Political Science

专业介绍

The University of California at San Diego was created by the Regents of the University of California in 1959. They selected an unusually idyllic site in La Jolla; the campus stretches from “the Shores” toward Del Mar, running along the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean. In 1975, the Political Science Department was created. Several years later, in 1980, the graduate program in political science was established. The Department offers a doctoral degree in political science. The program is designed to prepare students to teach and conduct research at major research universities.

Despite the significant growth our Department has experienced since its founding, we continue to foster the ethos of individual mentoring. The Department enrolls an average of ten to twenty new graduate students each year, with the goal of having no more than seventy-five graduate students in residence at any one time. The Department currently has over thirty-six faculty members engaged in graduate teaching. This small ratio of students to faculty allows for close faculty supervision of graduate education. Graduate classes are relatively small and graduate students have ample opportunity to become involved in collaborative research projects with faculty. Students are also provided many opportunities to interact with other graduate students and to attend colloquia that feature presentations by faculty, outside speakers, and dissertation candidates. The small number of students accepted into the program also makes it possible to fund almost all graduate students throughout their entire graduate careers.