Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Graduate School-New Brunswick
 
About the University
Graduate Study At the University
Other Graduate Study At the University
Degree Programs Available
Admission
Tuition and Fees
Financial Aid
Student Services
Academic Policies and Procedures
Degree Requirements
Programs, Faculty, and Courses
Course Information
African Studies 016
Agricultural Engineering
Alcohol Studies 047
Animal Sciences 067
Anthropology 070
Art History 082
Arts, Visual and Theater
Asian Studies 098
Biochemistry 115
BIOMAPS 118 (Programs in Quantitative Biology)
Biomedical Engineering 125
Bioresource Engineering 127
Biotechnology 126
Cell and Developmental Biology 148
Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
Ceramic and Materials Science and Engineering 150
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering 155
Chemistry 160
Civil and Environmental Engineering 180
Classics 190
Cognitive Science 185
Communication, Information, and Library Studies 194
Communication Studies
Comparative Literature 195
Computer Science 198
Curatorial Studies
Ecology and Evolution 215
Economics 220
Education 300
Educational Psychology; Educational theory, Policy, and Administration; Learning and Teaching
Electrical and Computer Engineering 332
Engineering Geophysics
English, Literature In (English 350, Composition Studies 352)
English as a Second Language 356
Entomology 370
Environmental Change, Human Dimensions of 378
Environmental Sciences 375
Food and Business Economics 395
Food Science 400
French 420
Geography 450
Geological Sciences 460
Geospatial Information Science 455
German 470
History 510
Human Resource Management
Industrial and Systems Engineering 540
Industrial Relations and Human Resources 545
Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program 554
Italian 560
Labor and Employment Relations
Library Studies
Linguistics 615
Literatures In English
Mathematics 640, 642
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 650
Mechanics 654
Medicinal Chemistry 663
Medieval Studies 667
Meteorology
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics 681
Molecular and Cell Biology 695
Molecular Biophysics 696
Molecular Biosciences
Music 700
Music
Neuroscience 710
Nutritional Sciences 709
Oceanography 712
Operations Research 711
Packaging Science and Engineering
Pharmaceutical Science 720
Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular 718
Pharmacy
Philosophy 730
Physics and Astronomy 750
Physiology and Integrative Biology 761
Plant Biology 765
Plant Pathology
Plant Science and Technology
Political Science 790
Members of the Graduate Faculty
Programs
Graduate Courses
Psychology 830
Psychology, Applied and Professional
Public Health 832
Public Policy
Quaternary Studies 841
Russian, Central and East European Studies 859
Social Work 910
Social Work: Administration, Policy and Planning, and Direct Practice
Sociology 920
Spanish 940
Statistics 960
Theater Arts
Toxicology 963
Urban Planning and Policy Development 970
Urban Planning, City and Regional
Visual Arts
Wireless Communications Certificate
Women's and Gender Studies 988
Research Centers, Bureaus, and Institutes
Administration
Governance of the University
Divisions of the University
Camden Newark New Brunswick/Piscataway
Catalogs
  Graduate School-New Brunswick 2003-2005 Programs, Faculty, and Courses Political Science 790 Programs  

Programs

The graduate program in political science is designed for students who are seeking a Ph.D. While some students enter the program after getting a master's degree, exceptional students can win admittance directly after obtaining a bachelor's degree. Each case is considered individually, but applicants are more likely to gain admittance to the program if they have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or better, particularly in the social sciences. Applicants also should have high scores on the Graduate Record Examination and strong letters of recommendation. In awarding financial aid to entering students, preference is given to those students who have been admitted directly to the Ph.D. program.

Applications for September admission should be submitted no later than February 1 by students seeking financial assistance. For everyone else, the deadline is March 1. Transcripts, Graduate Record Examination scores, three letters of recommendation, and a writing sample are required.

The graduate program offers six areas of concentration: political theory, international relations, comparative politics, women and politics, public law, and American politics. Candidates for the Ph.D. select a major area of study from among the six concentrations. To qualify in the major area of study, a student must first pass a written and an oral examination. The written examination is a take-home, open-book examination, and each student has 24 hours to complete it. In addition to the major field, Ph.D. students must work in two minor fields. To qualify in the first minor field, a candidate must pass a written exam. In the second minor field, students must attain a cumulative grade-point average higher than 3.5 in at least three courses. Individual fields may require more than three courses and may designate further specific requirements. Having successfully passed all examinations, the candidate must submit a dissertation proposal within six months.

Typically, students take proseminars in their major and minor areas (9 credits). Grading in proseminars is based mainly on written examinations, as there are no assigned research papers. Ph.D. candidates must take a two-term methods sequence 16:790:532-533 Research Design in Political Science. These courses include elements of research design, quantitative methods, and epistemology of the social sciences. In addition, students must complete three or four research courses (9 to 12 credits) with at least two instructors and take seven to eight electives (21 to 24 credits) inside or outside the program. Before students take their qualifying Ph.D. examinations, they must complete a total of 48 credits of course work and have submitted a significant research paper.

A full description of the program may be found in the brochure Graduate Program in Political Science, which is available from the department.


 
For additional information, contact RU-info at 732/932-info (4636) or colonel.henry@rutgers.edu.
Comments and corrections to: Campus Information Services.

© 2005 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. All rights reserved.