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Spring 2024 Commencement!
Majors in Political Science, Public Policy, Sociology, and Management & Society Sunday, May 12, 2024 from 11:00am-1:00pm Carmichael Arena For more information…
Congratulations to Courtney Blackington and Isaac Unah on receiving Teaching Awards!
Congratulations to Courtney and Issac! Courtney received a Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants, and…
Volkmar and Margret Sander Prize 2023 Award to Christiane Lemke
Deutsches Haus at New York University Volkmar and Margret Sander Prize 2023 Award to Christiane Lemke Last Friday, November 10,…
Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks win the 2023 Martha Derthick Book Award from the Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations Section of the APSA.
Hooghe and Marks’ book– Multi-level Governance and European Integration (2001) –was recently announced as the winner of the APSA’s Martha…
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Undergraduate
The UNC Department of Political Science is consistently rated as one of the top 15 political science departments in the country. Our internationally renowned faculty is dedicated to exposing students to cutting-edge political science research and scholarship. Political Science is one of the largest undergraduate majors at UNC-Chapel Hill, yet there is ample opportunity for students to receive individual attention and assistance as they pursue their chosen course of study.
Graduate
Our graduate program, currently ranked 12th among U.S. graduate programs in Political Science, is small and very selective; each year’s entering cohort is approximately 12 students. We admit students for the Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science. The focus of our graduate program is to train students for professional careers in political science, usually in academic institutions but also (and increasingly) in government agencies and non-governmental organizations.
Featured Graduate Courses
The Psychology of Collective Politics
Explores the psychological underpinnings of collective politics from the perspective of both individuals and groups. Political behaviors examined include: deliberation, protest, nationalism, and intergroup conflict.
American Presidency
Survey of the substantial literature and research on the American Presidency.