政治学和国际关系学系同时提供硕士学位和博士学位。研究生课程是一个以博士为重点的课程，包括前六个学期的课程工作，然后是论文研究和写作。将录取有限数量的学生对硕士学位的终极兴趣。硕士学位是为期两年的38学分课程。被硕士学位录取但希望攻读博士学位的学生可以在研究生课程的第二年申请该博士学位课程。博士学位课程是一个62学分的课程。该系的研究生课程包括一个机会，可以跨学科研究该学科的各个领域，包括国际关系，比较政治，美国政治和政治理论。学生将在政治学领域接受广泛的教育，并具备发展和执行自己的研究项目的理论和方法技能
The Department of Political Science and International Relations offers both M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. The graduate program is a Ph.D.-focused program consisting of coursework during the first six semesters followed by dissertation research and writing. The M.A. degree is a two-year, 39-credit program. The Ph.D. program is a 63-credit program. Graduate study in the department is organized around four major subfields within the discipline of political science: American politics, comparative politics, international relations, and political theory. Ph.D. students are required to pick one of these major subfields within the discipline as their primary field and a second subfield as their secondary field. Alternatively, students may construct an interdisciplinary secondary field in consultation with a faculty member and with the approval of the director of graduate studies. Examples of such secondary fields include gender and politics, research methods, and political psychology. M.A. students complete a primary subfield only.