Political Science, Ph.D.

About the Political Science Doctoral Program

The doctoral degree requires a minimum of 72 credit hours including both graduate coursework (60 hours) beyond the bachelor’s degree and dissertation credit hours (12 hours). A minimum tool requirement for all Ph.D. students is the successful completion of the first-year core curriculum courses with a minimum grade of B- or higher: three research methods courses (POLS 5381 , POLS 5382 , and POLS 5383 ) and three field pro-seminars (POLS 5322 , POLS 5360 , and POLS 5370 ). Students are required to declare three substantive fields, two major fields and one minor field. Students must complete at least 12 hours of coursework in each of the major fields and 9 hours in the minor field. The two major fields must be chosen from International Relations, American Politics, Comparative Politics, or Public Administration. The minor field may also be one of those above or Political Methodology. For the qualifying examination, the student will select two major fields and will be tested in those fields only. There will be no exam for the minor field. Additional information and application materials can be found at www.depts.ttu.edu/politicalscience. Interested students may also address questions and information requests to polsgrad@ttu.edu for the Ph.D. program.