POLI 269 - Empirical Research Methods

Strategies and tactics of design, observation, description, and measurement in contemporary political research. Every year. Empirical Methods: The department requires its majors to take one course in empirical research methodology, preferably before their junior year. There are a number of courses that fulfill this requirement, including: this course, POLI 272 - Researching Political Communication, SOCI 269 - Science and Social Inquiry, SOCI 270 - Interpretive Social Research, SOCI 275 - Comparative-Historical Sociology. In some cases, research methods courses taken in other social science disciplines may be used to fulfill this requirement following approval by the political science department chair. Prerequisite(s): at least one political science foundations course (4 Credits)