Interdisciplinary inquiry in Latin American society and culture.
Courses
PS 960 Seminar-International Relations
PS 948 Seminar: Topics in Comparative Politics
Research seminar on specific topics in comparative politics.
PS 945 Seminar-National Security Affairs
Contemporary military strategy, the interaction of military and political factors in international politics, and the processes and content of defense policies, with emphasis on the United States.
PS 931 Seminar-Political Theory Roman Political Thought
Analysis of and research on problems of theorizing in and about political life.
PS 931 Seminar-Political Theory Adam Smith’s Political Thought
Analysis of and research on problems of theorizing in and about political life.
PS 904 Seminar-American Politics
In-depth examination of selected topics on American politics and governmental institutions.
PS 874 Policy-Making Process
An intensive study of policy-making processes involved in the formulation of public policies.
PS 873 American Political Parties
Reviews major approaches to analyzing political parties and understanding their developmental changes. Examines the parties in operation and the relationship of parties to the state and society.
PS 871 Public Program Evaluation
Compares the conceptual, statistical, and ethical issues of experimental, quasi-experimental and non-experimental designs for program evaluation. Definitions of outcomes, sample size issues, statistical biases in measuring causal effects of programs, and the reliability of findings …