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Political Science - Ph.D. Program Requirements PDFDownload to print

 

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (64-90 credits)
Course Title Credits
POL 70002 Scope and Epistomology 3
POL 70003 Quantitative Methods I 3
POL 70004 Quantitative Methods II 3
POL
POL
POL		 70010
70304
79091		 Qualitative Research Methods (3)   or
Analytical Techniques of Policy-Making (3)   or
Seminar: Quantitative Methods (3)		 3
POL 71094 College Teaching 1
POL 81199 Dissertation I * (15) 30
Proseminars (2 of the 3 described in the department's Graduate Studies Handbook) 6
Electives chosen in consultation with an advisor 15
Research Tool ** 0-3
Additional Approved Electives *** 0-26
MINIMUM TOTAL POST MASTER'S 64
MINIMUM TOTAL POST BACHELOR'S 90

* Doctoral students must complete additional approved electives, including research, to reach a minimum of 30 credit hours post-master's (or equivalent advanced degree) or a minimum of 60 credit hours post-bachelor's prior to enrolling in POL 81199 Dissertation I. Upon completion of course requirements and candidacy exams, doctoral students must register for POL 81199 Dissertation I for two semesters for a total of 30 credit hours, and thereafter POL 81299 Dissertation II, until all requirements for the degree have been met. 

** This requirement may be satisfied by demonstrating mastery of a foreign language or by successfully completing a graduate-level course in any discipline (including qualitative methods, quantitative methods or other methodological skills) pertaining to the student's proposed dissertation research. See the department's Graduate Studies Handbook for details. 

*** Needed for post-bachelor's students to reach a minimum of 90 credit hours total.