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Instructor:  Lyle Scruggs

Prerequisites: POLS 2072Q or STAT 1000Q or SOCI 3211Q or equivalent.

Want to understand what really drives policy outcomes and political behavior? Want to hone software skills that will help to work in the world of policy analysis and public administration, and prepare yourself for graduate school? This advanced statistics course moves beyond basic polling to uncover the hidden patterns in politics. Using Stata and Excel, you’ll master the quantitative tools that leading social scientists and campaign analysts use to evaluate the outcomes of policies, measure political messaging effects, and analyze voting and social behavior. You’ll work with real research data and collect some of your own to develop valuable skills for careers in politics, policy, journalism, and data science. Learn how numbers truly shape our democracy. Enroll today in POLS 2073Q. To learn more, contact Professor Scruggs in the Department of Political Science (lyle.scruggs@uconn.edu).

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Instructor: Jason Byers

While this is not an Honors course, Prof. Byers welcomes Honors students of all majors and would be happy to offer Honors conversions for interested students.

Are you interested in data science, learning more about the R programming language, or exploring the new Data Science and Applied Data Analysis majors?  Enroll in DSDA 1995-001 (Data Science and Society using R) for the Spring 2025 semester!  This course is a good fit for students interested in exploring issues of analysis of social data, and is especially appropriate for those who may be considering careers in public administration, public policy, policy analysis, or considering graduate school in social and behavioral sciences. Meets Monday 4:00-6:30pm in SHH308. This course has no prerequisites and no previous experience with programming is required. Professor Byers would be happy to offer Honors conversions for interested students.

For more information, contact: Jason Byers at Jason.byers@uconn.edu.