Brandeis University
Department of Politics
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Welcome to the Politics DepartmentThe Department of Politics supports the scholarly research of its faculty, and their effort to integrate their research into their teaching, and into the program of graduate training in Political Science. The undergraduate curriculum prepares students for careers in governmental and non-governmental public service, policy analysis, journalism, law and business, as well as for post-graduate work in Political Science. Graduate training emphasizes the study of developed and developing democratic systems, and the international political, economic and military-security relations among them. 
The Department of Politics ranks fifth in book publishing The Department of Politics ranks 24th in Ph.d Placement BREAKING NEWS The latest issue of PS includes an article Ranking Doctoral Programs by Placement: A New Method (Benjamin Schmidt and Matthew Chingos). Schmidt and Chingos base their rankings on analysis of data on the placement of graduates into faculty positions in doctoral institutions. Their data excludes placements into positions in prestigious liberal arts colleges, comprehensive universities, etc. On the basis of their analysis, the Brandeis PhD program in Political Science ranks 24th out of the top 96 programs, controlling for size. As Schmidt and Chingos point out, this result is an indication of “both the quality of students that a program is able to attract, and…the value that a program adds to those students over the course of educating them and helping them find employment.” The Brandeis Idea: A short history of Brandeis University by the Pulitzer Prize winning historian. Brandeis University Bulletin Program Description |