Health Politics/Policy Analysis
Students often take PH 230 and PH 293 as their two core courses. Note that students in all specialty fields are expected to have prior familiarity with Master's-level health policy concepts; those without such background should consider taking PH 220 in addition to core courses.
Core Courses
PH 230 Advanced Health Politics
PH 293.17 Science, Politics and Policy in Health Policy Research
PS 209A Comparative Political Economy
PS 247B Comparative Politics of the Welfare State
PS 261 Political Behavior
PS 279 Selected Topics in American Government
Specialty Field Courses
PhD BA 279A Institutions, Interest Groups and Public Policy
PS 200 Intro to Comparative Politics
PS 201A,B Comparative Analysis of Industrial Democracies
PS 252 Legal Theory of Institutions
PS 262 Voting Behavior and Public Opinion
PS 269 Social Conflict and Mass Politics in Modern Democracies
PS 272B National Policy Making
PS 276 Race, Immigration and Identity in US Politics
PS 280C Public Policy and Decision Making
PS 289 Research Topics in Public Organization
SOC 280C Political Sociology
Suggested methods classes:
PS 231 AB Quantitative Analysis for Political Research
PS 235 Introduction to Research Methods
PS 236 The Statistics of Causal Inference in Social Sciences