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Political Science,
PHD
The primary mission of the Political Science Department's graduate program is to prepare students for careers in academia. The department gives equal emphasis to training students for both the research and teaching sides of such a career. Many of our graduates also successfully apply their political science training to non-academic careers.
The Ph.D. program offers study in three broadly defined fields: American Pollitics, International Relations, and Comparative politics. The Ph.D. program seeks primarily to develop the research skills and substantive knowledge necessary for successful completion of a dissertation.
Campus
Location:
Main Campus
Students are able to complete the degree program through classes offered after 4:30 p.m. Students able to complete the degree program on a part-time basis (8 credit hours or less per semester).
Department
Information
411 Gladfelter Hall
1115 West Berks Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Polsci@blue.temple.edu
215-204-1469
Ranking:
Accreditation:
False
Areas
of Specialization:
Course work in the American Politics field covers a wide variety of topics and institutions including: the presidency and the administrative system of government; Congress and the legislative process; the judiciary and consitutional law; public policy; political parties and political process; and urban politics and policy.
Courses offered in International Relations may be arrayed under several areas, such as the nature of the international political system; international conflict and its resolution; international political economy; comparative politics of advanced industrial nations; comparative politics of developing nations; Western Europe; China; democratization.
Students are encouraged to arrange their course offerings in whatever manner makes coherent intellectual sense to them and their primary advisor.
Job
Placement:
Most Ph.D. students are preparing for college teaching careers. Our program has had an excellent placement record. About three-quarters of recent Ph.D.s hold tenured or tenure-track professorial positions at colleges and universities, many of which are in the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware state university and college systems. Other Ph.D.s are in government or research positions.
Affiliation(s):
Interdisciplinary
Study :
Study
Abroad:
Licensure:
False
Non-degree
Student Policy:
An applicant who has taken Political Science courses as a non-matriculated student at Temple University can apply up to 9 semester hours toward the Ph.D. course requirements, as long as the courses taken satisfy the degree requirements. Students considering applying to the Ph.D. program while taking courses on a non-matriculated basis should discuss their plans with the Gradute Chair.
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