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GRE scores are not required, but are accepted to strengthen your application. MPH GW seeks to educate and foster the next generation of thought leaders, practitioners, policy makers and scientists who aspire to transform public health on a local, national or global scale.
Program start dates are available four times per year, in January, April, July and September. Admissions decisions are made on a rolling basis. GRE scores are not required for admission. If you believe your GRE scores have the potential to strengthen your application, you may send us your official scores. The Application Deadline.
Core courses consist of topics such as epidemiology, managing organizations, global health systems and health policy. As an MPH GW student, you can pursue an MPH by taking a broad variety of public health courses or focus your coursework on one of six specific electives.
This flexibility enables you to match your public health education with your personal and professional aspirations. For students looking to explore how data, information, and technology are impacting health care administration, delivery and oversight, MPH GW offers a Health Informatics concentration. Graduates of this concentration will understand how to optimize health information and technology for clinical and operational efficiencies and effectiveness, policy development and public health.
They will also learn how to utilize clinical and administrative data, transformed into actionable information, for management, policy, oversight and research. Explore these areas of public health and the Health Informatics concentration for detailed information about different careers related to public health and course options for each area. As an MPH GW student, you will complete a planned and supervised applied practice experience at a local, national or international organization.
The applied practice experience enables you to address real public health challenges and further your understanding of how public health professionals serve their community. Focus on nation-states as well as non-state actors, such as international organizations. Differences and similarities in policies on economics, diplomacy, security, and global issues. The Politics of U. Foreign Policy. Patterns and problems in contemporary U.
Special attention given to the domestic political factors shaping foreign policy. Contemporary debate about the substance of American foreign policy through the lens of alternative theoretical approaches to the study of international relations.
Classical realist national interest , neorealist balance of power , neoliberal international interdependence and institutions , and constructivist national identity interpretations are compared. Politics of U. National Security Policy. Examines competing theoretical approaches to the study of national security policy and tests these on a variety of substantive issue areas in the United States.
May include such topics as nuclear non-proliferation, responses to regional conflicts, definition of new security goals, etc. Overview of the major theoretical debates in international security. How different theoretical approaches inform policy decisions and options. Foreign Policy Analysis—Selected Topics. Substantive and theoretical issues and debates in the study of civil—military relations. Examination of the principal characteristics of the British, French, German, and Italian political systems, comparing their institutional and behavioral adaptations to the problems of advanced industrial democracies.
The origins, institutions, and politics of West European integration, with emphasis on theories of regional integration and the development of the European Union. The various nation-building policies Balkan nation-states have pursued toward different non-core groups over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Comparative analysis of domestic political processes and policies in Central and Eastern Europe. Government and Politics of Russia. How the study of former Soviet countries contributes to major debates in comparative politics.
Focus includes regimes, political economy, revolutions, ethnic politics, nationalism. Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy. Readings and discussion of the political dynamics and policy process in contemporary China. Research seminar on selected topics in Chinese politics, using official and other primary sources. Prerequisites: PSC or permission of the instructor. Political Economy of Industrializing Asia. Comparative analysis of the relationship between economic interests and politics in East and Southeast Asia.
Emphasis on industrializing economies and their integration into global trade and investment networks. An examination of Korean politics from the perspectives of four major research areas: authoritarian regime and economic growth; democratic transition and consolidation; the Asian financial crisis and its consequences; and the two Koreas and international relations.
Readings and research on selected problems of the governments and politics of the Middle East. Government and Politics of Africa. Major theories and themes of African politics considering the context shaping political and economic reforms, formal and informal institutions, and prospects for political reform. Research seminar exploring alternative theoretical approaches to the study of international political economy and their application to the explanation and interpretation of historical and contemporary events in world political and economic affairs.
Primarily for Elliott School degree candidates. Theory in International Relations. Theories of international relations. Politics and Practice of International Institutions. The politics of international institutions in the areas of collective security, peace keeping, trade, money, development, environment, human rights. The political sources and consequences of international law and norms.
