PLTCS23
Simulating the Legislative Process
Politics
BC
Subject code
PLTC
Course Number
S23
Department(s)
Course Long Title
Simulating the Legislative Process
Description
Students engage in a simulation of the federal legislative process by playing the roles of interest groups and officeholders in writing a major law. They explore the goals, strategies, and constraints of political actors in making policy. At the same time, attention is paid to the policy process generally and how in particular cases the process can be altered or subverted to suit the interests of actors. Parallels are drawn with real-world instances of contemporary congressional lawmaking. Recommended background: PLTC 115 and 230.