Disciplinary Concentration Requirments: Political Science

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Public Policy PhD students with a disciplinary concentration in Political Science must meet Political Science departmental requirements for research methods courses and departmental requirements for one of the Political Science Preliminary Exam Fields.

To meet the departmental research methods requirements, students must complete a minimum of two courses from the following list:

PS 222:              Introduction to Statistical Analysis

PS 233:              Intermediate Statistical Methods

PS 230S:            Introduction to Positive Political Theory

PS 243S:            Political Applications of Game Theory

PS 310:              Scope and Methods in Political Science

ECON 341:         Econometrics I

STA 213:            Introduction to Statistical Methods

STA 214:            Probability and Statistical Models

        

        

To meet the departmental preliminary exam field requirements, students must complete a minimum of three courses, including the field seminar, in one of the following field areas:

• American Political Science
• Comparative Political Science
• International Relations
• Political Science Methods
• Political Science Theory