UMass-Amherst PhD and Accelerated MA students can take courses to fulfill their degree requirements in the following fields: 

• American Politics
• Comparative Politics
• International Relations
• Intradisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Political Studies
• Methods
• Political Theory
• Public Policy and Organizations
• Law, Politics & Society

Yet we believe that often the most interesting and important political questions transcend disciplinary fields and encourage faculty and students to work at these intersections.