Second Methods Courses
The following courses are listed in the Schedule of Classes for the indicated semester and may be used to fulfill the second-level methods requirements for SIS Masters degrees, subject to individual program requirements. PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK WITH YOUR ACADEMIC ADVISOR or PROGRAM DIRECTOR TO ENSURE THE COURSE(S) YOU CHOOSE WILL QUALIFY AS A METHODS COURSE FOR YOUR FIELD. As always, check specific courses for prerequisites.
Lists for the following semesters are currently available: Fall 2011, Spring 2012
Fall 2011
Offered in SIS
- SIS-612 Research Seminar in IPCR
- SIS-619-008 Political Risk Analysis
- SIS-623 International Policy Analysis
- SIS-695 Research Seminar in IC
SIS Skills Institutes* Skills Institutes are offered by the following fields:
- International Communication: SIS-633
- International Development: SIS-638
- International Peace and Conflict Resolution: SIS-639
IPCR and USFP students, check with your advisor regarding whether skills institutes are approved for methodology course requirements for your program. Skills institutes are NOT approved for second methods courses for CRS, IC, IER, IP, ID/DM.
Offered outside SIS
- ACCT-607 Accounting
- ACCT-609 Management Accounting (prereq: ACCT-607)
- ECON-505 Intro to Mathematical Economics
- ECON-523 Applied Econometrics I
- ECON-524 Applied Econometrics II (prereq: ECON-523)
- ECON-665 Project Evaluation in Developing Countries (prereq: ECON-523)
- ECON-705 Mathematical Economics Analysis
- ECON-724 Adv Econometric Methods (prereq: ECON-723)
- EDU-610 Research in International Education
- ENVS-575 Environmental Risk Assessment
- GOVT-612 Conduct of Inquiry I
- GOVT-656 Voting Behavior, Elections & Campaigns
- GOVT-720 Advanced Quantitative Methods
- HFIT-596-002 Fundamentals of Epidemiology
- HIST-667 Oral History
- ITEC-630 Business Analysis/Data Design
- PUAD-601 Methods of Problem Solving I (note: very similar to SIS-600)
- PUAD-604 Public Program Evaluation
- PUAD-605 Quant Methods for Public Managers
- PUAD-610 Management Analysis
- PUAD-688 Policy Practicum
- PSYC-550 Psychological Research
- SOCY-580 Social Policy Analysis
- SOCY-620 Social Research I (prereq: STAT-514)
- STAT-514 Statistical Methods
- STAT-515 Regression
- STAT-530 Mathematical Statistics I
- STAT-600 Adv Mathematical Statistics
Spring 2012
Offered in SIS
- SIS-619-014 Political Risk Analysis
- SIS-619-019 Adv Analytical Tech & Methods
- SIS-620-002 Policy Analysis for GEP
- SIS-628-003 Field Research in Health Communication
- SIS-634-001 Field Survey Research Methods
- SIS-635-002 Program Evaluation
- SIS-635-007 Mixed Methods for Community-Based Research
- SIS-680-001 Qualitative Methods & Methodology
- SIS-695-001 Research Seminar in IC
SIS Skills Institutes* Skills Institutes are offered by the following fields:
- International Communication: SIS-633
- International Development: SIS-638
- International Peace and Conflict Resolution: SIS-639
IPCR and USFP students, check with your advisor regarding whether skills institutes are approved for methodology course requirements for your program. Skills institutes are NOT approved for second methods courses for CRS, IC, IER, IP, ID/DM.
Offered outside SIS
- ACCT-607 Financial Accounting
- ANTH-596-002 Oral History
- ACCT-670 International Accounting
- ANTH-640-001 Graduate Research Methods
- CSC-610 Intro to Geographic Info Systems
- ECON-505 Intro to Mathematical Economics
- ECON-523 Applied Econometrics I
- ECON-524 Applied Econometrics II
- ECON-723 Econometric Methods
- EDU-642 Training Program Design
- GOVT-610 Intro to Quant Methods in Political Science
- GOVT-615 Qualitative Research Methods
- PUAD-602 Methods of Problem Solving II
- PUAD-604 Public Program Evaluation
- PUAD-605 Quant Methods for Public Managers
- STAT-514 Statistical Methods
- STAT-524 Data Analysis
last updated 17 October 2011


