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POSC 330 - Voting and Public Opinion

1. Understand key theories of public opinion formation. Students will be able to explain how individuals form political opinions and the factors that influence those opinions, such as media, socialization, and personal experiences.
2.  Analyze voting behavior and patterns: Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze historical and contemporary voting trends, including turnout rates, demographic influences, and electoral outcomes.
3. Evaluate the role of public opinion in democratic governance: Students will assess the impact of public opinion on policy-making and the functioning of representative democracy, including how politicians respond to or shape public sentiment.

1. Analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of and the ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.
    

1. Describe the development of the U.S. Constitution and its later interpretation and amendments.
2. Explain the practices and institutional forms of democracy derived from the U.S. Constitution.
3. Explain citizen rights and responsibilities under the U.S. Constitution.

1. Describe the similarities and differences between the California Constitution and the U.S. Constitution.
2. Describe the historical and/or contemporary relationship between California and the federal government.
3. Describe how communities in California solve problems through political processes at various levels of government.

1. Describe the histories, experiences or views of one or more cultural groups.
2. Analyze the overlap or intersection of social identities of oneself and/or other cultural groups (e.g., culture, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, and/or age).
3. Examine the impact of their own identity on their experiences with and/or views of other cultural groups.