll is fielded.

Note: when taken as POL-295, this course satisfies the American politics distribution requirement of the Political Science Major. 

Prerequisite: SST 115  or STA 209  only if taken as SST-295; POL 101  is also required if taking as POL-295.
Instructor: Hanson