PSCI4994 - International Politics and the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Status
A
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
301
Title (text only)
International Politics and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Term
2024C
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
301
Section ID
PSCI4994301
Course number integer
4994
Meeting times
R 3:30 PM-6:29 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Ian Steven Lustick
Description
Consult the department for detailed descriptions or if you think the course could count toward a subfield other than International Relations. More than one course may be taken in a given semester.
Course number only
4994
Use local description
No

PSCI4992 - Free Speech and the First Amendment Tradition (SNF Paideia Program Course)

Status
A
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
301
Title (text only)
Free Speech and the First Amendment Tradition (SNF Paideia Program Course)
Term
2024C
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
301
Section ID
PSCI4992301
Course number integer
4992
Meeting times
T 7:00 PM-9:59 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Carlin P. Romano
Description
Consult the political science department or Paideia program for detailed descriptions. More than one course make be taken in a given semester.
Course number only
4992
Use local description
No

PSCI7991 - Topics in International Relations

Status
A
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
304
Title (text only)
Topics in International Relations
Term
2024C
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
304
Section ID
PSCI7991304
Course number integer
7991
Meeting times
T 1:45 PM-4:44 PM
Level
graduate
Instructors
Edward D Mansfield
Description
Consult department for detailed descriptions. More than one section may be given in a semester. Recent titles have included: Interpreting the Canon; State, Self, & Society; U.S. Policy in Europe; and Dissertation Writing.
Course number only
7991
Use local description
No

PSCI7800 - Preparing a Disseration Prospectus

Status
A
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
301
Title (text only)
Preparing a Disseration Prospectus
Term
2024C
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
301
Section ID
PSCI7800301
Course number integer
7800
Meeting times
M 8:30 AM-11:29 AM
Level
graduate
Instructors
Sarah Bush
Description
The dissertation prospectus is a requirement for successfully completing the Ph.D. in political science. The goal of this class is to help students write a draft of a dissertation prospectus. To that end, we will cover what the components of a successful dissertation prospectus are, how to identify interesting and feasible research questions, and how to develop workable theoretical and/or empirical strategies for answering those questions. The course will also cover other
professional development topics that will be important for conducting many students’
dissertation research, including providing constructive feedback, working with mentors, applying for external funding, and conducting research with human subjects.
Course number only
7800
Use local description
No

PSCI6800 - Advanced Statistical Analysis

Status
A
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
301
Title (text only)
Advanced Statistical Analysis
Term
2024C
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
301
Section ID
PSCI6800301
Course number integer
6800
Meeting times
M 1:45 PM-4:44 PM
Level
graduate
Instructors
Jane Esberg
Description
The objective of this course is to provide Political Science Ph.D. students with statistical tools useful for making inferences about politics. We will cover fundamentals of probability theory, estimation, and hypothesis testing, emphasizing application to research questions in American Politics, positive Political Theory, Comparative Politics, and International Relations.
Course number only
6800
Use local description
No

PSCI6800 - Advanced Statistical Analysis

Status
A
Activity
REC
Section number integer
201
Title (text only)
Advanced Statistical Analysis
Term
2024C
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
201
Section ID
PSCI6800201
Course number integer
6800
Meeting times
T 5:15 PM-6:14 PM
Level
graduate
Instructors
Jane Esberg
Donald Moratz
Description
The objective of this course is to provide Political Science Ph.D. students with statistical tools useful for making inferences about politics. We will cover fundamentals of probability theory, estimation, and hypothesis testing, emphasizing application to research questions in American Politics, positive Political Theory, Comparative Politics, and International Relations.
Course number only
6800
Use local description
No

PSCI6400 - International Relations Theory

Status
A
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
301
Title (text only)
International Relations Theory
Term
2024C
Syllabus URL
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
301
Section ID
PSCI6400301
Course number integer
6400
Meeting times
R 8:30 AM-11:29 AM
Level
graduate
Instructors
Alexander R Weisiger
Description
International Relations Theory is designed to prepare doctoral students for the political science comprehensive exam in international relations. The course focuses on the foundational concepts and theories used in the analysis of international relations (including both international security and international political economy), starting from power, anarchy, and realism, and moving through institutionalism, social constructivism, and domestic political approaches. Additional weeks of the course cover the history of the international relations discipline, the logic of inquiry in the social sciences, and fundamental topics in international relations including the causes of war, international order, international diplomacy, and the significance of public opinion for foreign policy.
Course number only
6400
Use local description
No

PSCI6350 - Experimental Design and Issues in Causality

Status
A
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Experimental Design and Issues in Causality
Term
2024C
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
401
Section ID
PSCI6350401
Course number integer
6350
Meeting times
T 1:45 PM-3:44 PM
Level
graduate
Instructors
Diana C Mutz
Description
The main goal of this course is to familiarize students with experiments, quasi-experiments, survey experiments and field experiments as they are widely used in the social sciences. Some introductory level statistics background will be assumed, though this is a research design course, not a statistics course. By the end of the course, students will be expected to develop their own original experimental design that makes some original contribution to knowledge. Throughout the course of the semester, we will also consider how to deal with the issue of causality as it occurs in observational studies, and draw parallels to experimental research.
Course number only
6350
Cross listings
COMM6150401
Use local description
No

PSCI6100 - Comparative Political Analysis

Status
A
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
301
Title (text only)
Comparative Political Analysis
Term
2024C
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
301
Section ID
PSCI6100301
Course number integer
6100
Meeting times
W 10:15 AM-1:14 PM
Level
graduate
Instructors
Daniel Smith
Description
This seminar is aimed primarily at graduate students planning to take doctoral exams in comparative politics. It provides a critical survey of the field of comparative politics, tracing the intellectual history of the field, examining shifts in conceptual frameworks and research traditions, and comparing alternative methodological approaches. The first half of the course generally examines how processes of political, economic, and social change have been theorized in the social sciences from the mid-19th century to the present. In this process, particular attention is paid to the bifurcation between theories that emphasize the "universal" (e.g. the homogenizing effects of specific processes or variables) and the "particular" (e.g. the persistence of distinctive historical legacies and trajectories). Since this bifurcation is reinforced by distinct styles and methods of research, the seminar also probes the recent battles between rational-choice, cultural, and structuralist scholars, while considering the trade-offs between varieties of formal, quantitative, and qualitative methods. In the second half, the focus shifts to the range of substantive problems investigated by scholars in the field of comparative politics. These topics cover the complex relations among nations, states and societies; the origins, consolidation, and patterns of democratic governance; political economy in relation to development processes and social policies; the intersection of international/global economy and domestic politics; the dynamics of revolutions and social movements; and alternative problematiques constructed from the point of view of real actors such as workers, women, and local communities. In all cases, As a whole, the course is designed to provide an introduction to important issues and debates that comparativists have regularly engaged in; to help you understand the assumptions behind, and differences between, particular approaches, methods, and styles of research; to examine whether current debates are spurring new or better research in a given field in light of past approaches; and to gauge whether there has been progress, fragmentation, or stagnation in the field of comparative politics as a whole.
Course number only
6100
Use local description
No

PSCI5991 - Authoritarian Politics

Status
A
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
301
Title (text only)
Authoritarian Politics
Term
2024C
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
301
Section ID
PSCI5991301
Course number integer
5991
Meeting times
W 12:00 PM-2:59 PM
Level
graduate
Instructors
Jane Esberg
Description
Consult department for detailed descriptions. More than one course may be taken in a given semester. Recent titles have included: Race Development and American International Relations, Hegel and Marx, and Logic of the West.
Course number only
5991
Use local description
No