POLITSC 7000
Foundations of Political Science
Semester | 3 credit units | In-person
Introductory study of diverse efforts to ground knowledge of politics, positivist, and post-positivist views of science, sources of formal rigor, and interpretation and evaluation. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 790.
POLITSC 7095.01
Teaching Political Science
Semester | 3 credit units | In-person
Examination of issues in teaching political science in colleges and universities, and preparation for teaching careers.
POLITSC 7120
Legislative Politics
Semester | 3 credit units | In-person
Analysis of the functioning and policy product of American legislatures; intensive reviews of selected aspects of the legislative literature to be conducted. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 717.
POLITSC 7160
Public Opinion
Semester | 3 credit units | In-person
Intensive analysis of literature on selected topics in public opinion. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 703.
POLITSC 7193.01
American Politics
Semester | 1-10 credit units | In-person
Individual studies in political science; student work is evaluated by papers and/or special examinations. Repeatable to a maximum of 36 cr hrs or 36 completions. This course is graded S/U.
POLITSC 7193.02
Comparative Politics
Semester | 1-10 credit units | In-person
Individual studies in political science; student work is evaluated by papers and/or special examinations. Repeatable to a maximum of 36 cr hrs or 36 completions. This course is graded S/U.
POLITSC 7193.03
International Politics
Semester | 1-10 credit units | In-person
Individual studies in political science; student work is evaluated by papers and/or special examinations. Repeatable to a maximum of 36 cr hrs or 36 completions. This course is graded S/U.
POLITSC 7193.04
Political Theory
Semester | 1-10 credit units | In-person
Individual studies in political science; student work is evaluated by papers and/or special examinations. Repeatable to a maximum of 36 cr hrs or 36 completions. This course is graded S/U.
POLITSC 7193.05
Political Methodology
Semester | 1-10 credit units | In-person
Individual studies in political science; student work is evaluated by papers and/or special examinations. Repeatable to a maximum of 36 cr hrs or 36 completions. This course is graded S/U.
POLITSC 7280
Comparative Political Economy
Semester | 3 credit units | In-person
A graduate-level course designed to survey contemporary theories on the interaction between economic policies, domestic institutions, the international economy, and their consequences on the macroeconomy. Prereq: Not open to students with 1 completion for 7280 (735). Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs. Cross-listed in Econ 6745.
POLITSC 7310
Security Policy
Semester | 3 credit units | In-person
Theories of conflict and war causation and an assessment of their durability in a new era of world politics. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 752.
POLITSC 7312
Critical Security Studies
Semester | 3 credit units | In-person
Introduces students to the Political Science subfield of Critical Security Studies (CSS). Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 8194.03 (Sp15, Critical Security).
POLITSC 7410
Radical Cosmopolitanism
Semester | 3 credit units | In-person
The notion of cosmopolitanism has enjoyed renewed interest among political and critical theorists. This course engages critically with Immanuel Kant's classic account and examines its roots and anthropological commitments seriously and puts it in dialogue with colonial and post-colonial intellectuals, including W. E. B. Du Bois who thought systematically about justice beyond the nation. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 7499 (Au 2015).
POLITSC 7551
Quantitative Political Analysis: I
Semester | 3 credit units | In-person
Explication, interpretation, and application of techniques for quantitative analysis of political data; descriptive and inferential statistics, with emphasis on bi-variate analysis. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 685.
POLITSC 7553
Quantitative Political Analysis: III
Semester | 3 credit units | In-person
A continuation of subjects begun in 7552, including such topics as scaling, index construction, sampling, and measurement reliability. Prereq: 7551 and 7552. Not open to students with credit for 786.
POLITSC 7780
Political Science Research Methods
Semester | 3 credit units | In-person
Introduction to political science research with emphasis on survey and experimental designs, data generation techniques, data processing, and computer utilization. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 684.
POLITSC 7888
Field Research Methods
Semester | 3 credit units | In-person
This seminar introduces students to various field methods for developing and testing theories in political science.
POLITSC 8781
Research in American Politics
Session 2 | 3 credit units | In-person
Development and execution of a research design on a selected topic in American politics; consultation on substantive and methodological problems offered by faculty. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U.
POLITSC 8999
Dissertation Research in Political Science
Session 2 | 1-12 credit units | In-person
Research for dissertation purposes only. Repeatable. This course is graded S/U.
