College of Arts & Sciences Political Science

Graduate

Graduate Degrees Offered:

Each of these offers a range of specialization areas designed to allow students to acquire a wide range of professional skills and capacity for advancing academic and practitioner careers in public and private sectors.   

Areas of Specialization for the Ph.D. degree:
  • American Political Institutions
  • Public Policy and Administration
Areas of Specialization for the M.P.A. degree:
  • Leadership Studies
  • State and Local Government Administration
  • Nonprofit Administration
  • Public Finance
  • Criminal Justice
  • Health Services Administration
Areas of Specialization for the M.A. degree:
  • American Politics and Public Policy
  • International Relations
  • Public Law (only for Joint M.A./J.D. degree)
Areas of Specialization for the M.S.A.S. degree:
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Human Resources
  • Health Services
  • Long Term Care
  • Criminal Justice
  • Interdisciplinary 

If you have a question about the Political Science Department's graduate programs, please do not hesitate to contact us

Matthew R. Fairholm, Director of Graduate Studies
Dakota Hall 131
605-677-5705
Matthew.Fairholm@usd.edu

Dakota Hall