Political Science Graduate Program
Graduate Director - Peter McNamara
The Masters program offers two areas of concentration. Students must choose one.
Public Policy
The Public Policy track examines the process and strategies of public policy development with an emphasis on which policies can succeed both substantively and politically in different policy arenas.
International and Comparative Studies: Conflict and Co-operation
In the Conflict and Cooperation track we explore human propensities for war, peace, and progress through examination and comparison of militant groups, ethnicity, nations, states, empires, and international relations. We study the causes of warfare and terrorism, national and international policies for security, as well as conditions and policies for peace, stability, nation-building and democratic practice.