Origins of Major Wars and Terrorism. Major issues and trends in the postwar development of U. Major historical, political, social, and regional factors that have shaped the interwar, World War II, and postwar evolution of Eastern Europe; emphasis on foreign relations with outside powers and on regional East—West contacts.
An examination of the major issues in Asian Security using various theoretical perspectives involving a mix of political science and policy analysis. International Politics of East Asia.
Foreign policies and international behavior of the regional states especially China, Japan, and Vietnam and the extraregional powers especially the U. Readings and research on the origins, evolution, and issues of the Arab—Israeli conflict.
Readings and research on the regional and international relations of the Middle East. The trajectory of Latin America's role in the world, with a particular focus on conflict and cooperation between Latin America and the United States. Topics in International Relations.
Study of the interior workings of legal institutions and related organizations through an approved internship with a court, law firm, legal advocacy group, public defender's office, or legal think tank. A research paper is required. Written permission of the instructor required prior to enrollment.
Restricted to graduate degree candidates. Restricted to graduate students in the political science program. Introduction to Empirical Political Analysis. Statistical foundations of empirical political analysis and computer applications. Basic probability theory, exploratory and descriptive data analysis, statistical inference, and introduction to linear regression. Techniques of social science data analysis.
Model building, estimation, and interpretation. Linear models and extensions. Introduction to discrete choice models. Prerequisite: PSC or permission of the instructor. Primarily for doctoral students. Theoretical, practical, and ethical aspects of conducting qualitative research.
Selected major works, both ancient and modern, that illuminate basic problems and questions of political theory. Advanced readings and group discussions. Analysis and interpretation of selected concepts and schools of thought. Modern Political Thought and Ideologies.
Analysis of some main currents in modern political thought and ideologies. Logic of inquiry in political science: theories of knowledge, inference, and research methods. Dissertation Development Workshop. Design and development of dissertation research proposal for political science PhD Students. Introduction to maximum likelihood estimation interpretation of non-linear statistical models. Statistical inference, appropriate use, and presentation and interpretation of results.
Tools used in the social sciences to infer causation, including classical experiments, natural experiments, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity, and panel designs. Restricted to students in the PhD in political science program. Examination of two classes of statistical models for longitudinal data— 1 models for time-series, cross-sectional and panel data and 2 modeling event history i.
Statistical issues and models for multilevel hierarchical data structures, including the variance components, random intercept, and random coefficient models. Handling cross-level interactions. Design and analysis of sample surveys and experiments, including lab, survey, and field experiments.
Introduction to the core elements of game theory and how it has been utilized in political science. Applications of formal models to political phenomena and the major insights that have come from this work. Builds on the introductory material in Game Theory I to focus on examples of formal work in political science.
Students expand their knowledge of advanced games and learn the principles behind exemplary published research. Sociological and psychological foundations of network theory; network measurement and inferential tools; applications of these tools and concepts to political science. Topics in Empirical and Formal Political Analysis.
In-depth coverage of significant issues in political theory, including such topics as justice, toleration, and political community. A survey of American political institutions, processes, and behavior. Comparative analysis of the context, institutions, processes, and policies of urban political systems.
Analysis of public policy issues confronting urban governments; emphasis on the theoretical roots and empirical impact of past and present programs in such areas as housing, education, poverty, and crime.
Introduction to the literature of judicial process and behavior studies; specific focus on selected topics. Emphasis on the major subfields of law, courts, and judicial process. Role of the judiciary in policy formulation; emphasis on the U.
Supreme Court and civil liberties issues. Personalized and institutionalized aspects of the presidency, with particular emphasis on the politics of contemporary policymaking. Structure and operation of governmental bureaucracy with particular emphasis on the politics of formulating and implementing public policy. Congress, with emphasis on member—constituency relations, individual and collective decision making, party and committee activities, executive—legislative relations, and interest-group activities.
Nature and functions of American political parties: organizational status, nominating and electoral politics, and role in governing. Public Opinion and Political Psychology. Theory, structure, and activities of interest groups in American politics. Theoretical approaches to understanding organizational behavior and change; applications to specific political problems in U.
