政治学哲学博士

博士对政治心理学/行为的专注将当代心理学理论，概念和研究方法应用于政治行为的研究。对学生进行了与心理学以及政治学相关的主题和方法的培训。方法论上的关注集中在实验和调查研究上。除了以适合于政治行为的心理学研究方法的形式进行正式培训外，学生还将在整个培训过程中对正在进行的研究项目感到满意。学生将熟悉该系广泛的设备齐全的实验室和常规科目库。也有机会参与正在进行的调查研究项目。政治经济学和公共政策的集中强调政治与塑造经济政策的机构（公共和私人）之间的相互作用。选择这种集中力的学生将重点放在决策和组织行为上来分析重
The doctoral concentration in political psychology/behavior applies contemporary psychological theories, concepts, and research methods to the study of political behavior. Students are trained in topics and methods associated with psychology as well as political science. Methodological concerns focus on experimentation and survey research. In addition to formal training in methods appropriate to the psychological study of political behavior, students are apprenticed to ongoing research projects throughout their course of training. Students become familiar with the department's extensive and well-equipped laboratories and the regular subject pool. Opportunities are also available to take part in ongoing survey research projects. The concentration in political economy and public policy emphasizes the interaction between politics and the institutions (both public and private) that shape economic policies. Students choosing this concentration analyze important issues by focusing on decision-making and organizational behavior as shaped by individual incentives and institutional structures. In addition to the foundation course in public policy required of all students, elective seminars in this field include policy evaluation, organizational decision-making, bureaucracy, regulation, institutional analysis, and urban politics. The American politics concentration provides a broad perspective on national political institutions and processes, with particular emphases on elections and courts. Courses focusing on political parties and elections, the legislative process, the American judiciary, electoral behavior, American political ideology, and public choice theory are offered. Students become familiar with the kinds of quantitative and formal analysis techniques most often applied to the study of American politics. Seminar papers allow students to go into detail on topics of special interest.