Naijia Liu
GOV 51 | Spring 2026 | Course Listing | Canvas Site
Tuesday & Thursday, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
How can we measure racial discrimination in job hiring? What is the best way to predict election outcomes? What factors drive the onset of civil wars? The goal of this course is to give you the ability to understand, explain, and perform research on the most pressing social and political issues with a special focus on data analysis and causal reasoning. You will be able to read and understand the methodology of most academic articles in the social sciences while also learning the core ideas and tools of data science used across many industries.
Prerequisite: Gov 50, Stat 100, Stat 104 or equivalent.