POLISCI 411A: Workshop in International Relations
For graduate students. Contemporary work. Organized around presentation of research by students and outside scholars. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Tomz, M. (PI)
POLISCI 420B: Topics in American Political Behavior
For graduate students with background in American politics embarking on their own research. Current research in American politics, emphasizing political behavior and public opinion. Possible topics: uncertainty and ambivalence in political attitudes, heterogeneity in public opinion, the structure of American political ideology, political learning, the media as a determinant of public opinion, and links between public opinion and public policy.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Jefferson, H. (PI)
;
Sniderman, P. (PI)
POLISCI 421K: Questionnaire Design for Surveys and Laboratory Experiments: Social and Cognitive Perspectives (COMM 339, PSYCH 231, PUBLPOL 339)
The social and psychological processes involved in asking and answering questions via questionnaires for the social sciences; optimizing questionnaire design; open versus closed questions; rating versus ranking; rating scale length and point labeling; acquiescence response bias; don't-know response options; response choice order effects; question order effects; social desirability response bias; attitude and behavior recall; and introspective accounts of the causes of thoughts and actions.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Krosnick, J. (PI)
POLISCI 422: Workshop in American Politics
Research seminar. Frontiers in mass political behavior. Course may be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Grimmer, J. (PI)
;
Hall, A. (PI)
POLISCI 433: Workshop in Political Theory
For graduate students. Faculty, guest speakers, and graduate students conducting research in political theory present works-in-progress. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Coyne, B. (PI)
POLISCI 437C: 20th Century and Contemporary Political Theory
This course provides a survey of some of the major contributions to political thought in the past century. The course will place special emphasis on the development of theories of political authority and legitimacy in the context of the modern bureaucratic state, as well as the connection between authority and other key concepts in normative political authority: democracy, justice, and freedom.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Chapman, E. (PI)
POLISCI 440A: Theories in Comparative Politics
Theories addressing major concerns in the comparative field including identity, order, regime type, legitimacy, and governance.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Grzymala-Busse, A. (PI)
;
Laitin, D. (PI)
POLISCI 440D: Workshop in Comparative Politics
Faculty, guest speakers, and graduate students conducting research in comparative politics present work-in-progress. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Laitin, D. (PI)
;
Weinstein, J. (PI)
POLISCI 450A: Political Methodology I: Regression
Graduate-level introduction to statistical research in political science, with a focus on statistical inference and linear regression. Teaches students how to rigorously apply multiple regression models as used in much of political science research. Also covers elements of probability and sampling theory. Open to Political Science PhD students only. Non-Political Science PhD students must pass an entrance exam to enroll in this class. The exam typically occurs one to two weeks before the fall quarter. Please contact the instructor or department for exam study materials.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
POLISCI 450D: Political Methodology IV: Advanced Topics
Covers advanced statistical tools that are useful for empirical research in political science. Possible topics include missing data, survey sampling and experimental designs for field research, machine learning, text mining, clustering, Bayesian methods, spatial statistics, and web scraping. Prerequisites:
POLISCI 450A,
POLISCI 450B and
POLISCI 450C completed for a letter grade of "B" or higher.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Rivers, D. (PI)
;
Mustafa, T. (TA)
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