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The Department of Political Science is one of the largest in the College of Liberal Arts, with approximately 1,000 undergraduate majors, 60 graduate students, and a faculty of more than 50 professors. The Department began granting Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in 1969, the Bachelor of Science degree in 1981, and the Ph.D. in 1988. Undergraduate and graduate course work is available in American politics, comparative politics, international relations, methodology, normative political theory, public administration, public law, public policy, and race and ethnic politics (for more complete descriptions of these fields, click here). Most upper-division undergraduate courses are small to enhance students’ educational experiences and to encourage the development of their communication and analytical skills. The Ph.D. program emphasizes preparation for academic careers and regularly places graduates in high-quality research and teaching universities.
The Department has attained national visibility for its academic programs, faculty, and scholarship. By 2005 the Ph.D. program was ranked 22nd among all such programs in the United States, eighth among those in public institutions, and 17th in the field of American Politics by U.S. News and World Report. For the past two decades, the faculty has also been ranked as one of the nation’s most productive in terms of articles published in major scholarly journals. Numerous faculty in the Department have served in leadership positions in professional associations, as editors of leading academic journals, and as advisors to governments and other policy-making organizations.
Currently, the Department provides editorial homes for the Presidential Studies Quarterly and the Journal of Theoretical Politics. In recent years the Department has also served as the editorial home for the American Journal of Political Science and The Journal of Politics.
Since 1997 the Department has been located in the Allen Building, adjacent to the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum.
Patricia A. Hurley
Professor and Head
Political Science Self Study Binder
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