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Recent Syllabi & Select Assignments  
PLS 3370 - Legislative Process (Hybrid SP 21)
Representation and Impeachment
Legislator Profile Assignment
*This document includes six assignments that I use over the term. At the start of the semester, I give each student a House member to profile. I make the selection for students in order to : Ensure partisan/ideological diversity; ensure descriptive diversity; ensure they profile a legislator with a few terms of experience; ensure they do not select a member that represents a state at-large. I have put each assignment and a sample into one large Word file. I use Representative Mike Turner of Ohio's 10th Congressional District as a running example. Exercises #1-3 have been updated in 2021, the remaining exercises have not been updated since 2017.
PLS 4050 - Polarization in American Politics (Online SP 21)
PLS 4300 - The 2020 Presidential Election (Hybrid FA 20)
- Final Paper/Podcast Prompt
- Prediction Memo Assignment
- 2020 Election Prediction
PLS 2120 - American National Government (Online FA 20)
- Current Events Assignment
PLS 4030 - Political Corruption (Online SU 20)
- Corruption Documentary Project
PLS 4940 - Political Participation (SP 20)
PLS 4300 - Politics and the Media (SP 20)
- Evaluating the News Project
PLS 3990 - Political Polarization (Online FA 19)
PLS 4030 - Campaigns and Elections (FA 18)
Exit Poll Project

* Additional materials are available upon request