Substantive Coursework

Substantive Coursework Requirement for the PhD

Each student must take at least two substantive courses beyond the minimum requirements for fields of study. The courses that may be used to fulfill this requirement are listed below. The two courses may be drawn from any courses in the list below, including those in the student’s fields of study.

Courses satisfying the substantive course requirement:

  • PSCI 447: Green Markets
  • PSCI 479: War and the Nation State
  • PSCI 482: Making Public Policy
  • PSCI 513: Interest Group Politics
  • PSCI 518: Emergence of the Modern Congress
  • PSCI 527: Models of Domestic Institutions
  • PSCI 529: Race and Ethnic Politics in the United States
  • PSCI 530: Race, History and Urban Politics
  • PSCI 535: Bureaucratic Politics
  • PSCI 540: American Political Institutions
  • PSCI 541: U.S. Political Behavior
  • PSCI 546: Modern Political Economy: Theory
  • PSCI 547: Modern Political Economy: Empirics
  • PSCI 551: State Building and Conflict
  • PSCI 552: Dictatorship and Democracy
  • PSCI 556: Political Institutions and Behavior
  • PSCI 559: Historical Political Economy
  • PSCI 564: Development and Political Economy
  • PSCI 566: International Relations Field Seminar I
  • PSCI 568: International Organization
  • PSCI 572: International Relations Field Seminar II
  • PSCI 573: Territory and Group Conflict
  • PSCI 577: Theories of Conflict
  • PSCI 579: Politics of International Finance
  • PSCI 580: Models of Non-Democratic Politics
  • PSCI 588: Models of Democratic Politics