Upon graduating, MA students pursue diverse career paths, including advanced doctoral work. This program consists of fourteen courses and an optional thesis. These publications must be consulted regularly and students should become familiar with the information they contain. Please feel free to seek assistance from Political Science faculty and staff .
All students are strongly encouraged to consult their academic advisor regularly.
Two additional courses may be taken from the following list of courses. Top Comparative Government and Politics Professor Minton F. Goldman , Concentration Chair Comparative politics focuses upon politics within nations. One of the most important questions concerns the matter of classifying nations. In the field of comparative politics we study totalitarian, authoritarian and democratic systems. We look at third-world and more modern nations as a fundamental division.