Document Type
Syllabi
School
CLA
Department
PSCI
Course Subject
PSCI
Course Number
3980
Course Section
01
Course Title
Special Topics: Campaign MGMT
Academic Term and Year
Fall 2016
Credits
4.00
Area of Study
PSCI
Course Description
This course teaches the skills involved in the management of successful national, state, and local political campaigns. It draws upon case studies of previous and current political campaigns, hands-on training by experts, and student placement in political campaigns. Students will explore the core functions of running a campaign including: Addressing legal issues and requirements, fundraising and budgeting, hiring staff, developing a campaign strategy, running a ground game, developing a media campaign and working with reporters, polling, defining campaign themes and issues, and working with political parties and other groups. Students will also learn how to design their own campaign strategies and structures. This is the class for those who want to work in politics as career or who want know more about how campaigns actually are managed. Prerequisite: PSCI 1110 or by Instructor Permission.
Recommended Citation
Schultz, David, "PSCI3980-01.Special Topics: Campaign MGMT.F16.Schultz,David" (2016). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 11766.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/11766