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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Political Science

Government, Politics and Law

Areas of Specialization

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Graduate work in Political Science is offered in the following areas of specialization and subfields:

American Government

  • National Institutions and Processes
  • State Institutions and Processes
  • Legal Institutions and Processes
  • Political Behavior

Comparative Government and Politics

  • Advanced Industrial Societies
  • Former Communist Countries
  • Developing Countries

Historical and Normative Theory (No subfields. For purposes of comprehensive examinations, this area counts as two subfields.)

International Relations

  • Foreign Policy and National Security
  • International Law and Organization
  • International Political Economy

Methodology and Empirical Theory
(No subfields)

Public Policy
(No subfields)

Public Administration
(Work in this area is in cooperation with the University of Nebraska at Omaha and is likely to require taking courses on the UNO campus.)

For More Information Contact. . .

Political Science Department
511 Oldfather Hall
Department of Political Science
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588-0328
402-472-2343
E-Mail: hsexton2@unl.edu
 
Chair of Graduate Studies
Kevin B. Smith
402-472-0779
ksmith1@unl.edu
 
College of Graduate Studies
General Information 402-472-2875
 Admissions 402-472-2878
http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/