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Gov 2020: The Hidden Curriculum

Fall 2026

Gov 2020 has two components: A popular semester-long project where students learn how to write a publishable scholarly paper, and a set of lectures and sections where they learn from other researchers' experiences.

Math Prefresher for Political Scientists

Faculty advisor

Not only do the quantitative and formal modeling courses at Harvard require mathematics and computer programming — it's becoming increasingly difficult to take courses without a solid math foundation.

Quantitative Social Science Methods, I: Government 2001, and E-200

 

The first (or sometimes second) course for incoming Harvard Government Department PhD students; also taken by graduate and undergraduate students in other departments.

Workshop in Applied Statistics

Academic Year

The Applied Statistics Workshop (Gov 3009) is a forum for faculty, graduate students, visiting scholars, and others in the area to present and discuss methodological and theoretical work in progress.

Strategies of Political Inquiry, Government 2010

 

Gary King, Robert Putnam, and Sidney Verba. If you could learn only one thing in graduate school, it should be how to do scholarly research.

Introduction to Quantitative Political Methodology, G1000

 

Introduction to major quantitative techniques used in political science. Covers exploratory data analysis, as well as descriptive and causal inference.

Designing Political Inquiry, Government 1003 (for undergrads)

 

An undergraduate course on designing political research.

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