Intensive study and research in selected problems within the constituent fields of political science.
Year: 2017
PS 553 Introduction to Statistical Computing in Political Science
Introduction to the issues of statistical computing in political science using statistical packages such as STATA and R with emphasis on developing sound practices for organizing data, protocols, and results in empirical research.
PS 544 Introduction to Survey Research
Theory and practice of survey research; planning, sampling, questionnaire construction, interviewing, content analysis, machine tabulation, analysis of data; two hours lecture; two hours lab or field work.
PS 534 Socialism and Transitions to the Market
Course focusing on state socialism as a political and economic system and the transition from that system in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, China, and elsewhere.
PS 519 African American Political Theory
Explores a range of theories that African Americans have drawn upon to cope with and ameliorate their political circumstances in the United States within the specific parameters of political theory.
PS 506 The Human Condition
Investigation at an advanced level of selected problems in political philosophy.
PS 506 Economy, Politics, Society
Investigation at an advanced level of selected problems in political philosophy.
PS 506 Toqueville’s Democracy in America
Investigation at an advanced level of selected problems in political philosophy.
PS 506 Economic Inequality in Political Theory
Investigation at an advanced level of selected problems in political philosophy.
PS 502 The Development of Modern Western Political Thought
Basic political ideas in the European tradition since Machiavelli, related to contemporary problems.