POL S 500

Political Science 500
Autumn 2007

Welcome to the POL S 500 course website where you will find links to assignments, helpful handouts and some course readings. My apologies for the crude nature of the site, but I am still having problems in getting interactive buttons to load properly with Frontpage 2003.

Syllabus.

Syllabus (sans the fancy schmancy cover).

Life's Little Mysteries.

The link to Life's Little Mysteries -- the weekly assignment where you post interesting, odd or otherwise puzzling questions about our social world. Questions are due on each Friday by 8 pm. Students are encouraged to respond with possible hypotheses, speculations and critical tests (a la Lave & March). Postings here count towards your class participation grade. Since postings are due by Friday evening, why not take a look at some of the posted questions and talk about them with your cohort over a few Friday beers!

Assignments.

Research Proposal Assignment Part I: The Research Question -- Due Friday, October 12 at 1:00 pm.

Research Proposal Assignment Part II: The Proposal -- Friday, November 30.

RRF Form for the Research Assignment Proposal and RRF instructions page. (Remember, you do not need to put down personal information such as Social Security Number or home phone when completing this assignment.)

Assignment 1 - Power in the University

Assignment 2 - Beginning Your Career in Modeling

Assignment 3 - A Choice Example

Assignment 4 - Leader Beans

Assignment 5 - We're No. 23!

Assignment 6 - Sampling the Soviets

Readings.

Gill. "The Political Origins of Religious Liberty."

Albertson. "Religious Appeals and Implicit Attitudes."

Geddes. "Cases You Choose." (not yet linked)

Fearon. "Counterfactuals."

Smith. "Conceptualization."