政治学文学硕士（非论文）-美国政治

美国政治学包括对美国国家机构，政治行为和地方政治的研究。美国的国家机构包括宪法规定的机构（总统，国会和法院）以及诸如总统和国会，宪法，成文法和行政法之类的机构与诸如政党之类的宪法以外机构之间的相互作用。（主要对官僚机构感兴趣的学生应该查看公共行政/公共政策领域声明。）政治行为与大众政治行为（民意，投票行为和一般政治参与），大众行为与政治机构之间的关系有关，例如代表，以及利益集团和大众媒体代表的有组织的行为。地方政治包括研究州和地方各级的政治制度和群众政治行为，以及地方政府与中央政府之间的联邦关系。
American Politics includes the study of American national institutions, political behavior, and sub-national politics. American national institutions include the constitutionally specified institutions (the presidency, Congress, and the courts) and the interactions among institutions such as the president and Congress, constitutional, statutory, and administrative law, and extra-constitutional institutions such as political parties. (Students interested primarily in bureaucratic institutions should see the public administration/public policy field statement.) Political behavior is concerned with mass political behavior (public opinion, voting behavior, and general political participation), the relationship between mass behavior and political institutions such as in representation, and organized behaviors represented by interest groups and the mass media. Sub-national politics includes the study of political institutions and mass political behavior at the state and local levels and the federal relationships between sub-national governments and the national government.