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 credits)
- PSY 8201: Social Cognition (3 credits)
- JOUR 8661: Journalism and Mass Communications (3 credits)
- 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 credits)
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 Psychology 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