POL SCI 170A · POLISCI 170AStudies in Statistical Analysis of Political Data

Political Science · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Designed for juniors/seniors. Use of statistical methods to interpret data and test theories from various fields in political science and use of quantitative evidence in construction of convincing and truthful arguments related to world of politics. Consult Schedule of Classes for topics to be offered in specific term.

P/NP or letter grading.

When it runs

Fall 2025
Winter 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

Requisites

Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisite: course 6 or 6R.

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· "POL SCI 6R" is not in this catalog version

Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

POL SCI 170A

POL SCI 6Introduction to Data Analysis

1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.

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No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.