POSC235L - Political Research Methods

4 Credit(s)

Liberal Arts
This course is designed to introduce students to the style of analytic thinking required for research in the social sciences; the concepts and procedures used in the conduct of empirical political science research; and the use of software for analysis of quantitative social science data. In short, this course teaches a set of skills that are essential for both understanding the research you will encounter in your political science classes, and being able to produce high-quality original research of your own. At the end of the course, you should be a better consumer and critic of both popular and scholarly research in political science and you should be well-equipped to conduct your own independent research in Capping and other courses. Annually. This class is intended as part of a sequence to prepare you for Capping; as such, you should take this course before enrolling in Capping.

Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or above, and two of the following: POSC 110L, POSC 111L, POSC 112L, POSC 113L