Approved Theory and Methodology Courses

Theory Courses

The following list includes existing courses that fulfill the requirement for a graduate-level theory seminar. Upon approval from the LAS Academic Coordinator, students may take other theory courses that do not appear in this list.

Anthropology
ANTH 211 Psychoanalysis and Religion
ANGR 264 Culture, Power, and the State
ANGR 238 Citizenship and the Nation State
ANTH 273 General Theory

Communication
COGR 200A Introduction to the Study of Communication as Social Force
COGR 200B Introduction to Study of Communication and Culture
COGR 200C Introduction to the Study of Communication and the Individual

Economics
ECON 200A Microeconomics
ECON 202A Workshop in Economic Theory
ECON 210A Macroeconomics
ECON 240 Economic Development
ECON 245 International Economics

Ethnic Studies
ETHN 200B Theories of Ethnic Studies
ETHN 257A Social Theory
ETHN 265 Critical Immigration and Refugee Studies

History
HIGR 200 History and Social Theory
HIGR 208 History and Theory

Literature
LTTH 201 Contemporary Theoretical Debates and Critical Discourses
LTTH 220 Theories of Literary Criticism
LTCS 222 Topics in Theory and History of Film
LTTH 230 Comparative Literary Theory
LTSP 275 Latin American(ist) Literary and Cultural Theories Since the 1960s
LTTH 201 Contemporary Theoretical Debates and Critical Discourse

Music
MUS 207 Theoretical Studies Seminar

Political Science
POLI 220 Comparative Politics: State and Society
POLI 200A Foundations of Political Science
POLI 214 Marxist and Post-Marxist Political Philosophy
POLI 216 Contemporary Liberal and Democratic Theory
POLI 219 Special Topics in Political Theory
POLI 220B Comparative Politics: Institutions
POLI 200C Origins of the State
POLI 221 Comparative Politics: Institutions
POLI 240 International Relations Theory
POLI 218B The Political Theory of Liberation Theology

Sociology
SOCG 201A Classical Sociological Theory I
SOCG 201B Classical Sociological Theory II
SOCG 202 Contemporary Sociological Theory
SOCG 282 Immigration and Citizen

Theatre and Dance
TH/GR 273 Fashioning the Body
TH/GR 292 Cultural and Critical Theory

Visual Arts
VIS 200 Introduction to Graduate Studies in the Visual Arts
VIS 211 Fact and Fiction
VIS 212 History and Memory
VIS 213 Public Space
VIS 215 Human Interface
VIS 216 The Object
VIS 217 Communities and Subcultures
VIS 218N Imaging Selves and Others
VIS 230"Art" as Category
VIS 232 Artistic Identities
VIS 240 Histories of Theory and Criticism: Plato to Post-Modernism
VIS 241 Topics in Contemporary Critical Theory
VIS 242 Theories of Media and New Media
VIS 243 Aesthetic Theory

International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS)
IRCO 403 International Economics
IRCO 410 International Politics and Security
IRGN 401 Ethnic Conflict
IRGN 430 Globalization
IRGN 453 Sustainable Development
IRGN 455 Economic Theories of Regional Integration

Methodology courses

The following list includes existing courses that fulfill the requirement for a graduate-level methodology seminar. Upon approval from the LAS Academic Coordinator, students may take other methodology courses that do not appear in this list.

Anthropology
ANGR 251 Ethnographies of Modern Society
ANGR 263 Anthropology of Language and Discourse

Communication
COGR 201B Ethnographic Methods for Communication Research
COGR 201C Discourse Analysis
COGR 201D Historical Methods for Communication Researc
COGR 201E Political Economic Methods for Communication Research
COGR 201H Qualitative Methods in Audience Research
COGR 201I Ethnography of Information Systems
COGR 201J Comparative Analysis
COGR 201L Qualitative Analysis of Information Systems
COGR 201M Content Analysis

Economics
ECON 205 Mathematics for Economists
ECON 264 Experimental Economics

Ethnic Studies
ETHN 210 Research Seminar in Ethnic Studies
ETHN 240 Multidiciplinary Research Methods in Ethnic Studies
ETHN 241A Community Ethnography: Method and Theory

History
HIGR 248A Research Seminar Latin America

Literature
LTTH 200A Text/Culture/Critical Practice

Music
MUS 208A Critical Methods and Creative Identities
MUS 208B Experimental Musical Practices
MUS 208C World Musical Perception
MUS 228 Conducting
MUS 267 Advanced Music Technology Seminar

Political Science
POLI 181A Field Research Methods for Migration Studies: Seminar
POLI 181B Field Research Methods for Migration Studies: Practicum
POLI 181C Field Research Methods for Migration Studies: Data Analysis
POLI 200 Political Science: Scope and Methods
POLI 204A Research Design
POLI 204B Quantitative Methods I
POLI 222 Measuring Democracy

Sociology
SOCG 203 Field Methods
SOCG 204 Text and Discourse Analysis
SOCG 205 Quantitative Methods I
SOCG 207 Comparative-Historical Methods

Theatre and Dance
THGR 204A Text Analysis

Visual Arts
VIS 202 Art Practice
VIS 210 Narrative
VIS 244 Studies in the Relationship of Theory and Practice
VIS 281 Curatorial Practice

International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS)
IRGN 446 Applied Data Analysis and Statistical Decision Making
IRGN 456 Program Design and Evaluation