The Master of Arts in Political Economy with a Data Analytics Emphasis is a two-year (four-semester) interdisciplinary program. The major goal of the program curriculum is to train public policy specialists using advanced technologies and data analytics.
A minimum of thirty- (30) credit hours of coursework with a cumulative GPA ≥ 3.0. The 30 hours include 12 hours of core courses, 18 hours of graduate Data Analytics Electives.
| Course ID | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| MATH 6080 | Intro to Statistical Inference | 3 |
| or CCCC 7300 | Quantitative Analysis | |
| ECON 6230 | Econometrics | 3 |
| Advanced Positive Political Economy | ||
| Advanced Seminar for MA Students | ||
| Electives (pick 5 from the list) | ||
| Elements in Biomedical Informatics | ||
| Introduction to Data Science for Biomedical Informatics | ||
| Statistical Machine and Deep Learning in Biomedical Practice | ||
| Data Management and Statistical Computing | ||
| Introduction To ArcGIS | ||
| Public Health GIS | ||
| Research Design | ||
| Introduction to Data Science | ||
| Intro to GIS | ||
| Advanced GIS | ||
| Linear Models | ||
| Intro to Statistical Inference | ||
| Applied Mathematics I | ||
| Data Analysis | ||
| Modeling and Analytics | ||
| Web Analytics | ||
| Adv Modeling and Analytics | ||
| Quantitative Methods I | ||
| Quantitative Methods I | ||
| Qualitative Methods | ||
| One Additional Elective from the Following | ||
| Intermed Microeconomics | ||
| Intermed. Macroeconomics | ||
| Inequality & Poverty Latin Am | ||
| Economics of Poverty | ||
| Regulation | ||
| Intl Trading Relations | ||
| Health Econ & Policy | ||
| Econ Public Expenditures | ||
| Economics of Taxation | ||
| Public Finance & Public Policy | ||
| Comparative Economic Systems | ||
| Labor & Pop In L.A. | ||
| Econ Devel of Latin America | ||
| Inequality & Poverty Latin Am | ||
| Labor & Population in Lat Amer | ||
| Sem On Lat Am Countries | ||
| Econ of Educ Policy and Reform | ||
| Theories of Economic Justice | ||
| Graduate Professional Skills | ||
| Race, Crime and Control | ||