Overview
Study in American politics centers on political behavior, rational choice institutionalism, and historical institutionalism. Many American politics students choose research methods as their second field.
Students majoring in comparative politics study theoretical and historical issues such as ethnicity and nationalism, political participation and culture in democratic and authoritarian regimes, transitions and consolidation of newly democratic regimes, and formal approaches to the design and comparison of institutions.
Students in the field of international relations, under the guidance of the faculty, study a wide range of subjects from NGOs and other non-state actors to the role of domestic politics and the international system, using a similarly broad range of methodologies including interpretivist approaches to case studies, statistical analysis, and mathematical models.
The political theory faculty comprise one of the most distinguished groups of theorists to be found anywhere, having made leading contributions to the areas of normative political philosophy, constitutional issues and constitution-making processes, democratic theory, political psychology, the methodology of political inquiry, and the history of political thought.
The Political Science program is offered by Columbia University.
Fellowships
Fellowships are awarded in recognition of academic achievement and in expectation of scholarly success. Teaching and research experience are considered an important aspect of the training of doctoral students. Thus, fellowships for students in the PhD program include some teaching and research apprenticeship.Programme Structure
Political science students regularly participate in the activities of Columbia's regional institutes and research centers such as:
- The Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
- The Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy
- The Earth Institute
- The Institute for the Study of Human Rights
- The Institute for Research on Women and Gender
- The Center for International Conflict Resolution
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 84 months
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Political Science View 84 other PhDs in Political Science in United StatesAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
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General requirements
- Students must submit one transcript showing courses and grades per school attended, a statement of academic purpose, and three letters of evaluation from academic sources.
- All international students whose native language is not English or whose undergraduate degree is from an institution in a country whose official language is not English must submit scores of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or IELTS.
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53576 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 26788 USD per semester during 84 months. -
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53576 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 26788 USD per semester during 84 months. -
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53576 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 26788 USD per semester during 84 months.
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