POSC 333 - Grab ‘Em by the Politics: Campaign Skills

Units: 3
Professional skills in running and organizing election campaigns. Reading and practice in framing issues, political strategy, campaign management, advertising, polling, speech writing, media relations, Internet use, fund-raising, building and sustaining support of organizations and interest groups.

Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Theory and practice of campaign management including; political strategy, issue framing, advertising, polling, speech writing, media relations, fundraising, and lobbying.
Students will practice campaign skills through in-class exercises, written assignments and group projects using a variety of tools and techniques.
These skills will be useful in influencing both elections and policy outcomes.