This course,
taught by most political science departments, is really two courses
in one. Some
departments
call this course Introduction to Political Science, but most departments
give it the title Scope and Methods. Dr. Toppen will provide
the students with an
overview of the history of the discipline and the various approaches
that political scientists have used to study and discuss political
life.
In the Methods portion, Dr. Toppen will spend most of his
sessions teaching you how to: procure information over the Internet;
conceive
and test
hypotheses; and learn about and utilize some statistical tests normally
used by behavioral political scientists.
