Degrees Offered:
- BA
- MA
- PhD
- Minor*
* = Minors are not technically a degree, but can be pursued to supplement a bachelor's degree
The Department of Political Science offers instruction and research in the art and science of politics. They are among the best political science departments in the country, thanks to the diversity and rigor with which their faculty and students ask questions that challenge all of us to think more clearly about politics, government and citizenship.
Graduates of the department can be found at the highest levels of government, both in politics and law, and across the media landscape and the business world.
Work within the department is organized around six basic fields: American government and politics, comparative politics, public policy, political theory, empirical theory and methodology, and international relations.
The University of Colorado’s Department of Political Science is truly one of a kind. As an undergraduate, I was able to learn from some of the nation's most accomplished political scientists, who helped me learn the tools needed to think critically about public policy, political theory, and government, and in the process, developed life-long mentors. Put simply, I consider myself tremendously fortunate to have received my undergraduate degree from the CU Political Science Department."
— Rep. Joe Neguse (BA '05), Second District. Served as an elected member of the CU's Board of Regents for the Second Congressional District and in the Cabinet of Governor John Hickenlooper as the head of Colorado's consumer protection agency