G-POLI-AM - Political Science - Master's

The Department of Political Science offers graduate work leading to the MA and PhD in political science.

Instruction is designed to prepare the student primarily for teaching and research. Instruction is currently offered in the following fields: political economy; behavior and identity; security, peace, and conflict; political methodology; normative political theory and political philosophy; and political institutions.

Further details on the graduate Program in Political Science, the departmental facilities, the staff, and available financial aid may be obtained from the director of graduate studies, Department of Political Science.

Related Coursework in the Duke University School of Law

Students at the Duke School of Law earning a MA degree in political science along with the JD degree may take four courses (12 course credits) in political science as part of their required 84 course credits for the JD. To be eligible to receive the MA, they must complete four additional courses in political science, for a total of eight, and complete and defend a thesis or choose the non-thesis option. The courses chosen must be approved by the director of graduate studies. Further details on the Program in Political Science may be obtained from the director of graduate studies, Department of Political Science.