Our Political Science Master’s Degree is designed to meet the needs of students from diverse academic backgrounds and allows you to tailor your course of study to your research interests and professional aspirations. Students may pursue their degree 100% online or in-person.
The Global Studies minor provides students with the tools necessary to better understand the complex and changing world. The learning objectives of the minor are to convey knowledge not only of global issues, but also of comparative methods of analysis; and to provide an interdisciplinary approach that integrates the knowledge and methods that history, political science, economics, sociology/anthropology, women and gender studies, and geography/environmental studies have to offer.
The Accelerated B.A. / M.A. program is designed for undergraduates who know early on that they would like to complete a Political Science Master of Arts Degree at UIS. It is a special academic program that makes it possible for a student to complete a Political Science Bachelor of Arts Degree and a Political Science Master of Arts Degree at UIS in a shortened time period. The Accelerated B.A. / M.A. program allows students to utilize their undergraduate internship to waive eight credit hours of the electives in the master’s degree.
The Global Studies Bachelor's Degree provides you with the necessary tools to help solve the problems confronting the global community. As a global studies student you will study the interactions and inter-relations among countries and peoples across the globe in a comparative and interactive way.
The Public Policy Bachelor’s Degree at the University of Illinois at Springfield equips future policy makers, analysts, and advocates with rigorous academic training and real experience. Our program provides you with comprehensive training and equips you with the necessary skills to draft, analyze, advocate, implement, and evaluate public policy.
A degree from the University of Illinois Springfield in political science, public policy or global studies offers students the opportunity to pursue a career in broad range of fields, including: politics and government (both in the US and internationally), law, public policy, advocacy, education, healthcare, non-profit management, social justice, and public relations.
If you are seeking a career in politics, at the local level or on the international scene, then the Political Science Bachelor of Arts Degree program at the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS) can equip you with the academic knowledge and the real-world experience you need to succeed. Offered on-campus and 100% online.
The knowledge, skills, and practical experience you need to succeed in international affairs, public policy, practical politics or academia.
University of Illinois Springfield Associate Professor and chair of the Department of Political Science Sibel Oktay, Ph.D., has been named a nonresident senior fellow of public opinion and foreign policy at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. She joins the ranks of scholars from prominent universities across the United States.
Internationally recognized scholar Richard Gilman-Opalsky, associate professor of