The Program
The Graduate Political Science Program at the University of California, Riverside prepares students for research and teaching in academic institutions. The Department offers a small, research-oriented program. We are particularly well suited to train people interested in American political institutions, methodology, mass political behavior (both U.S. and non-U.S.), and political violence and civil-military relations. Additional specializations include, urban politics, skepticism, liberalism, and South American politics.
Total graduate enrollment is limited to fewer than 40 students. In such a program, class sizes are small - first year classes typically have fewer than 10 students - and close working relationships between faculty and students are encouraged. Faculty and student offices are all on the same floor of our building. All of this makes a collegial atmosphere that helps serve the professional education of our students.
Ours is a young and extremely active department. Most of our faculty have been hired within the past few years and comprise a community of scholars active throughout the profession. Many have continued to work with graduate students in joint projects above and beyond the dissertation. In recent years our graduate students have been exceptionally well represented at major professional conferences and have published in leading professional journals.
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