Taking Classes Outside of SI

John Lin

Most of the classes John took were in Econ, specifically micro theory and econometrics. Also took Advanced Social Psychology, which is a required class for Psych PhD students, good if you're interested in doing psychological research. When you choose a class, try to tell a story about how it could be useful for your research.

Once you're in a class outside of SI, make an effort to get to know the people in the class. Talk to the people around you. Take advantage of faculty office hours to get to know the professors. For example, when taking Advanced Social Psychology, John found it very useful to learn how the Psych students thought about the material, which made the readings much clearer and more useful. Also, as for faculty, remember that you will need a professor outside of SI for your dissertation committee.

Make an effort to become part of the culture of the department that you're taking the class from.

Anthea Josias

Anthea took an introductory statistics course from ISR, which she recommends to those who don't have a solid background in statistics, or to those who would like to take a refresher course. This was an intensive month-long course that met for two hours everyday for the month of June.