POL 221Public Attitudes Am Democracy

Grinnell College · 4 credits · UGRD

Catalog

See SST-221. This course examines the attitudes of the American public on liberty, equality and liberal democratic institutions using the Grinnell College National Poll. Students will study core democratic principles and contemporary challenges to democracy, design poll questions to examine attitudes about these principles in the American public, and analyze responses to those questions after the poll is fielded. Note: when taken as POL-221, this course satisfies the American politics distribution requirement of the Political Science Major. Prerequisite: MAT-115, SST-115 or STA-209 if taken as SST. POL-101 and MAT-115, SST-115 or STA-209 if taken as POL.

Recent sections

Fall 2026 · 1 section

Aug 27 – Dec 18

Section	Days & time	Location	Instructor
01Class #98640-POL-221-01	Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2:40 PM - 4:00 PM Humanities and Social Studies S3321 (Lecture)	Humanities and Social Studies S3321	Peter Hanson
01 notes: Cross-list SST-221-01. Develop an informed critical or theoretical perspective on the social impact of data collection, including the social construction of data production, and the use of algorithmic techniques to process that data.