Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Political Science

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PoliticsMain Subject Area

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Program overview

Main Subject

Politics

Study Level

PHD

The goal of our PhD program is to prepare students to research and teach at top academic institutions. To achieve this goal, we have designed a program that covers a variety of substantive areas but is united in its emphasis on both theory-building and empirical analysis. In addition, we encourage "learning by doing" through close faculty-student mentoring. As a result, our students have had significant success in obtaining tenure-track positions both at research universities such as University of Chicago and University of Michigan and liberal arts colleges such as Middlebury and Wellesley. On the strength of our placements, a recent ranking in PS: Political Science and Politics places our department among the top 20 political science graduate programs in the country.The requirements of the program are designed to provide opportunities to our students to develop and practice the skills necessary to become successful researchers. We offer a variety of substantive courses in three major fields - American government and politics, Comparative politics, and International relations - from which students discover and develop their own substantive interests. Through our methods training, students develop the sophisticated methodological tools they need to pursue their research puzzles and questions. Besides coursework, students present a paper at a poster session in spring of their second year, and write and present a scholarly paper in the departmental speaker series in the fall semester of their third year. In addition, students participate in a dissertation colloquium in which they develop a written proposal for the doctoral dissertation that is defended before the faculty of the program. With nearly thirty faculty and cohorts of about six students per year, our high faculty-student ratio ensures that each student receives significant guidance throughout the program. These faculty-student partnerships often have led to collaboration on published scholarly works and major research projects.

Program overview

Main Subject

Politics

Study Level

PHD

Admission Requirements

IELTS

All applicants to Rollins must have (at a minimum) the equivalent of a U.S. four-year bachelor's degree. Other language requirements are the minimum score of TOEFL paper based test is 550 and computer based test is 213.

Starting Month(s)

Jan-2000

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Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Political Science

# 201-250QS Subject Rankings

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