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  • Department of Political Science
    469 Kerr Hall
    Davis, CA 95616
    Tel: (530) 752-0966
    Fax: (530) 752-8666
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  • 250 Mrak Hall
    One Shields Avenue
    Davis, CA 95616

    Phone: (530) 752-0650
    Fax: (530) 752-6222
Political Science

Application Deadline

  • 2013 ADMISSION
  • Priority: Dec. 15
  • Final: Feb. 1

    2013 FELLOWSHIP
  • Prospective Student Fellowship: Dec. 15
  • Continuing Student Fellowship: Dec. 1

Degrees Offered

  • M.A. Plan I
  • M.A./J.D.
  • Ph.D. Plan C

Designated Emphases

Admission Requirements

  • Three letters of recommendation
  • GRE scores
  • Sample of recent written work
  • TOEFL scores (international students)

Degree Requirements

Students follow the degree requirements reflecting the year s/he was admitted or the most recent version below.

Administrative Bylaws

Students gain advanced knowledge of American government and politics, comparative politics, international relations, methodology and political theory. Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in political science.

While an M.A. degree may be obtained while pursuing a Ph.D. degree, only Ph.D. applications will be accepted. For more information on the M.A./J.D. degree, please contact the program.

This is a departmentally-based Graduate Program.

For more information, visit the Political Science website.

Contacts

Program Chair
John Scott
(Department Chair) 		Political Science (530) 661-8170
Bradford Jones
(Graduate Program Chair) 		Political Science (530) 752-1649
Academic Advisers
James F Adams
(Adviser: Primary Contact) 		Political Science 9/1/12 - 12/31/12
Bradford Jones
(Adviser: Admissions and Primary Contact) 		Political Science 1/1/13 - 8/31/14 (530) 752-1649
John Scott
(Adviser: General) 		Political Science 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 661-8170
Graduate Program Staff Coordinator
Anna Darbee Political Science (530) 752-0969
Student Affairs Officer (SAO) in the Office of Graduate Studies
Jean Telford Graduate Studies (530) 752-9292