# POLISCI 306: American Political Parties | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/courses/POLISCI_306) ## Dataset ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### repository twangodev/uwcourses ### schema version 6 ### importer version 7 ### projection id 52a78527ff09011d88cb04c7d43867d9fbfec2930bf1dd2ec359ebd2844e0b07 ### observed at 2026-09-07T15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### built at 2026-09-10T19:50:42.743001+00:00 ### courses 8951 ### current instructors 5754 ### limited false ### terms * 1272 * 1264 * 1262 * 1254 * 1252 * 1244 * 1242 * 1234 * 1232 * 1224 * 1222 * 1212 * 1204 * 1202 * 1194 * 1192 * 1184 * 1182 * 1174 * 1172 * 1164 * 1162 * 1154 * 1152 * 1144 * 1142 * 1134 * 1132 * 1124 * 1122 * 1114 * 1112 * 1104 * 1102 * 1094 * 1092 * 1084 * 1082 * 1074 * 1072 ### term 1272 ### departments | subject | count | | --------- | ----- | | AAE | 90 | | ABT | 20 | | ACCTIS | 36 | | ACTSCI | 14 | | AFAERO | 10 | | AFRICAN | 87 | | AFROAMER | 71 | | AGROECOL | 21 | | 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### record version id 9d63a2cd8460aea6921e8701169d496caa645fd5c6096ca88091a7cbc2d40b06 ### course id POLISCI 306 ### course uid course\_a6520f241e45c5020b11463b ### catalog version id f3275cba4fe32a94df846140ee13716fc5413a17e53697f61dd369ba2f72b003 ### course number 306 ### subjects * POLISCI ### title AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES ### description Examination of the electoral, organizational, and governmental roles of political parties at the national and state levels in the U.S. Emphasis on changes in response to historical and contemporary circumstances. ### requirements text POLI SCI 104or 184 ### credit offering ids None recorded. ### llm job id enrich-8b774950c2b6adfdc46d1b82 ### llm output id 66d799dc37c11d68598ede3554c339ddd6d9c51e7d507e78a4e3675ef29b7690 ### llm model nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4 ### llm model revision 1355db6a052410cfd62085d94b58866fd0f2c3c5 ### llm task version 14 ### llm search status valid ### llm summary Examines the electoral, organizational, and governmental roles of U.S. political parties at national and state levels, emphasizing changes due to historical and contemporary circumstances. ### llm topics * National and state political parties in the U.S. * Electoral, organizational, and governmental roles of parties. * Historical and contemporary changes in political parties. ### llm skills * Examination of electoral, organizational, and governmental roles of political parties. * Analysis of political party changes in response to historical and contemporary circumstances. ### llm assumed background * Introduction to American politics, government institutions, and the role of parties and elections. ### llm search phrases * American political parties * electoral roles of political parties * political parties state national levels * party organization government roles ### llm requirements status needs\_review ### llm student summary status valid ### llm experience status insufficient\_evidence ### catalog variants None recorded. 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