Department of Political Science University of Missouri-Columbia College of Arts and Science

Graduate Program - Courses by Field

Arranged according to field. Courses except 7010, exams, and research carry 3 credit hour each. Most of a student's program is comprised of courses in the 8000-9000 range, although courses in the 7000s may be appropriate given student interest.

American Political Institutions & Behavior

9100 American Political Behavior
9120 Voting and Elections
9130 Problems in Public Opinion
9140 American Political Institutions
9150 Political Parties
9160 Interest Groups
9170 Legislative Institutions
9180 Executive Politics
9190 Research in American Politics
9200 Judicial Behavior
9210 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
9220 Constitutional Law: Institutions and Processes
9230 Public Law

Comparative Politics

9610 Latin American Politics
9620 Research in the Politics of Industrial Societies
9700 Democratization
9710 Comparative Political Economy
9630 European Union Politics
9790 Seminar in Comparative Politics
9640 Seminar in East Asian Politics
9650 African Politics Seminar
9600 Readings in Comparative Politics

International Relations

9400 Readings in International Relations
9490 Seminar in International Politics
9420 Quantitative Approaches to IR
9430 International Political Economy
9460 Canada in North America
9440 Comparative Foreign Policy
9450 International Conflict

Political Theory

9800 Classical Political Theory
9810 Modern Political Theory
9820 Contemporary Political Theory
9890 Selected Themes in Political Thought
9830 American Political Thought

Public Policy and Administration

9310 Seminar in Public Policy
9320 Administrative Politics
9330 Public Administration Research
9340 Urban Politics
9350 Public Policy, Processes and Strategies
9390 Research in Policy and Administration

Research Tools

9010 Research Design and Analysis
9020 Inference and Political Statistics
9030 Linear Models in Politics
9040 Advanced Political Methodology
9050 Formal Political Theory
9000 Scope and Methods
9910 Seminar in Civic Education (for High School Teachers, not for Political Science M.A. or Ph.D. credit)

Problems and Research

9985 Problems
8090 Research (for MA Paper)
9970 Independent Readings for Ph.D. Comprehensive Examinations
9090 Research for Doctoral Dissertation