The MA Program in Political Science aims to provide students with comprehensive knowledge and tools to understand and analyze various political processes across the world. The program includes four areas of focus: comparative and Israeli politics, international relations, political thought, and political communication.
As such, it offers a unique combination of broad theoretical knowledge and flexible choice by areas of interest. Additionally, the program offers methodological training and skills useful both for academia and for the public and private sectors. The MA Program offers two tracks. Outstanding students would also be able to advance into PhD studies in the field. The second track includes a comprehensive set of classes without a thesis, offering a deep and broad base of knowledge for students interested in careers in related fields in the public and private sectors.
Further information can be found on the program's Hebrew Website — here. The program is designed to promote closer and more rigorous understanding of the diplomatic process as well as of the diplomatic profession by relevant other fields: world history, decision making theory, international economics, international law, media studies, strategic studies, as well as regional and comparative political frameworks.
Through this integrative approach toward diplomacy as a "bridging mechanism" our goal is to provide students, who are the future scholars and prospective practitioners with the requisite perspectives, plus the research and conceptual tools for analyzing — and respecting — the enduring crucial role of judgement, leadership and negotiating skills, crisis management, dispute settlement and an ability to communicate effectively in today's globalizing society, economy and international political system.
The program offers two tracks: a research track with an MA thesis, offering outstanding graduates the ability to apply to the doctoral program in the School of Political Science, