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GPPPHD - Government and Public Policy

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Govt & Pub Policy, Sch ofGraduate Degree SeekingPHD - Doctor of Philosophy

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Program Requirements

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Completion requirement

Additional Comments

  • Students must develop expertise in the subject matter of one of the subfields covered by the School.

  • Students must also develop expertise in a minor field of study. The student may select a minor from among those offered in the School or from any appropriate PhD minor offered at the University of Arizona.

  • Maintain an overall grade point average of no less than 3.5 in all graduate course work (calculated at the end of each year).

  • Minimum requirements are: six semesters of full-time graduate study; 18-24 units of coursework in the major subject area, 12 units in the minor subject area (or 16 if minoring in research methods), and 18 units of dissertation. Most students complete 100+ units.

Core Courses:

  • POL600: Theories of Policy Making, 3 units

  • POL601: Organization Theory, 3 units

  • POL602: History of Thought in Public Management, 3 units

  • POL620: Intro. to American Politics, 3 units

  • POL640: Intro to Comparative Politics, 3 units

  • POL660: Intro to International Relations, 3 units

  • POL680: Research Design, 3 units

  • POL681: Quant Methods I, 3 units

  • POL682: Quant Methods II, 3 units

  • POL683: Quant Methods III, 3 units

Completion requirement

  • POL606: Federalism in Comparative Perspective, 3 units

  • POL608: Theory & Research on the Non-profit Sector, 3 units

  • POL610: Political Networks, 3 units

  • POL612: Energy Policy & Politics, 3 units

  • POL614: Technology Policy, 3 units

  • POL622: Political Institutions, 3 units

  • POL625: Political Psychology PPM, 3 units

  • POL626: Political Decision-Making, 3 units

  • POL627: Political Ideology, 3 units

  • POL627: Latino Politics, 3 units

  • POL630: Gender and Politics, 3 units

  • POL631: Race & Ethnicity, 3 units

  • POL650: Comparative Political Institutions, 3 units

  • POL651: Authoritarian Regimes, 3 units

  • POL652: Democratization IR, 3 units

  • POL653: Comparative Political Economy, 3 units

  • POL663: Scientific Study of Conflict, 3 units

  • POL664: Scientific Study of Civil War, 3 units

  • POL665: Nonviolent Civil Resistance, 3 units

  • POL666: Terrorism & Counterterrorism, 3 units

  • POL667: Human Rights & Repression, 3 units

  • POL668: Conflict Management, 3 units

  • POL669: Micro-dynamics of Political and Organized Criminal Violence, 3 units     

  • POL670: Global and Regional Governance, 3 units

  • POL671: Global Political Economy, 3 units

  • POL673: Regional Analysis in World Politics, 3 units

  • POL684: Causal Inference PPM, 3 units

  • POL685: Panel Data Analysis, 3 units

  • POL686: Qualitative & Multi-Methods, 3 units

  • POL687: Experimental Methods, 3 units

  • POL688: Digital Traces, 3 units

Completion requirement

  • POL 697A Professional Norms and Teaching, 1 unit

  • POL 697B Professional Norms and Research, 1 unit

  • POL 697C Professional Norms and the Job Market, 1 unit

  • POL 920 Dissertation, 18 units

Completion requirement

A SGPP minor is available. Students can minor in one of five subfields (Public Policy and Management [PPM], American Politics [AP], Comparative Politics [CP], International Relations [IR], or Research Methods). With the exception of Research Methods, each of these subfields requires the completion of 12 units. PPM requires three core courses plus one elective, while AP, CP, and IR require one core course plus three electives. A minor in Research Methods requires the completion of 16 units: four core courses plus two electives. Please contact department for more information.

Completion requirement