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Political Science

Stanford
Department of Political Science
School of Humanities and Sciences

Dedicated to Understanding and Teaching Politics

Stanford Political Science students balance quantitative and qualitative methods as they engage with issues in political behavior, public policies, governance systems, and institutional design. Our department offers a breadth of courses taught by leading experts in domestic and international politics.

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Undergraduate Major

The mission of the undergraduate program in Political Science is to provide students with a solid grasp of the American political system and other political systems within the context of global forces, international conflicts, social movements, ideological systems and diversity.

Workshops

Date
Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 12:00 - 1:20pm
Location
Graham Stuart Lounge - Encina Hall West, Room 400
Speaker: Jake Grumbach, Associate Professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California Berkeley
Date
Thu, Jan 15, 2026, 12:00 - 1:20pm
Location
Graham Stuart Lounge - Encina Hall West, Room 400
Speaker: Eli Ben-Michael - Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics & Data Science at Carnegie Mellon University
Date
Tue, Jan 20, 2026, 12:00 - 1:20pm
Location
Graham Stuart Lounge - Encina Hall West, Room 400
Speaker: Vincent Pons, Byron Wien Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
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