POLITSC 7095.02
Prospectus and Professional Development
Semester | 3 credit units | In-person
Advanced course to prepare graduate students to write dissertation prospectus.
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 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 7260
Authoritarian Politics
Semester | 3 credit units | In-person
Familiarizes students with basic theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of authoritarian politics; introduces classic and cutting edge research
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 7317
Consequences of War
Semester | 3 credit units | In-person
Examines theoretical and empirical literature in Political Science on war, peace, and security with focus on the legacies of war.
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 7681
Formal Theories of Politics I
Semester | 3 credit units | In-person
Major approaches used in modeling politics, including social choice, game theory, and probability models. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 680.
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 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.