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POLI_SCI 408 Historical Methods in the Study of Politics (1): Philosophical warrants of historical research. Metatheoretical concepts in historical research.

POLI_SCI 480 Introduction to Political Economy: Theory and Method (1): Principles, conceptual frameworks, and logic of inquiry in political economy; applications to international relations, policy development, and comparative politics. Relation to traditional approaches to political science and economics.

POLI_SCI 490 Special Topics in Political Science (1): Investigation of topics of current interest to students and faculty not covered by other offerings.

SOCIOL 410 Comparative and Historical Methods (1): The logic of comparative methods practiced in the social sciences today; contrast with other analytic logics and comparative designs for different types of investigation. Analytic tools needed to link case-oriented and variable-oriented discourse in comparative social research. Advanced introduction.

SOCIOL 439 Comparative and Historical Sociology (1): Theoretical and methodological issues in the comparison of whole societies and other macrosocial units. Contrasts approaches that emphasize variables with those that emphasize cases (i.e., countries) and their histories. Content varies. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.

SOCIOL 476 Topics in Sociological Analysis (1): Advanced areas of graduate student interest. Content varies. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.