| Lec # | Topics | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Unidimensional Spatial Model | Problems will be assigned at the end of class |
| 3 | Constitutional Origins of Congress | Roundtable |
| 4 | Origin and Development of Congress | Hand in problems that were distributed on lecture 2 |
| 5 | Origin and Development of Congress (cont.) | Roundtable |
| 6 | Congressional Candidates | |
| 7 | Congressional Candidates (cont.) | Roundtable |
| 8 | Congressional Voters | |
| 9 | Congressional Voters (cont.) | Roundtable |
| 10 | Congressional Voters (cont.) | |
| 11 | Congressional Voters (cont.) | Roundtable |
| 12 | Regulating Congressional Elections | |
| 13 | Regulating Congressional Elections (cont.) | Roundtable |
| 14 | Regulating Congressional Elections (cont.) | Roundtable Review/extra day |
| 15 | Midterm | |
| 16 | Multidimensional Spatial Model | Roundtable Problems will be distributed at the end of class |
| 17 | Congressional Parties and Leadership | |
| 18 | Congressional Parties and Leadership (cont.) | Roundtable Hand in problems that were distributed on lecture 15 |
| 19 | Congressional Committees | |
| 20 | Congressional Committees (cont.) | Roundtable |
| 21 | Rules of the Chamber/Roll Call Voting | |
| 22 | Rules of the Chamber/Roll Call Voting (cont.) | |
| 23 | Paper Presentations | |
| 24 | Review/Wrap-up | Roundtable |