政治学哲学博士

攻读博士学位的学生从五个专业领域中选择一个主要和次要领域：美国政治，比较政治，国际关系，政治理论和公共行政/公共政策。还提供未成年人高级研究方法论，种族，民族和性别政治学。学生还选择一个主题领域，该主题领域可能是跨学科的，或者与他们的主要兴趣领域相关。所有学生都必须完成方法论课程的共同核心。对于这两个学位，学生，其研究生委员会和研究生顾问均应负责制定具体的课程。所有学生都有必修的方法顺序。该顺序假定您熟悉社会科学中的定量研究方法。如果学生没有进行此类准备，则可能需要在课程的第一学期以定量方法进行前提工作。
The PhD in Political Science program emphasizes theoretical and methodological rigor and is designed to train applied social-scientists for careers in research. To this end, the program mandates that all students complete a common core of applied formal theory and statistical modeling coursework in addition to the general substantive requirements. Though malleable apart from this core sequence, program requirements are designed to give all students: (1) a firm grasp of the general field of political science, (2) a sophisticated understanding of the theoretical and methodological foundations of the discipline, and (3) a thorough familiarity with the literature and intellectual problems of the fields each student chooses to emphasize.<br><br>All fields of study involve the role of incentives, institutions, and strategies in the aggregation of preferences and ultimately the allocation of resources. Major fields of study mirror the disciplinary norm: American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Political Theory, and Public Administration/Public Policy. All students must also declare two minor fields from the list above or substitute Advanced Research Methodology or Race, Ethnic, and Gender Politics. This requirement as well as the departmental norm of cooperative instruction between representatives of traditional subfields and the flexibility granted graduate committees to (re)structure training for our doctoral students reflects the department's shared belief that the most fruitful avenues of new research cross traditional subfield or disciplinary lines.