GPOL
6195

Researching Politics

New School for Social Research: Politics

Graduate Course
Degree Students (with Restrictions)
Researching Politics
Spring 2025
Taught By: David Plotke
Section: A

CRN: 13255

Credits: 3

Why and how should we study politics? This course is a graduate introduction to methods in studying politics. It starts with debates around modes of inquiry in the discipline. Most of the course focuses on practical strategies for researching politics. Students will consider a range of approaches. These will include field research; political ethnography; historical methods; textual analysis; quantitative analyses; and experimental methods. We will select two or three major political ‘cases’ as a framework for assessing the merits of different approaches.

College: New School for Social Research (GF)

Department: Politics (POL)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Seminar (R)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 18

Repeat Limit: 2

Add/Drop Deadline: February 3, 2025 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: April 15, 2025 (Tuesday)

Seats Available: Yes

Status: Open*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 7:46am EST 12/13/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Tuesday
Times: 1:55pm - 3:45pm
Building: 6 East 16th Street
Room: 600
Date Range: 1/20/2025 - 5/6/2025