Graduate Courses and Example Plan of Study
Underlined course numbers are linked to course web page.
(R) Indicates a required course.

1st Year  
Fall Spring

 

  
403 Mathematical Modeling (R)
404 Intro to Statistical Methods (R)
480 Scope of Political Science (R)
572 IR Field Seminar 		405 Multivariate Statistical Methods (R)
581 Philosophical Foundations of Political Science (R)
574 International Political Economy
580 Positive Political Theory
   
2nd Year  
Fall

 Spring
505 Advanced Statistical Methods
584 Game Theory
578 International Relations History and Theory
TA
576 Modeling International Conflict
Elective
Elective
TA
   
3d Year  
Electives  
TA  
   
4th Year  
Dissertation research  
   
5th Year  
Dissertation research and completion  
 
      
 

Other Recommended Classes by Subject Area

International Relations
471 Russia and Eastern Europe: Politics and International Relations
479 War and the Nation-State5
56 Political Economy of Reform
564 Comparative Political Economy
573 Territory and Group Conflict

 

Formal/Positive Theory
575 Political Economy I
582 Political Economy II
586 Theory of Voting and Elections

 

Comparative Politics
550 Comparative Politics Field Seminar
551 Western European Politics
555 Democratic Processes
558 Informal Political Institutions