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School of Politics and International Relations · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This course is designed to help students understand development in political behaviour literature and prepare them for conducting independent research. In this course we consider the following topics: turnout, voting, economic voting, and public opinion on various issues. The course will consider both theoretical and empirical work that will be drawn from studies of mass political behaviour in a variety of different political contexts.
Class Participation
Learning outcomes 1, 4
Seminar leadership (present readings and facilitate discussions)
Learning outcomes 1, 4
Response Papers, 2x2000 words each (15% each)
Learning outcomes 2, 3, 4
Research Paper, 5000 words
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 24 hours of seminars over 12 weeks; and b) 106 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
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