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2012-2013 Graduate Catalog 
    
2012-2013 Graduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]

Political Science


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Chair: Matthew J. Streb

Graduate Faculty

Larry Arnhart, Presidential Research Professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago
James M. Banovetz, adjunct professor emeritus, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Andrea Bonnicksen, Distinguished Research Professor, emeritus, adjunct, Ph.D., Washington State University 
Michael Buehler, assistant professor, Ph.D., London School of Economics and Political Science
Barbara C. Burrell, adjunct professor emeritus, Ph.D., University of Michigan 
Yu-Che Chen, associate professor, Ph.D., Indiana University
Michael Clark, assistant professor, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Paul J. Culhane, adjunct professor emeritus, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Gerald T. Gabris, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Ph.D., University of Missouri
Gary D. Glenn, Distinguished Teaching Professor, emeritus, adjunct professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago 
Kikue Hamayotsu, assistant professor, Ph.D, Australian National University
Rebecca J. Hannagan, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Nebraska
Christopher M. Jones, professor, Ph.D., Syracuse University
Shanthi Karuppusamy, assistant professor, Ph.D., Wayne State University
Heidi O. Koenig, associate professor, Ph.D., Syracuse University 
Craig S. Maher, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Frederick D. Mayhew, assistant professor, Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Kimberly L. Nelson, assistant professor, Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Michael T. Peddle, associate professor, Ph.D., Northwestern University
John G. Peters, professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois
J. Mitchell Pickerill, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Andrea Radasanu, assistant professor, Ph.D., University of Toronto
Alicia M. Schatteman, assistant professor, Ph.D., Rutgers University
Scot Schraufnagel, associate professor, Ph.D., Florida State University
S. Adam Seagrave, assistant professor, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Matthew J. Streb, associate professor, chair, Ph.D., Indiana University
Brendon Swedlow, associate professor, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Kurt M. Thurmaier, director, Division of Public Administration, professor, Ph.D., Syracuse University
Kheang Un, assistant professor, Ph.D., Northern Illinois University
Daniel H. Unger, associate professor, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Artemus Ward, associate professor, Ph.D., Syracuse University 
Curt H. Wood, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Kansas
Mikel Wyckoff, associate professor, emeritus, adjunct, Ph.D., University of Maryland

The Department of Political Science offers graduate programs leading to the M.A., M.P.A., and Ph.D. degrees. Six fields are available in political science: American government and politics, public administration, political theory, comparative politics, international relations, and politics and the life sciences.

Graduate study may lead to careers in government service (federal, state, and local), international business, teaching, and professional writing and research. The public administration program offers professional preparation, including internship opportunities in government agencies as part of course work, toward a graduate degree; active efforts are made to place students in career government positions upon completion of their studies. Foreign study and overseas internship opportunities also exist. All programs are related to the students’ career objectives by their departmental advisers.

In addition to the requirements below, students are expected to comply with the regulations contained in the graduate handbook appropriate to their program available from either the department or the division of public administration.

Course Information

Many courses offered by the department relate to more than one field of political science. However, as a general guide to students, the following numbering system is used. 

–00 to –19, American government
–30 to –39, politics and the life sciences
–50 to –59, political theory
–60 to –79, comparative politics
–80 to –89, international relations

The following numbers are for courses not in any of the above fields.

–40 to –49, methodology
–90 to –99, general

 

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