In 2009, US News & World Report ranked Berkley's Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science No. 5 among the nation's political science programs. Alumni include Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) and Crown Prince Haakon Magnus of Norway. Sample courses in fall 2010 include democracy, secularism, violence, strategies of contemporary governance, and the statistics of casual inference in the social science. The college's interdisciplinary scholarly centers include the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Center for Latin American Studies and Institute of East Asian Studies.
Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
210 Barrows Hall #1950
Berkeley, CA 94720
510-642-6323
polisci.berkeley.edu/
In 2009, U.S. News & World Report ranked Princeton's Department of Politics No. 2 among the nation's political science programs. Prominent alumni include former Sen. Bill Bradley (D-NJ) and Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz. Course offerings in 2010 include political philosophy, international security studies, comparative bureaucracy, and Machiavelli and Renaissance political thought.
Princeton University
Department of Politics
130 Corwin Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544
609-258-4760
princeton.edu/politics/about/
U.S. News & World Report ranked Michigan's Department of Political Science No. 4 in the nation in 2009. The department offers a range of specialized areas of study, including political psychology, formal modeling, urban politics, as well as race, ethnicity and politics. Popular courses include economic rationality and politics, international political economy and war in world politics.
Department of Political Science
University of Michigan
5700 Haven Hall
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
734-764-6313
polisci.lsa.umich.edu/grad/index.html