Examination of political processes that influence policy formulation, policy implementation, and the uses of policy analysis.
Selected Topics in American Politics. In-depth coverage of significant theoretical and empirical issues in American politics, including such topics as political behavior, electoral politics, and race and politics. Offered as the demand warrants. Advanced Theories of Comparative Politics. Major concepts, methods, and theoretical debates in comparative politics, including cultural, rational, and institutional approaches.
Theoretical and methodological approaches to studying violence, such as civil wars, ethnic riots, suicide bombings, and genocide, and the impact of violence on societies and people. Democracy and Democratization in Comparative Perspective.
Theoretical approaches to processes of democratization. Evaluation of cultural, economic, institutional, and international-actor approaches. Case analysis of recently transitioned or transitioning nations. Primarily for PhD students in political science.
Theories of Political Development. Examination of how and why political systems develop the way they do. How do class conflict, the nature of the elite, and the political culture affect the development of political institutions?. Nationalism, ethnic conflict, and nation-building; the effects of nationalism on political identities, state formation, patterns of political violence, definitions of citizenship, migration policies, and voting behavior.
Authoritarianism and Democratization. The political science scholarship on authoritarian regimes, including their institutional features, strategies for survival, and prospects for change.
Cases worldwide. Selected Topics in Comparative Politics. In-depth coverage of significant theoretical and empirical issues in comparative politics, including such topics as democratization, the politics of development, the role of the state in advanced industrial societies, gender and ethnicity, and the politics of nationalism. Advanced Theories of International Politics. Perspectives examined range from realism to critical theory and focus upon a variety of explanatory variables.
Theories of International Security. Focus on conflict in different systems and scenarios and on causes and consequences of different strategies. The role of ethics in international security. Advanced Theories of Political Economy. Major theories of political economy, from classical perspectives on problems of international cooperation to modern treatments of trade, finance, investment, and regulation.
Domestic Politics and International Relations. Theoretical and empirical approaches to exploring the relationship between domestic politics and international relations. Restricted to PhD students in the political science program and MA students with permission of the instructor. Theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of military interventions. The challenges of designing political science research on a complex and policy-relevant topic like military intervention.
Theories of military effectiveness in conventional wars. Case studies of several conflicts and brief exploration of effectiveness in unconventional wars. Theories of causes, conduct, and termination of civil wars. Consideration of violence against civilians, rebel recruitment, counterinsurgency, and civil war outcomes. Selected Topics in International Politics. In-depth coverage of significant theoretical and empirical issues in international politics, including such topics as comparative foreign policy, ethics and norms in international politics, the politics of military intervention, and theories of security in a post-Cold War environment.
Advanced reading course. Restricted to doctoral candidates preparing for the general examination. May be repeated for credit. Send Page to Printer. Download Page PDF. Overview Undergraduate Graduate Faculty Courses The Department of Political Science, part of the social and behavioral sciences discipline in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, offers a program that examines politics in depth on both a national and international scale. Bachelor's programs Bachelor of Arts with a major in political science Bachelor of Arts with a major in political science public policy focus Bachelor of Science with a major in political science Combined programs Dual Bachelor of Arts with a major in political science and Master of Arts in the field of political science Dual Bachelor of Arts with a major in political science and Master of Public Administration Dual Bachelor of Arts with a major in political science public policy focus and Master of Public Policy Dual Bachelor of Arts with a major in political science and Master of Professional Studies in the field of legislative affairs Dual Bachelor of Arts with a major in political science and Master of Professional Studies in the field of political management Dual Bachelor of Science with a major in political science and Master of Public Policy Minors Minor in political science Minor in public policy.
Master's program Master of Arts in the field of political science Doctoral program Doctor of Philosophy in the field of political science. University Professors: M. Barnett, M. Finnemore Professors: B. Wolchik Associate Professors: C. Wiley Assistant Professors: A. Dean's Seminar. Introduction to Politics I. Introduction to Politics II.
The Student Directory shares their name, research lab and year entering the program. PhD programs in the IBS. Student Directory.
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