Author: Laure Paquette
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Company: CHSPR

LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL STUDIES
Political Studies 4336 FA:  Political Strategy I

Dr. L Paquette 
Office: RB2020					
Telephone: 343-8237 					
e-mail: laure.paquette@lakeheadu.ca		

Synopsis		An introduction to the process of implementing political.  The course covers each of the steps in the implementation, monitoring, and change of political strategy.  Students will develop and apply their own strategies.  

Textbooks			Strategic Activism, by Laure Paquette, on reserve

Grading and Assignments	Students will be required to present their progress on a weekly basis.  Worksheets related to their strategy are submitted weekly, for a total of 80% of the final mark.  Strategic and tactical analysis and feedback to other students is worth 20% of the final grade.  Late assignments may not be submitted.  
Objective 	To introduce students to the process of strategy in the political system, and to foster strategic thinking, methods in monitoring and analyzing the context and application of tactics.
Method 	Problem-based learning; experiential learning; ability-based learning; action analysis of dynamic processes of politics in large or small organizations and/or groups.