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Graduate Studies in Political Science
The graduate program at Duke is a top ten research program that has an excellent placement record, close and informal research relationships between faculty and students, and a supportive and collegial environment. In a recent national survey Duke ranked in the top two programs nationally in overall graduate student satisfaction.
The graduate program in Political Science at Duke University offers training in five broad sub-fields: American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Political Theory and Methods. Since its inception, the department has aimed to integrate normative, empirical, theoretical, and policy concerns. Students can also integrate courses of study around a common theme, such as Race Ethnicity and Politics. More than many other Departments, it insists on breadth and well-roundedness in its graduates. At the same time, it strongly encourages and assists early concentration on professional research and publication. (Faculty-Graduate Student Collaborative Publications)
Members of the department are leaders in several university wide-initiatives that bring students and faculty together to examine important social and economic issues across sub-fields and disciplines: the Social Science Research Institute, the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the Social Sciences, and the Program on Democracy, Institutions and Political Economy.
Our department goals are served by close and supportive relations with the faculty and with other students. Ordinarily about 12-15 new graduate students enter each year. The ratio of students in residence to faculty is approximately 2:1. Students form a supportive community, both intellectually --by organizing events such as the graduate student colloquium--as well as socially, through cook-outs, parties, and participating in the annual GPSC graduate school camp-out for Duke men's basketball tickets.
Exchange Programs
The Graduate School
Duke University Department of Political Science
August 2007
The Duke University Graduate School has several exchange programs with universities in Europe. These programs are a one-academic-year enrollment.
Students participating in the exchange program:
Must enroll as full-time student taking four classes each semester (12 units per semester);
May enroll in ungraded Research at three credit hours as one of the four classes;
May not enroll in more than 12 units per semester. A student who enrolls for more than the required 12 units is expected to pay for the additional units;
May not enroll in Undergraduate classes (below 200-level) except as a Graduate Independent Study, and with the approval of the Director of Graduate Studies;