Fields

Graduate Programs – Fields

Graduate study in political science at UMASS Amherst prepares students for professional teaching and research in political science.  We do not have a doctinaire approach to the study of politics, and stress multiple perspectives and approaches to the understanding and explanation of political practices and outcomes.

The department is divided into the following fields:

American Politics
Comparative Politics
Contemporary Social and Political Theory
History of Political Thought
International Relations
Intradisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies
Public Law
Public Policy