POLS 203 Campaign 2020 Internship

The goal of the Campaign 2020 Internship class is to provide students with an experiential understanding of the practice of electoral campaigns. This course must be taken in conjunction with the POLS 204, Campaigns and Elections. Together, the two courses allow students to gain a deep understanding of the theory and practice of electoral politics in the United States. For Fall 2020, students will actively participate in an internship with a campaign of their choosing in their hometown or the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s race, which the New York Times has called the most important DA race in the country because of growing concern about the problems within our criminal justice system, including racism, policing, and incarceration. The internships will be done remotely, so it doesn’t matter whether students are living at home or on campus. Students will be expected to participate in their internship at least 8 hours per week during the fall semester. Students will schedule their internships for times that are mutually convenient to themselves and their campaign supervisor. Paired with the exploration of scholarship of Campaigns and Elections in POLS 204, students will connect the concepts learned in the classroom to their experiences in the campaign internships. Not open to first year frosh.

Sub-field: AMERICAN POLITICS