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2005
U.S. News & World Report ranks the Department's Ph.D. program 22nd overall in the nation, eighth among public institutions, and 17th in the field of American Politics
2002
Department serves as the editorial office for the American Journal of Political Science until 2005
2001
U.S. News & World Report again ranks the Department among the top quarter of graduate programs in political science
2000
Convocation in Political Theory established
1999
The Department hosts the Annual Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology and the Conference on the Scientific Study of Judicial Politics
1998
Former Students' Advisory Board established for graduates of the Department
1998
Program in Cross-National Study of Politics established by the Department
1998
U.S. News & World Report ranks Department among the top quarter of graduate programs in political science
1996
Department ranked as most productive in country in a study of publications in discipline’s top three journals from 1986 through 1995
1995
Program in American Politics established by the Department and the Center for Presidential Studies
1993
Program in Foreign Policy Decision-Making established by the Department
1992
Department serves as the editorial office for the Southern Political Science Association’s Journal of Politics until 1997
1991
President George Bush names Texas A&M University as the site for the George Bush Presidential Library to be co-located with the Department of Political Science, Department of Economics, and the George Bush School of Government and Public Service
1988
Department authorized to grant Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Political Science
1984
MPA program accredited by the National Association of Schools of Public Administration and Policy (re-accredited in 1991)
1983
Study of publications in national and regional journals from 1978 though 1982 ranked the Department third in the country in productivity
1981
Department grants its first Bachelor of Science degree
1979
Department authorized to grant Master of Public Administration
1978
Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honorary Society) chartered in the Department
1977
Department serves as the editorial office for American Politics Quarterly until 1981
1968
Department of Political Science created as a separate department granting Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees
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