Core Disciplinary Knowledge. Students should be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of major theoretical traditions in political science
- Demonstrate knowledge of intellectual currents and debates important to the history and development of political science
- Demonstrate knowledge of key debates and contemporary research in at least two subfields of the discipline
- Frame empirical research questions guided by theory
- Identify an appropriately apply a range of methods used by political scientists with attention to the strengths and limitations of different research methods for different research questions in the discipline
- Undertake methodologically rich and sound research throughout the graduate program guided by faculty review
- Understand and follow research ethics protocols
- Regularly review recently published scholarship in fields of concentration in the discipline
- Produce writing appropriate for a scholarly publication by their second year in the program
- Review and cogently summarize relevant literatures
- Structure an argument and support it with evidence
- Effectively present research in both oral and written presentations
- Contribute to the shared culture of the department, School, university, and the profession
- Publish scholarly work in outlets appropriate for their fields of study
- Develop profession networks
- Present scholarly work to their peers and publicly
- Undertake research ethically
- Participate in professional meetings
- Collegially evaluate others’ work
- Adhere to tenets of academic integrity and academic collegiality
- Develop a research specialization positioned in a major subfield(s) of the discipline
- Design independent research project in accordance with the standards in the field and under the advisement of Departmental faculty
- Produce scholarship that will be suitable for publication in profession outlets appropriate to the subfield(s) of research specialization
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