Overview
Graduate Political Science stundents at the University of California, Berkeley may specialize in one of six principal subfields: American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Political Theory, Models and Politics, and Methodology.
Features
- In addition, the Department’s faculty and graduate students work with over twenty interdisciplinary research institutes and centers around campus.
Programme Structure
Curriculum:
- Students are required to complete 24 units of coursework in their first year of study. At least 12 of these units must be in political science graduate courses; the remainder may be in graduate or upper division undergraduate courses in other departments.
- During the second year, students must complete an advanced topical research essay, the second year paper.
- During the third year, most students continue to teach as GSIs and complete their coursework in addition to taking their field exams.
- Beginning in the third year and continuing into the fourth, students should be collecting much of the information and data necessary for their dissertation.
- Like the fourth year, the fifth year is variable according to an individual's research schedule. Often this is a good year to use the Dean’s Completion Fellowship while focusing on writing the dissertation.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 60 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Disciplines
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.
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Transcripts: Applicants may upload unofficial transcripts with your application for the departmental initial review. Unofficial transcripts must contain specific information including the name of the applicant, name of the school, all courses, grades, units, & degree conferral (if applicable).
- Letters of recommendation: Applicants may request online letters of recommendation through the online application system. Hard copies of recommendation letters must be sent directly to the program, by the recommender, not the Graduate Admissions.
- Evidence of English language proficiency: All applicants who have completed a basic degree from a country or political entity in which the official language is not English are required to submit official evidence of English language proficiency.
Tuition Fee
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International
12264 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 6132 USD per semester during 60 months. -
National
12264 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 6132 USD per semester during 60 months. -
In-State
12264 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 6132 USD per semester during 60 months.
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