Overview
Georgia State University offers nearly fifty undergraduate and graduate degree programs covering some 200 fields of study through its five colleges—Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Health and Human Sciences, Law–and its School of Policy Studies.

The University is a public institution with more than 24,000 students. The graduate student population of more than 7,000 is one of the largest in the Southeast. The average age of graduate students is 33. Students from 113 countries and all fifty states attend the University.

The Community
Georgia State University has a nonresidential campus located in downtown Atlanta at the center of a network of highways and rapid-transit services extending throughout the greater metropolitan area. This transportation network makes it possible to live anywhere in the metropolitan area and get to downtown easily. The city is characterized by a spectacular skyline and a culturally diverse population. Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport is the world's largest and busiest, making the city easily accessible from anywhere in the world. The climate is moderate, with a mean July temperature of 23°C and a mean January temperature of 10°C. Atlanta is located in the foothills of the southern Appalachian mountain range and is close to both the Great Smoky Mountains and the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.

Programs of study and degree requirements
The Department of Political Science offers programs leading to the degrees of Master of Arts (M.A.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in political science. The Master of Arts degree requires 27 semester hours of course work and 6 hours of thesis credit. The nonthesis option requires 33 hours of course work and submission of a major research paper. In addition to the general master's curriculum, the department offers master's concentrations in professional politics and in international relations.

The Ph.D. degree program requires a minimum of 30 hours of course work beyond the master's degree and 20 additional hours of dissertation credit. Doctoral students must take comprehensive examinations in three of the following fields: American government and politics, comparative politics, international relations, political theory, and public administration or in two fields and one subfield. A language skill or approved additional research skill must be satisfied. The political science department also offers a joint master's of arts and master's of international business degree in conjunction with the Institute of Business in the J. Mack Robinson School of Business at Georgia State.

Facilities & Resources
The University libraries house more than 1.3 million volumes and subscribe to 12,000 periodicals and newspapers, many available full-text via online and CD-ROM resources. Most of the materials are housed in the William Russell Pullen Library complex. Other libraries include the Law Library and the Instructional Technology Center in the College of Education. Large-scale computing is offered via an Amdahl 5995-500 using IBM's MVS/XA operating system and a Unisys 2200/50, which supports the PALS Across Georgia Resource Sharing and Union Catalog projects, and a Sun SparcServer to support the University System's GALILEO project. A Silicon Graphics Power Challenge L provides support for research and instructional use. A Sun Sparc 1000 supports Unix-based e-mail services. More than 100 network fileservers provide access to centrally supplied software, support electronic mail (GroupWise), and provide services to more than 5,000 microcomputer workstations, including more than 550 workstations in open and instructional labs. Campus printing resources include more than 250 low-speed remote network printers and a central printing complex consisting of a Xerox Docuprint network printer, a Xerox Docutech Publisher, a Xerox 4850 spot color printer, and a Xerox 4700 full-color printer.

Expenses and Aid
For tuition figures, students should visit the University's Web site at http://www.gsu.edu.

Financial Aid: The department has both research and teaching assistantships available on a competitive basis. Graduate instructors must be in the Ph.D. program.

Housing/Living Expenses: The cost of living in Atlanta is moderate compared with other areas of the United States. Dormitory housing is available at the Georgia State Village, a short distance from Georgia State's downtown campus.

How to Apply
Application materials may be obtained from the department or from the Office of Graduate Studies of the College of Arts and Sciences. Applicants must submit the completed application for graduate study and the University information forms, the $25 application fee, official copies of transcripts from each institution attended, Graduate Record Examination General Test scores, and a statement of educational and career goals. Master's applicants must submit two letters of recommendation, and doctoral applicants must submit three letters of recommendation. Applicants may obtain additional information about the Department of Political Science by contacting the Director of Graduate Studies or by visiting the Web site.

F. Glenn Abney, Ph.D., Tulane, 1969. Federalism, state politics and intergovernmental relations; public law and judicial politics; public administration and organization behavior.

Nack Y. An, Ph.D., Virginia, 1965. Comparative politics (general, developing areas).

Michael Binford, Ph.D., North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1979. Methodology, electoral behavior and public opinion, political psychology and socialization.

Allison Calhoun-Brown, Ph.D., Emory, 1994. American government and politics, electoral behavior and public opinion, African-American politics.

Henry Carey, Ph.D., Columbia, 1997. Comparative politics (Eastern Europe, Latin America, human rights), international politics, international law, conflict resolution.

Richard Chard, Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook, 1998. Health-care policy, political economy, public opinion.

William Downs, Ph.D., Emory, 1994. Comparative politics (Europe).

Daniel P. Franklin, Ph.D., Texas, 1984. Legislative politics, presidential or executive politics.

Audrey Haynes, Ph.D., Ohio State, 1996. American government and politics, political parties and interest groups, electoral behavior and public opinion.

Gary Henry, Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1982. Methodology.

Michael Herb, Ph.D., UCLA, 1997. Comparative politics (Middle East).

Robert Howard, Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook, 1998. Judicial politics and public law, public policy.

Carrie Manning, Ph.D., Berkeley, 1997. Comparative politics (Africa), comparative public administration, comparative political economy.

Jennifer L. McCoy, Ph.D., Minnesota, 1985. International relations and world politics, comparative politics (Latin America).

Julia Melkers, Ph.D., Syracuse, 1995. Public administration.

Lloyd G. Nigro, Ph.D., USC, 1971. Public administration and organization behavior, public policy (general, personnel).

David Nixon, Ph.D., Washington (St. Louis), 1996. American government and politics, political parties and interest groups.

James Prather, Ph.D., Georgia, 1975. Urban politics, methodology.

Gregory Streib, Ph.D., Northern Illinois, 1984. Public administration and organization behavior, urban and ethnic politics.

William R. Thomas, Ph.D., Arizona, 1971. Public law and judicial politics, American government and politics (general), political psychology and socialization.

William L. Waugh Jr., Ph.D., Mississippi, 1980. Public administration and organization behavior, public policy (general), federalism, state politics and intergovernmental relations.

Katherine G. Willoughby, Ph.D., Georgia, 1991. Public administration and organization behavior.

Albert Yee, Ph.D., Yale, 1992. International relations and world politics, political theory.

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