Power up your career with one of our individualized online or on-campus graduate degree programs

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MS in Political Science (Online & On-Campus)

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MA in History & Government (Online & On-Campus)

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Graduate Certificates (Online & On-Campus)

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Courses & Curriculum

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Tailored Plan of Study for James Madison Fellows

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Fast Track - Integrated Bachelor's and Master's Program

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Why a Graduate Degree from UNO Political Science Department?

Our low-cost program offers a purposeful and individualized curriculum to power up your career, allows you to balance work, family, and class commitments, and provides you the opportunities to interact with world-class faculty in small-size classrooms.

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Rigorous Curriculum Offered by a Distinguished University

According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, UNO is one of 88 higher education institutions nationally classified as a doctoral/research university, out of the 4,000 academic institutions it categorizes.

UNO received a first-tier regional best ranking in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2010 edition of America’s Best Colleges. UNO ranked 18th among public master’s institutions in the Midwest region.

Expand your Career Prospects

Through our individualized program, expand your career prospects. Our program offers a variety of opportunities depending on your career goals

Our program is customizable so that it prepares you for academic, federal and state level jobs, the private sector, or a variety of teaching positions.

Meet Your Needs with a Fast and Flexible Program

We offer a thesis and non-thesis track. The vast majority of our students choose the non-thesis track, finding its greater flexibility encourages completion of the degree.

Students will take a methodology seminar in addition to 3 to 4 content seminars including American Government and Politics, International Relations, Comparative Politics, Constitutional Law, US Foreign Policy and National Security, Leadership, and Political Theory.

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Graduate Programs Overview

Power up your career with one of our individualized online or on-campus graduate degree programs

Why a Graduate Degree from UNO Political Science Department?