Courses
Courses not listed below may be accepted to count towards minor requirements. Contact the director of graduate studies (DGS) prior to enrolling in a course to confirm it satisfies the core requirements.
Core Courses (Required)
- POL 8311—Political Psychology and Socialization (3 cr.)
- PSY 8201—Social Cognition (3 cr.)
- JOUR 8661—Journalism and Mass Communications (3 cr.)
- POL 8307 and 8308—Proseminar in Political Psychology (2 credits each)
- Cross-listed as PSY 8211 and 8212
- Two method courses related to student goals (6 cr.)
Methods (Examples)
- EPSY—5244 Survey Design, Sampling and Implementation
- EPSY—8261 Statistical Methods I: Probability and Inference
- EPSY—8262 Statistical Methods II: Regression and the Linear Model
- POL 8106–Quantitative Political Science I
- POL 8107—Quantitative Political Science II
- PSY 8209—Research Methods in Social Psychology
Electives (Not Required)
- AFRO 8202—Intellectual History of Race
- AFRO 8554—Gender, Race, Nation and Policy
- COMM 5221—Media, Race and Identity
- COMM 5401—Advanced Theories of Communication
- COMM 5402—Advanced Interpersonal Communication
- COMM 5404—Language and Culture
- COMM 5411—Small Group Communication Research
- COMM 5431—The Process of Persuasion
- COMM 5441—Communication in Human Organizations
- COMM 5451—Intercultural Communication Processes
- COMM 5617—History and Criticism of US Public Discourses
- COMM 8402—Interpersonal Communication
- COMM 8403—Emotion and Communication
- EPSY 8113—The Psychology of Scientific Reasoning
- EPSY 8132—Personality Development and Socialization
- IDSC 8711—Cognitive Science
- IDSC 8721—Behavioral Decision Theory
- IDSC 8722—Heuristic Decision Making
- JOUR 5251—Psychology of Advertising
- JOUR 5501—Communication and Public Opinion
- JOUR 8514—Advanced Mass Communication Theory
- JOUR 8650—Psychology of Media Effects
- JOUR 8651—Mass Media and Social Change
- JOUR 8681—Media and Globalization
- LAW 6831—Law, Race and Social Psychology
- NSCI 5101—Introduction to Neuroscience
- PA 5012—The Politics of Public Affairs
- PA 5106–Government, Ethics and the Public Will
- PA 5301—Population Methods and Issues for the US and the Third World
- PA 5401—Poverty, Inequality and Public Policy
- PA 5421—Racial Inequality and Public Policy
- PA 5711—Science and Technology Policy
- PA 5801—US Foreign Policy: Process and Analysis
- PA 8821—National Security Policy
- POL 8302—Public Opinion and Political Participation
- POL 8305—Interest Groups and Social Movements
- POL 8360—Race and Politics
- POL 8360—Mass Communication and Attitude Change
- POL 8402—Conflict Dynamics and Security
- POL 8641—Comparative Mass Political Behavior
- PSY 5014—Psychology of Human Learning and Memory
- PSY 5101—Personality
- PSY 5138—Psychology of Aging
- PSY 5202—Attitudes and Social Behavior
- PSY 5205—Applied Social Psychology
- PSY 5207—Personality and Social Behavior
- PSY 8203—Impression Management
- PSY 8204—Social Pyschology of Prejudice and Intergroup Relations
- PSY 8205—Principles of Social Psychology
- PSY 8208—The Self
- PSY 8210—Law, Race and Social Psychology
- PSY 8814—Analysis of Psychological Data
- PSY 8815—Analysis of Psychological Data
- PUBH 8813—Measurement