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DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW
The Ph.D. program in political science reflects the distinctive strengths of Johns Hopkins University, where graduate education holds a central place in the life of an attractive urban campus and graduate students from several departments in the social sciences and humanities form a vibrant intellectual community. The Hopkins' Department promotes interdependence between American politics and law, comparative politics, international relations and political theory. Our objective is to be a place where faculty and graduate students are fluent in theory and many contribute to the global and comparative dimensions of politics. This objective is reflected in the range of the faculty, with most members contributing to more than one field and several engaged actively with colleagues and graduate students in other departments. Our program is well suited to students who seek rigorous training, pursue large questions about politics, and aspire to develop strength in more than one field. We also encourage students to do some work in allied departments such as anthropology, the Humanities Center, history, philosophy, economics and the Institute for Policy Studies. A broad gauge program speaks to the future teaching responsibilities of students as well as the scholarship appropriate to the future. Political research in the next few decades will increasingly study the United States comparatively, explore connections between contemporary global politics and the durable interests of political theory, and solidify lines of convergence between international relations and comparative politics. UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM The programs of the Political Science department are designed to help students attain a deeper understanding of politics in its various dimensions. The department encourages students to become sophisticated theoretically and to study politics in global and comparative perspective. Students can focus on American politics, law and politics, comparative politics, International relations and political theory, but we hope all students will acquire fluency in several of these areas. The department also offers a separate program leading to BA or BA/MA degrees in International Studies. Faculty members are involved in the Institute for Policy Studies and the Program in the History of Political and Moral Thought. In addition to taking courses, students can do independent research under the guidance of individual faculty members. A wide variety of courses in comparative and international politics are given at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, a branch of The Johns Hopkins University located at 1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. Exchange programs with universities in Europe and China are in place or under development. Studying in Baltimore provides an opportunity to understand today's political and public policy challenges, and the university's location so close to Washington, D.C. offers a wide variety of internship possibilities for interested students. The Undergraduate Program offers a broad range of courses about politics and government at local, state, national, and international levels, leading to three different majors: the Area Major in Social and Behavioral Sciences, the Major in International Studies, and the Major in Political Science. Related Links:
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