Main subfields in Political Science covered by full time tenured and tenure track faculty
American Politics: Ian Anson, Thomas Schaller
Law and Politics: William Blake, Jeffrey Davis
Public Policy/Administration: Laura Antkowiak, Roy Meyers, Eric Stokan
Theory/Political Philosophy: Lisa Vetter
Comparative Politics: Felipe Filomeno, Carolyn Forestiere, Brian Grodsky
International Relations: Sunil Dasgupta (Shady Grove Campus), Devin Hagerty, Cindy Hody, Brigid Starkey
Also, please note that our course selections usually follow a pattern.
Lower level courses begin with a 1 or 2
Upper level courses begin with a 3 or 4
IMPORTANT: the middle number of the course gives you an idea of what subfield the course is in.
0 – Mixed
1 – Theory/Political Philosophy
2 – American Politics
3 – Legal/Law and Politics
4 – American Politics
5 – Public Policy/Administration
6 – Comparative Politics
7 – Area Studies
8 – International Relations
9 – Foreign Policy