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USC Catalogue 2015-2016 
    
USC Catalogue 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

Political Science and International Relations (MA)


Only students who have a degree objective of obtaining the PhD will be admitted into the Political Science and International Relations program. However, interested students can obtain a MA degree while pursuing the PhD. The degree is awarded upon successful completion of (a) 28 units, including three of the five courses in the program’s core theory and methodology sequence, a master’s thesis and registration in POSC 594a , POSC 594b  orIR 594a , IR 594b ; and (b) the approval of the master’s thesis by the thesis committee.