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The University of California, Irvine (UCI) ranks among the top research universities in the nation and provides an active university environment and a continued commitment to excellence and achievement. The Department of Political Science has attained a reputation for producing the very best innovative and interdisciplinary scholarship. Faculty are engaged in the study of such key questions as the politics of advanced and democratizing societies, international cooperation and peace, the politics of racial and ethnic minority groups, and the origins of altruism and morality and their impact on world politics.
The department also has a very innovative Ph.D. program with strong interdisciplinary emphases. Graduate students can pursue concentrations in democracy studies, international relations, political economy/public choice, political psychology, and race and minority politics. The Ph.D. program in Political Science offers big payoffs to our graduate students due to the extended range of inquiry an interdisciplinary program affords.events
Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony 2
June 16, 2017
Graduate Hooding Ceremony
June 17, 2017
Welcome Week
September 24, 2017 - September 30, 2017
Political Science Undergraduate Orientation
September 27, 2017
Zotoberfest
October 5, 2017
news
Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and poli sci via KPCC, Oct. 9, 2017
An earlier presidential primary would hand California Democrats more political power (Audio)
September 26, 2017
Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and poli sci, on the pros and cons via Southern California Public Radio, Sept. 26, 2017
NFL owners who donated to Trump have fewer black executives than other teams
September 25, 2017
Michael Tesler, poli sci, via The Washington Post