Department of Government

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Students

SPA’s Department of Government offers courses of study at the doctoral, graduate and undergraduate levels. The masters program in political science includes tracks in American, comparative, and applied politics.

Faculty in the Department of Government are leading scholars in the fields of American and comparative politics, campaign management, lobbying, and other areas of political science.

Through SPA’s research institutes—the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies and the Women & Politics Institute—faculty scholarship is shared with the AU and Washington communities, and across the nation.

Center for Congressional & Presidential Studies

Thurber and Barak

CCPS Director Jim Thurber and Barack Obama

Study the interaction between Congress and the presidency at CCPS. Learn how politics runs.

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WOMEN & POLITICS INSTITUTE

Connie Morella

Ambassador-in-Residence Connie Morella

The world needs more women leaders. Be one of them.

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Center for Democracy & Election Management

Jimmy Carter and James Baker present a CDEM report

CDEM's goal is to pave the way for and strengthen democracy through improved electoral performance.

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