POLISCI 401 explores current issues in Political Science as a topics course.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Erica Simmons, Jessica Weeks, Katherine Cramer: Workload varies by instructor; Erica Simmons offered minimal homework and study guides, while Jessica Weeks required extensive writing for the final. Katherine Cramer’s readings were accessible despite seeming daunting.
POLISCI 818 develops the theory of maximum likelihood estimation and applies it to models for discrete and limited dependent variables common to political and social science data.