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2006-2007 Graduate Catalog 
    
2006-2007 Graduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]

Political Science


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Chair: Daniel R. Kempton

Graduate Faculty

Larry Arnhart, professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago
James M. Banovetz, adjunct professor, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Andrea Bonnicksen, Presidential Research Professor, Ph.D., Washington State University
Barbara C. Burrell, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Paul J. Culhane, associate professor, Ph.D., Northwestern University
J. Dixon Esseks, adjunct professor, Ph.D., Harvard University
Morton J. Frisch, adjunct professor, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Gerald T. Gabris, director, Division of Public Administration, Presidential Teaching Professor, Ph.D., University of Missouri
Gary D. Glenn, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Christopher M. Jones, associate professor, Ph.D., Syracuse University
Lynn Kamenitsa, associate professor, Ph.D., Indiana University
Daniel R. Kempton, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois
Dwight Y. King, director of graduate studies, professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Heidi O. Koenig, adjunct associate professor, Ph.D., Syracuse University
Lettie M. McSpadden, adjunct professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Donald C. Menzel, adjunct professor, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
William R. Monat, adjunct Regency Professor, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Clark D. Neher, Distinguished Presidential Teaching Professor, adjunct, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Kimberly L. Nelson, assistant professor, Ph.D., North Carolina State University
James Ockey, assistant professor, Ph.D., Cornell University
Michael T. Peddle, associate professor, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Bruce A. Rocheleau, professor, Ph.D., University of Florida
Irene S. Rubin, professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Gregory Schmidt, professor, Ph.D., Cornell University
Matthew Streb, assistant professor, Ph.D., Indiana University
Brendon Swedlow, assistant professor, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
M. Ladd Thomas, adjunct professor, Ph.D., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Kurt M. Thurmaier, professor, Ph.D., Syracuse University
Daniel H. Unger, associate professor, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Y. K. Wang, assistant professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Artemus Ward, assistant professor, Ph.D., Syracuse University
Mikel Wyckoff, associate professor, 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. Seven fields are available in political science: American government and politics, public administration, public policy, 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

Course numbering system. 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.

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
–20 to –29, public policy
–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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