Students can build on existing knowledge and make significant substantive contributions to projects, but they also have the chance to tackle new areas of interest and develop additional professional competencies. Strategic use of the OJT component of RGS means that you can emerge from the program not only with a strong analytic background from the coursework, but also with demonstrated experience in areas that would have been difficult to work in otherwise. RGS Core Courses Core courses RGS fellows get the very best of modern analytical tools, and the core courses provide a foundation.
Quantitative analysis is a large part of the menu.
Not numbers for their own sake, and not tools stacked ceiling to floor and looking for takers. Rather, tools that help you understand complex systems. Models that help you appreciate how information flows and incentive systems shape the way organizations work and interact. Techniques that help you separate the effect of a change from noise in the system. Tools that help individuals make decisions, be the individual the President of Russia, the mayor of Los Angeles, the head of a non-government organization, or a strategist in a corporation.