Overview

Federal, state and local governments are important employers of political science graduates. In the private sector, including nonprofits, the increasing interaction with government creates a growing demand for graduates with an understanding of political systems, domestically and internationally. Political Science, Law, and Public Administration are common graduate fields of study for graduates of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs.

Key Facts

Students will demonstrate basic knowledge and understanding of the content materials relative to their studies in Political Science. More specifically, students will use course content to: identify, describe, analyze, and evaluate major events, trends, peoples, groups, cultures, ideas, and institutions.

Conduct scholarly research in Political Science. More specifically, students will be able to:

Demonstrate the ability to locate and utilize scholarly materials through library research and archival research, e.g. data sets, scholarly journal articles, academic publications.
Identify primary sources, theories, opinion polls, policy trends, and determine their perspectives.
Discover sources that demonstrate valuable historical and current trends.

Apply knowledge of political processes and political methodology. In particular, students will be able to:

Demonstrate the ability to analyze scholarly work, separate fact from opinion, recognize events, issues, or concepts being presented, acknowledge the historical development of issues, evaluate proposed arguments and supporting evidence.
Associate political developments across different levels of analysis.
Recognize political patterns and apply this knowledge to logically anticipate political outcomes.

Communicate an understanding of political outcomes, processes, and methodology. More specifically, students will be able to:

Communicate an understanding of the program’s content both orally and in written work in their own words.
Construct arguments and analysis of political events and outcomes.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

The American Political System
Might and Right Among Nations
Public Administration, Policy and Law Courses
International Politics
American Political Institutions and Behavior Courses
Comparative Politics

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-01 00:00:00

More details

UCCS accepts applications throughout the year through a rolling admissions process.

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Colorado Springs, United States

Disciplines

Political Science View 1417 other Bachelors in Political Science in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

First-Time Freshman Application
Submit Application Fee
Submit Your High School/Ged Transcripts
Submit Your Sat/Act Scores
English Proficiency

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

22968 USD / year

≈ 22968 USD / year
Out-of-State

22968 USD / year

≈ 22968 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

11326 USD / year

≈ 11326 USD / year

Living costs

Colorado Springs

United States

950 - 1350 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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