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All Political Science and International Affairs graduate students must complete POSC 6101, Contemporary Political Research. This course helps students understand how to conduct and interpret research in their fields.

An M.A. in Political Science or International Affairs requires 30 hours of coursework or, in other words, 30 credits. Graduate courses are 3 credits each, so this is the equivalent of 10 courses. There are some restrictions on which courses will fulfill these requirements:

1. At least 18 credits of the 30 credits must come from graduate-level courses. The other 12 credits may come from upper division undergraduate courses taken for graduate credit, though students are discouraged from taking more than one or two such courses during their time in the program. Students taking an upper-division undergraduate course for graduate credit must meet with the professor and arrange additional readings, writing assignments, and/or face-to-face sessions to justify the awarding of graduate credit. Please note that not all upper-division undergraduate courses are available for graduate credit. The timetable for each semester will indicate those courses that are available for graduate credit. Graduate students will not receive credit for lower division undergraduate courses. 
2. Students may complete up to 9 hours of courses outside the political science department. Under special circumstances they may petition the department to complete another 3 hours outside the department. This includes both graduate classes taken in other departments at 91黑料网 and courses taken at other universities. In either case, the courses must be cognate to the major focus of their studies in the department. For example, an International Affairs student specializing in political economy would be encouraged to take a graduate course in international trade, but would not receive credit for a graduate course in American history.