Fall/Winter Timetable
POL242Y1Y L0101
Research Methods for Specialists
Themes
Have you ever felt uncertain about how an author arrived at the conclusions reported in a reading for one of your courses? Would you like to be able to use statistics, computers, and other basic research tools in your own work? This course will introduce you to some of the major approaches and techniques employed in contemporary political science to interpret the political world. No prior background in mathematics or experience with computers is required or expected of students taking this course.
Texts
Readings will be drawn from a basic research methods text, a data analysis text and an on-line laboratory manual.
Format and Requirements
The course will be offered in a combined lecture-laboratory format. In addition to completing numerous computer exercises, students will be expected to complete two term tests and short reports of their own research.
Prerequisites
1.0 POL credit
Exclusions
January 29, 2020
Congratulations to all our amazing undergraduate students who picked up one the department’s twenty-three awards and scholarships at our annual undergraduate awards ceremony. In attendance were Dean of Arts &...
March 26, 2015
The Department of Political Science offers a hearty congratulations to Mr. David Cosolo for being awarded a position in the prestigious Jaimie Anderson Parliamentary Internship. David is a fourth year...
March 16, 2015
The University of Toronto United Nations Society and U of T Pre-Law Society are delighted to prevent their conference Global Awakening: Indigenous Rights in Canada and the World in partnership...
March 12, 2015
A huge congratulations to fourth-year Political Science and History student Jozef A. Kosc, who has been awarded the prestigious John H. Moss Scholarship to read for an MPhil in International Relations at...
March 5, 2015
The Association of Political Science Students (APSS) had an excellent turnout for it's February event - a panel discussion on "Aboriginal Politics Today" that featured Professor Peter Russell and Nelson...
February 24, 2015
The Department of Political Science invites you to attend a Backpack to Briefcase (b2B) Career Panel Discussion for students and recent graduates. DATE Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 TIME ...
February 13, 2015
Are you in the third or fourth year of your undergraduate degree in political science? Are you wondering what kind of job and life opportunities are awaiting you after you graduate?...
February 11, 2015
Proud of being a political science student at the University of Toronto? If so, the Association of Political Science Students (APSS) has some exciting news for you. As of today,...
February 6, 2015
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February 6, 2015
The Mitacs Globalink Research Award provides funding to support senior undergraduate, graduate, and PhD student research projects abroad. Mitacs is now pleased to offer student mobility opportunities between Canada and France:...