Political Science
The Political Science Department provides undergraduates and graduate students an education in four broad areas: American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Political Theory. Political Science's close affiliation with renowned centers for European Studies, International Studies, and International Peace Studies attracts diverse scholars who produce insightful research and contribute immeasurably to Notre Dame's intellectual community.
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Socrates Seeking Alcibiades in the House of Aspasia. c. 1861. Jean-Léon Gérôme
Courtesy of the University of Notre Dame Snite Museum of Art.
On extended loan from Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin.
About The Political Science Department
The Political Science Department provides undergraduates and graduate students an education in four broad areas: American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Political Theory. Political Science’s close affiliation with renowned centers for European Studies, International Studies, and International Peace Studies attracts diverse scholars who produce insightful research and contribute immeasurably to Notre Dame’s intellectual community.
Political Science continues to reflect major elements of its history and Notre Dame’s Catholic identity. Its faculty, always highly interested in normative questions and pressing political and social issues, are now recognized nationally and internationally for the study of democratization, conflict resolution, political theory, and democratic inclusion.
Courses
POLS 13195 - Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley, Spring 2007
POLS 30228 - Terrorism, Peace, and Other Inconsistencies, Fall 2006



















