First Year: 1. Linear algebra. 2. Continuation of linear algebra; multivariable differential calculus. 3. Multivariable integral calculus. Prerequisite: first-year standing in MMSS.
Introductory Econometrics by Jeffrey Wooldridge (6th Ed.)
MATH 386-2 Econometrics for MMSS
386-1 focuses on the multi-variate linear regression model, covering both economic theory and applications. 386-2 Intented to be an applied class using econometrics in writing empirical papers. Topics covered include time series, applied regression and instrumental variable analysis, discrete dependent variables, panel data, and treatment effect methods. Prerequisite: second-year standing in MMSS.
This course provides an introduction to positive political theory and describes how formal methods may be used to analyze politics and political institutions. Topics covered include preference aggregation, social choice, voting theory, and executive legislative relations. A goal of the course is to demonstrate how formal models and methods can be applied to questions of substantive interest. The course emphasizes the identification of relevant questions worthy of investigation, and the intuition behind models and methods.
