REQUIREMENTS AND PREREQUISITES

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

In addition to the University's admission requirements:

•  G.R.E. (Graduate Record Exam) test scores
•  Three (3) letters of reccomendation
•  Undergraduate G.P.A. of 3.0 (with students who have a lower G.P.A. considered on an individual basis).  *

* Applicants accepted into the program who majored in a subject other than Political Science at the undergraduate level may be required to take one or more undergraduate Political Science courses that would not be counted towards the minimum of 33 credits in the graduate program.  The requirement depends on their undergraduate major and course work. 

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

• 33 credit hours
• G.P.A. of 3.0
• Comprehensive Examination in Political Science (within confines of Advanced Graduate Seminar in Political Science: PS-5900)
• M.A. Thesis ( For those students taking Thesis Option in their own area of concentration)  

Program Overview

Graduate Admission Requirements

Program Requirements

Concentrations and Options

* American Government and Politics 

* International Relations/Comparative Politics

* Political Theory/Foundations of Constitutional Government

Political Science Graduate Courses

Faculty