The small size of the program—approximately five to six students are admitted to the doctoral program each year—allows for personal attention and close contacts with the faculty. Informal colloquia ...

The Department of Political Science is home to a dynamic faculty, devoted to studying political phenomena at all levels of interest to our graduate students, including local, state, national, and ...

As a student, you are required to complete 63 credit hours, PhD comprehensive examinations and a dissertation. The comprehensive examination calls for you to explain, critique, integrate and apply ...

The Department of Political Science and International Relations currently offers a Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) degree, which consists of coursework during the first six semesters followed by ...

Our graduate program in political science reflects changes in the discipline, shifts in the political landscape, and the additional new faculty who have expanded the depth and breadth of our offerings ...

The Department of Political Science at the University of Colorado Boulder has a long and vibrant tradition of excellence in training graduate students. Our diverse faculty of nearly 30 train graduate ...

The primary aim of our program is to foster an understanding of government and politics in general and also to promote the development of analytic and other scholarly skills. Our view of the ...

Attention Applicants: the Political Science Department will be making very limited admissions of PhD students, if at all, for Fall 2026. Applicants only in the subfields of International Relations, ...

Students complete and are examined in courses to the value of four full units. Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and ...