Department of Political Science (Graduate)

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Website URL:

https://cla.purdue.edu/academic/polsci/gradprog/index.html

Department/School Head:

Rosalee A. Clawson

Academic Programs:

Master’s and Ph.D. Programs

• The department of Political Science offers Masters and Doctorate degrees designed to prepare students for teaching and research careers.

Concentrations (Areas of Study):

1. African American Studies
2. American Politics
3. Comparative Politics
4. International Relations
5. Public Policy

Regular Graduate Faculty by Rank:

Professor

Patricia A. Boling
Robert X. Browning
Rosalee A. Clawson
James A. McCann
Leigh S. Raymond
Harry R. Targ
Eric N. Waltenburg
S. Laurel Weldon
Dwayne Woods

Associate Professor

Nadia E. Brown
Ann Marie Clark
Aaron M. Hoffman
Suzanne L. Parker
Keith L. Shimko
Valeria Sinclair-Chapman
Mark Tilton

Assistant Professor

Tara Grillos 
Kyle Haynes
David Johnson
Manjana Milkoreit
Thomas Mustillo
Molly Scudder
David Yu

Emeritus Faculty

Louis Rene Beres
Berenice Carroll
William McClure
Will McLauchlan
Robert Melson
Bert A. Rockman
William R. Shaffer
James Stegenga
Rolf H.W. Theen

Programs

• Political Science, PHD

• Political Science, MA

• Environmental Policy Graduate Certificate
• Social Policy Graduate Certificate

Courses

• POL 50100 - Political Science: Methodology
• POL 51700 - The Politics Of Capital And Labor In The United States
• POL 52000 - Special Topics In Public Policy
• POL 52300 - Environmental Politics And Public Policy
• POL 52400 - Public Policy And The Family
• POL 59000 - Directed Reading In Political Science
• POL 60000 - Political Science: Discipline And Profession
• POL 60500 - Research Design And Methods
• POL 60600 - Advanced Quantitative Techniques In Political Science
• POL 60800 - Qualitative Methods In Political Science
• POL 61000 - Proseminar In American Political Systems, Processes, And Behavior
• POL 61100 - Research Seminar In American Government And Politics
• POL 61500 - Proseminar In Electoral Behavior And Political Socialization
• POL 61600 - Research Seminar In Political Behavior
• POL 62000 - Proseminar In Public Policy And Processes
• POL 62200 - Research Seminar In Public Policy And Public Administration
• POL 62300 - Research Seminar In Environmental Policy
• POL 63000 - Proseminar In International Relations
• POL 63100 - Research Seminar In International Relations
• POL 63200 - Research Seminar In Peace And World Order Studies
• POL 64000 - Proseminar In Comparative Political Systems
• POL 64100 - Research Seminar On Comparative Politics
• POL 65000 - Proseminar In Political Theory
• POL 65100 - Research Seminar In Political Theory
• POL 66200 - Proseminar In Political Economy
• POL 69300 - Interdisciplinary Seminar
• POL 69500 - Directed Reading And Research Topics
• POL 69800 - Research MA Thesis
• POL 69900 - Research PhD Thesis

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