The graduate programs of the Department of Political Science offer small classes which permit individual attention and produce well-educated graduates destined for leadership in academia, the private sector, or public administration. Faculty who teach the graduate seminars have diverse backgrounds and doctorates from major universities. Many are noted for their research and publishing and encourage students to publish and to identify their own research agendas. The graduate curriculum is comprehensive and varied.
Options exist within the curriculum to structure an individualized program of study.
Admission requirements include application to both the Department of Political Science and to the Graduate College . The application deadline is February 15th . Limited financial assistance is available through the Department of Political Science. Graduate assistantship applications are included in the department admission application materials. Applications are considered during the Spring semester of each year, for study to begin the following Fall semester.