GOVT 6512

GOVT 6512

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

When did bipartisan become a bad word? Should we unfriend and unfollow people who have different opinions than our own? How did we become a country that grows more polarized and divided every year? Most importantly, can we change, or are we destined to continue down this path?

When Offered Fall.

Outcomes
  • Students will identify and describe long term trends, key individuals, and events impacting politics in the U.S.
  • Students will analyze the impacts of those key individuals and events and discuss how those impacts are likely to affect future U.S. politics.
  • Students will formulate possible strategies to reinforce, or alter, current trends within the U.S.
  • Students will research and synthesize the scholarly understanding of specific aspects of polarization (graduate students).

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Syllabi:
  • 20041 GOVT 6512   LEC 080

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Washington, D.C.