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DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE GRADUATE STUDENT GUIDE Contents 1. General Information 1-5 The University The Department Mission Statement Graduate Program Overview Resources 2. Administration, Faculty and Staff 6 3. Admissions 7 4. Specializations 8-9 Alternative Futures Comparative Politics Conflict Resolution Indigenous Politics International Relations Law & Politics Political Theory Public Policy Affiliated Programs Women’s Studies Peace Studies Asia Specific regional studies 5. Advising 10 6. Degree Requirements 11 MA 11-15 -- Timeline for completion -- MA Plan A -- Checklist and Timeline for MA Plan A -- MA Plan B -- Thesis defense -- The Culminating Experience -- Checklist and Timeline for MA Plan B -- MA Plan C PhD 16-22 -- Ph.D. in Political Science -- Picking a Dissertation Committee -- Proposal and Proposal Defense -- Comprehensive Exams -- ABD Status and Timeline for Completion -- Dissertation Defense -- Checklist and Timeline for Ph.D. -- Proposal (MA and Ph.D.) -- Comprehensive Exams (Ph.D.) -- Thesis and Dissertation Defense Course related policies 22 -- Use of POLS 699 7. Graduate Courses in Political Science 23 8. Financial Aid 24-25 -- Departmentally Administered Awards -- Financial Aid Opportunities Outside the Department 9. Teaching Opportunities 26 10. Department Resources 27 11. Department Committees 28 12. Academic Honesty 28 13. Procedures for Complaints 28 14. Forms 28 Page 2
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE GRADUATE STUDENT GUIDE The University Founded as a land-grant college in 1907 and designated a university in 1920, the University of Hawai'i today is a multi-campus system that includes the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, University of Hawai'i at Hilo, University of Hawai'i -West O'ahu, and seven community colleges: Hawai'i Community College, Honolulu Community College, Kapi'olani Community College, Kauai'i Community College, Leeward Community College, Maui Community College, and Windward Community College. The University of Hawai'i at Manoa (UHM) is the main campus in the system and is located in Honolulu on the island of Oahu. The campus covers about 30 acres in lush Manoa Valley, a residential area close to the heart of Honolulu, Hawai'i's capital, and the tenth largest city in the United States. In the 2007-2008 academic year, UHM enrolled 20,169 students, of which 6,359 were graduate students with a student to faculty ration of 15:1. Students came from all 50 of the United States and many foreign countries. According to the Spring 2002 Facts Sheet prepared by the UH International Student Services Office, about 1,465 foreign students came from 79 foreign countries in different regions, such as Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Pacific Basin. Hawai'i residents comprised 92 percent of UH students. Women represented 56.8 percent of the student body; 73 percent of students attended school full time. UHM offers a bachelor's degree in 88 programs, the master's degree in 80 and the doctoral degree in 44. UH graduates are dedicated leaders in communities around the world. In addition to the nation's first Japanese-American senator and Native Hawaiian governor, UH alumni are serving as cabinet ministers in Korea and the Federated States of Micronesia, an assembly representative in Korea, a U.S. Embassy minister-counselor in Russia, and a university vice president in Bangkok. A special resource on the Manoa campus is the East-West Center, an international research institution established by the U.S. Congress to bring together men and women from Asia, the Pacific area, the United States, and the world in a variety of cooperative programs of study, professional development and research. The East- West Center is an incorporated foundation relying on U.S. governmental and international sources of funding. Page 3
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