Welcome to Graduate Studies in Political Science

Our department is the ideal place to complete master’s and doctoral work. We offer the range of specialized seminars needed for strong graduate-level training. We pride ourselves on being a collegial department where students and faculty can experience the type of intellectual interaction, supervision, and research collaboration that make graduate work exciting.

Our programs offer:

• A diversity of theoretical perspectives;
• A research-intensive environment, seen in our excellent record of ongoing externally funded research; and
• A commitment to rigorous training in research methods to provide graduate students with an opportunity to develop outstanding analytical and research skills that are invaluable in scholarly and applied contexts.