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We offer online and on-campus educational opportunities in Constitutional Law & American Politics to meet the needs of James Madison Fellows

The University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Department of Political Science has had the privilege of educating James Madison Fellows from Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota, Louisiana, New Mexico, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine over the past several years.  

If you are awarded a fellowship from the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation, UNO is a great place to complete your master's degree. At UNO, we offer multiple courses on Constitutional Law and American Politics.

We have worked with dozens of fellows in the past, so we understand the specific needs of the program. Our online offerings work great with the busy schedule of our students who are teaching in secondary educational institutions. We offer two degrees that could be relevant to James Madison Fellowship recipients: the M.S. in Political Science and the M.A. in History & Government.

M.S. in Political Science

Our 30-credit hour M.S. in Political Science program allows James Madison Fellows to create a program to meet the needs of their teaching position. In addition to taking the required American Government and Constitutional Law courses, the fellows who teach Comparative Politics as Dual Enrollment/Concurrent Enrollment teachers may incorporate such courses into their program of study.

A typical Madison Fellow may take the following classes in addition to their 6 credit hours transferred in from Georgetown University:

  • PSCI 8000 Seminar in Research Methods
  • PSCI 8040 Seminar in American Government
  • PSCI 8150 Seminar in Constitutional Law
  • PSCI 8300 Seminar in Political Theory
  • PSCI 8500 Seminar in Comparative Politics
  • PSCI 8146 Constitutional Law: Civil Rights
  • PSCI 8176 Constitutional Law: Foundations
  • PSCI 8196 Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties

Based on their needs and interests, the students can choose from more than two dozen electives in American Politics, Political Theory, International Relations, and Comparative Politics courses.

Most of our Fellows complete their program within three years as part-time students.

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UNO James Madison Fellows, from left to right: Erika Lewis (graduated Summer 2024, MS Political Science), Marcus McGuinn (currently in MA History and Government), and Keagan Peterson (currently in MS Political Science).

M.A. in History & Government

Our 36-credit hour MA in History & Government program meets the needs of social science teachers as another option for James Madison Fellows.

Students in this program take 18-credit hours of Political Science courses and 18-credits hours of History courses to be certified to teach dual enrollment and AP courses in both fields. The students may consider adding a certificate in Government or Intelligence and National Security into their plan of study.

A typical Madison Fellow in M.A. in History and Government may take the following classes in addition to their 6 credit hours transferred in from Georgetown University.

  • PSCI 8040 Seminar in American Government
  • PSCI 8150 Seminar in Constitutional Law
  • PSCI 8300 Seminar in Political Theory
  • PSCI 8500 Seminar in Comparative Politics
  • PSCI 8146 Constitutional Law: Civil Rights
  • HIST 9200 Colloquium- Themes in Global History
  • HIST 9200 Colloquium- Themes in US History
  • HIST 8336 U.S. Constitutional History to 1860
  • HIST 8346 U.S. Constitutional History since 1860

Based on their needs and interests, the students can choose from more than three dozen electives in History or Political Science.

Immerse Yourself in Constitutional Studies Opportunities at UNO

UNO offers many virtual and on-campus learning opportunities for those students who are interested in Constitutional Studies. Check out the Constitutional Studies Forum.

Please join us at our upcoming event:

Panel Discussion: The Political Thought of George Washington

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"I chose UNO for my education as a James Madison Fellow because of its convenient online structure. As a teacher, the freedom to study around my busy work schedule was ideal and a major reason for my success. The MA in History and Government also allowed me to earn 18 hours in both History and Political Science so I could split my time between my two major areas of interest!" - Greg Howard, MA History and Government graduate and James Madison Fellow, Summer 2024

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