政治科学系提供多元化和灵活的研究生课程，可授予哲学博士学位。我们的目标是为从事学术教学和研究职位以及公共和私营部门非学术职业的学生提供最优质的研究生培训。我们的研究生受益于积极，参与的教师，广泛的方法学培训，本系专注于跨学科方法，以及在我们的师生关系学徒模式下与教师导师紧密合作。除方法外，博士生还接受了小学和中学领域的培训。主要领域是从该部门的四个传统子领域（美国政治，比较政治，国际关系和政治理论）中选择的，并通过课程作业和书面综合考试来完成。第二个领域可以从四个主要子领域中选择，也可以从该部门的两个研究
The Department of Political Science offers flexible programs of graduate study leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree. Our aim is to provide the highest quality graduate training for students who go on to academic teaching and research positions, and to non-academic careers in the public and private sectors. Our graduate students benefit from an active, engaged faculty, extensive methodological training, a focus on inter-disciplinary approaches, and close work with a faculty mentor under our apprenticeship model of faculty-student relationships. Many students establish intellectual connections with other disciplines and departments on campus.<br><br>Students are trained in primary and secondary fields of political science, in addition to methods. The primary field is chosen from four traditional sub-fields (American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Political Theory) and is completed via coursework and a written comprehensive exam. The second field may be chosen from the four main sub-fields, or from the department's foci in Politics of Identity and Politics of the Environment, or it may be defined by the student, subject to approval.