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Undergraduate Programs

Political Science explores the concerns and issues that animate public life. Using both humanistic and scientific approaches, it studies how political communities attempt to…

Ph.D. Program

Candidates for a doctorate in Political Science will be expected to produce and defend an original significant contribution to knowledge in the discipline of…

Convocation 2026

Lisa Wong, BU alumna and current town manager of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, told the BU College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Political Science Class of 2026 the story of how she "almost didn't walk into that campaign office" and how everything changed when a young woman named Jen O'Malley Dillon looked up from her desk and said, "You can do more than that. Try something new."

Department News

PO Alumna Valeriya Kamenova Receives Distinguished Teaching Award At Penn

May 11, 2026

Graduate Student Yasir Kuoti awarded 2026-2027 APSA Diversity Fellowship

May 11, 2026

PO Alumnus Ken Peters Publishes Book On Georgetown’s Retail Past

March 4, 2026

Graduate Student Samuel Gerstle To Receive Patricia Weitsman Award for Outstanding ISSS Graduate Paper

March 3, 2026

Graduate Student Yasir Kuoti and Professor Shamiran Mako Published in War on the Rocks

February 27, 2026

Professor Christine Slaughter and co-authors featured in American Association for Public Opinion Research

February 20, 2026
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