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Class number:
7174
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Title: The People and the Polls |
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Department: Political Science |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 25 |
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Current enrollment: 13 |
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Available seats: 12 |
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Start date: Monday, January 25, 2010 |
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End date: Friday, May 14, 2010 |
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Schedule: MWF: 9:00AM-9:50AM, SH - N128 |
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Instructor(s): Barlow,Rachael E. |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
Course Description:
This course will examine the unrolling of the 2010 Decennial Census. This most massive of surveys intended to gauge the numerical presence of American citizens almost always inspires controversy, especially in regard to how questions are asked and whether the Census provides an accurate account of the American population or rather an over-count of some groups and an undercount of others. Students will have ample opportunity to examine public opinion data and Census data throughout the semester. They will be asked to pay close attention to the media treatments of the Census as the Bureau gears up to distribute its questionnaires in March 2010 and to question head of households about their reaction to the Census forms once they receive them. |
