Teaching, integrated

Teaching is fun. Teaching with Claude is fun squared.

Fall 2026 —
3 AI-integrated
courses

Nazarbayev University · Astana

Fig. 1. Chart of the Fall semester. Sheet 3 of 6 · MMXXVI

Fig. 2The courses

PLS 210 · Fall 2026 · Undergraduate

Introduction to Political Science Research Methods

Methods across three traditions, with Claude as a co-working partner in exercises and assignments, plus a graded log of how the thinking stayed yours.

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PLS 514 · Fall 2026 · Graduate

Qualitative Research Methods

Every analysis done twice, by hand in class and then with AI at home, and the differences interrogated. Grounded theory, process tracing, reflexive TA.

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New

PLS 419 · Fall 2026 · Undergraduate

AI from a Social Science Perspective

A research collective: one claim on trial each week, student chairs, live labs on the frontier models, recorded verdicts.

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