政治学哲学博士

政治科学系提供与众不同的课程，该课程与波士顿学院的传统保持一致，重点在于实用和理论上的重大问题。硕士和博士学位课程在领域和课程方面都非常灵活，使学生可以在波士顿附近的其他系和其他大学学习。该计划规模较小（每年大约有五至六名学生被录取为博士学位课程），这可以引起个人关注并与教师保持密切联系。非正式的座谈会和更正式的演讲补充了学术交流的常规顺序，进阶生有机会在教职员工的指导下进行教学。<br> <br>进入该课程的学生必须修读14门课程（42-43学分）研究生或硕士学位。学生每学期选择三门课程。在这14门课程
The department's course offerings are organized in four fields: Political Theory, American Politics, International Politics, and Comparative Politics. These fields are organized into sub-fields, as listed below. Students choose one field as their major area of concentration, along with one minor field. A major consists of eight courses within a particular field, with preparation in at least three sub-fields (four if the major field is Political Theory). A minor consists of four courses. Students are required to take two additional courses, these may be distributed however the student chooses, and may even be taken in another department. These two courses could also be used toward an optional second minor, which consist of only two courses.<br><br>Fourteen courses (42-43 credits) are required for students entering the program with no previous graduate work or a master's degree. Students choose three courses per semester. Of the 14 courses, three may be in independent study and two (not more than one per semester) in non-graduate courses. Generally, graduate students taking non-graduate courses are required to do additional work beyond the requirements.