Courses

Introduction to Quantitative Political Analysis - PSC693

This PhD course is an introduction to using and understanding quantitative methods in political science. Each step of the process of quantitative political analysis in covered including operationalizing concepts; designing surveys and interview protocols to measure concepts; collecting other types of data; working with databases and statistical analysis of those databases. The course covers univariate statistics, bivariate statistics, probability theory, sampling distributions, hypothesis testing, simple linear regression analysis, multivariate regression analysis, dichotomous independent variables and logistical regression analysis for limited dependent variables.

PSC693 Syllabus

 Datasets

·         American Public Opinion and Foreign Policy 2002

·         Worldviews 2002 – European Public Opinion

Quantitative Skills for International Relations - IRP704

This graduate course is an introduction to applied quantitative methods. The primary goal of the seminar is to provide you with the necessary skills to become an informed, critical and cautious user of statistical data in your own field. The course reviews univariate statistics, bivariate statistics, probability theory, sampling distributions, hypothesis testing and regression analysis.

IRP704 Syllabus

SPSS Manual

The Politics of the European Union - PSC756

This graduate course offers an introduction to the history, institutions and politics of the European Union, with an emphasis on policymaking in the EU today.  First, the class will review the process of European integration and enlargement since the Treaty of Paris in 1951, including a review of the major theories of European integration. Second, the structure and function of the EU institutions will be introduced, and recent research on the topics of the democratic deficit, the Treaty Reform debate, multilevel governance and EU civil society will be reviewed.

PSC756 Syllabus