PhD Minor
PhD MinorOverview
The university’s requirements for PhD minor degrees can be found here.
To request the PhD minor in Political Science, submit the University Application for PhD minor form via the Student eForms portal in Axess opens in a new tab. An Application for PhD minor outlining a program of study must be approved by the major and minor departments.
Requirements
Program Requirements
Completion of at least two graduate seminars (10 units) in each of two fields. These 20 units must be taken in graduate seminars (300 or 400 level) taught by Political Science faculty. Cross-listed classes taught by non-Political Science department faculty, workshops, and directed readings do not count towards this requirement except with prior approval from the Director of Graduate Studies. The Political Science fields that students may choose from are International Relations, Comparative Politics, American Politics, Political Theory, and Political Methodology. Not more than ten units of the 20-unit requirement may be taken in a single field.
American Politics Seminar Options
POLISCI 320R
The Presidency
POLISCI 324L
The Psychology of Communication About Politics in America
POLISCI 326
Executive Power Under the Constitution
POLISCI 351B
Economic Analysis of Political Institutions
POLISCI 420A
American Political Institutions
POLISCI 420B
Topics in American Political Behavior
POLISCI 421K
Questionnaire Design for Surveys and Laboratory Experiments: Social and Cognitive Perspectives
POLISCI 422F
Seminar on Political Change
POLISCI 423A
Survey Lab I
POLISCI 423B
Survey Lab II
POLISCI 424C
Party Polarization
POLISCI 426
Identity Politics
POLISCI 427C
Money in Politics
POLISCI 460A
Political Economy I
POLISCI 462
How to Write and Publish a Quantitative Political Science Paper
Comparative Politics Seminar Options
POLISCI 314D
Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
POLISCI 344U
Political Culture
POLISCI 347G
Governance and Poverty
POLISCI 348
Chinese Politics
POLISCI 348D
China in the Global Economy
POLISCI 348S
Latin American Politics
POLISCI 440A
Theories in Comparative Politics
POLISCI 440B
Comparative Political Economy
POLISCI 440C
Research Design in Comparative Politics
POLISCI 443S
Political Economy of Reform in China
POLISCI 444A
Authoritarian Politics
POLISCI 445C
The Logics of Violence: Rebels, Criminal Groups and the State
POLISCI 446
Political Development Economics
POLISCI 446A
Paths to the Modern World: The West in Comparative Perspective
POLISCI 447T
Gender and Development
POLISCI 460A
Political Economy I
International Relations Seminar Options
POLISCI 311N
Nuclear Strategy, Law, and Politics
POLISCI 314D
Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
POLISCI 410A
International Relations Theory, Part I
POLISCI 410B
International Relations Theory, Part II
POLISCI 410C
International Relations Theory, Part III
POLISCI 410D
Research in International Relations
POLISCI 460A
Political Economy I
Political Methodology Seminar Options
POLISCI 351B
Economic Analysis of Political Institutions
POLISCI 354
Strategy: Introduction to Game Theory
POLISCI 355A
Data Science for Politics
POLISCI 355B
Machine Learning for Social Scientists
POLISCI 355C
Causal Inference for Social Science
POLISCI 356A
Formal Theory I
POLISCI 356B
Formal Theory II
POLISCI 450A
Political Methodology I: Regression
POLISCI 450B
Political Methodology II: Causal Inference
POLISCI 450C
Political Methodology III: Model-Based Inference
POLISCI 450D
Political Methodology IV: Advanced Topics
POLISCI 451
Directed Readings on Causal Inference with Panel Data
POLISCI 460A
Political Economy I
Political Theory Seminar Options
POLISCI 330A
Classical Seminar: Origins of Political Thought
POLISCI 331
High-Stakes Politics: Case Studies in Political Philosophy, Institutions, and Interests
POLISCI 331M
Smith and Marx Seminar
POLISCI 332T
The Dialogue of Democracy
POLISCI 333M
Research and Methods in Political Theory
POLISCI 334P
Deliberative Democracy and its Critics
POLISCI 335
Chinese Political Thought: 1895-2021
POLISCI 336S
Justice
POLISCI 337
Philosophy of Law: Protest, Punishment, and Racial Justice
POLISCI 337A
Political Philosophy: The Social Contract Tradition
POLISCI 338B
Unequal Relationships
POLISCI 338E
The Problem of Evil in Literature, Film, and Philosophy
POLISCI 431
Grad seminar: Contemporary Political Theory
POLISCI 432R
Selections in Modern Political Thought
POLISCI 437C
20th Century and Contemporary Political Theory
POLISCI 438R
Ancient Greek Rationality, Public and Private

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