Honors Thesis expectations are high. The intended end-product is a traditional research manuscript with accompanying artifact(s), all theses: - are 6 credits or more of sustained research on a single topic, typically conducted over two semesters. - begin with creative inquiry and systematic research. - include documentation of substantive scholarly endeavor. - culminate in an oral defense or other form of public presentation.

This course provides a training ground for student Peer Advisors to develop leadership skills and gain valuable insight on the needs and perspectives of PHS students through the following modalities: in-class dialogues and learning activities, assigned readings, and working with groups and individual students in the drop-in peer advising office. Through these actions, peer advisors build the necessary community and leadership skills to support and empower students in their academic and professional pursuits.

This course serves as a rigorous introduction to quantitative empirical research methods, primarily for doctoral students in political science (but also suitable for other social scientists). The material covered will include probability theory, distributions of random variables, data visualization, principles of statistical inference (estimation and uncertainty), covariate adjustment (a.k.a. linear regression), and a brief introduction to causal inference. Simulations and data analysis will be conducted in the R statistical environment or Stata.

In this course, we will investigate how incomes are distributed in our society, why income inequality has risen so dramatically in recent years, and what public policy tools exist to counter inequality increases. The course will consider various normative approaches to answering the following question: should we care about inequality?

Student teaching in the public schools. A semester-long program consisting of not less than 300 clock hours of supervised student teaching. Prerequisites: successful completion of required techniques, method, and pedagogy courses in music education.

Student teaching in the public schools. A semester-long program consisting of not less than 300 clock hours of supervised student teaching. Prerequisites: successful completion of required techniques, method, and pedagogy courses in music education.