Sample Syllabi for Teaching Political Analysis

Sample Syllabi for Teaching with The Essentials of Political Analysis

This page offers a compilation of course syllabi. Because Essentials is versatile and written for a wide student audience, it can be used with a variety of software and with or without a term paper requirement.

Instructor	Institution	Course Title (Term)	Software	Req. Paper?
David Macdonald	Univ. of Florida	Research Methods in Political Science (Spring 2024)	Stata	Yes
Simon Weschle	Syracuse Univ.	Introduction to Political Analysis (Fall 2023)	TBD	No
Michael Franz	Bowdoin College	Quantitative Analysis in Political Science (Spring 2023)	TBD	No
David Cunningham	Univ. of Maryland	Quantitative Methods for Political Science (Fall 2022)	R	No
Marcos Menchaca	Univ. of Texas at El Paso	Research in Political Science (Fall 2024)	R	Yes
James Krueger	University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh	Political Methodology (Spring 2024)	Excel	Yes
Leslie K. Finger	Univ. of North Texas	Political Science Research Methods (Spring 2022)	R	Yes
William Field	Rutgers Univ.	Introductory to Political Science Methods (Fall 2014)	SPSS	Yes
Paul Hensel	Univ. of North Texas	Introductory to Political Science Research	SPSS	No
Courtenay Conrad	UNC Charlotte	Political Science Research Methods (Spring 2012)	SPSS	Yes
Michael Stanaitis	Univ. of Kentucky	Research Methods in International Relations (Fall 2018)	SPSS	Yes
Lilliana Mason	Univ. of Maryland	Quantitative Political Analysis (Spring 2017)	Stata	Yes
Thomas Brambor	NYU	Introduction to Research Methods in Political Science (Spring 2018)	Stata	Yes
Daniel Bowen	The College of New Jersey	Political Analysis (2010)	Stata	No
Joshua Zingher	Old Dominion Univ.	Quantitative Methods (Fall 2018)	Stata	No
Molly Roberts	UC San Diego	Introductory Statistics for Political Science and Public Policy (Winter 2015)	R	Yes
Jesse Acevedo	UCLA	Introduction to Data Analysis (Fall 2015)	R	Yes
Angela Nichols	Florida Atlantic Univ.	Research Methods in Political Science (Spring 2019)	TBD	Yes

Teach Political Analysis

Create a course outline with ease! Integrate the classic text, Essentials of Political Analysis, with Companions for SPSS, Stata, Excel & R. Teach with software of your choice.