phd political science quora

Tarsiertree. • 3 yr. ago. If you want to work as a policy analyst, don’t get a PhD in political science. You need to figure out a way to get your foot in the door for relevant work experience— an internship, research assistant, volunteering, whatever.

We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.

With that in mind, I have some questions for current or past grad/doctoral candidates: I graduated with a 3.89 GPA from a top 5 public university with a PoliSci major and a thesis that received high distinction. I know pretty much what niche topic I want to study within comparative politics.

• 1 day ago. You should talk with your professors while you have access to them. They can give you better personal guidance, but here's some general info/advice: Political science is really a social science, not a humanity field. Yes jobs in academia are scarce, but they aren't nonexistent.

All questions regarding graduate admissions should be directed to politicalscience [at] stanford.edu (subject: Admissions%20Enquiry) (politicalscience[at]stanford[dot]edu). The principal goal of the Stanford Ph.D. program in political science is the training of scholars.

Among these interdisciplinary concentrations are political economy, American political development, race and politics, and the philosophical, historical, and literary dimensions of political theory.

PhD in Political Science. Our doctoral students are advancing political science as a discipline. They explore the empirical phenomena that produce new scholarly insights—insights that improve the way governments and societies function.

Our graduate program is organized around subfields that address major theoretical questions about political life, encourage collaboration across intellectual boundaries, and place us at the frontiers of the discipline.

Some of the key benefits of Vanderbilt’s political science Ph.D. program are: A top-ranked faculty with deep expertise in substantive political science and the methodologies needed to answer important questions about our political world.

The political science doctoral programme is designed to provide: A complete international level training course in all of the areas relevant to political science ; A research methodology in the social sciences including classes in qualitative and quantitative analysis;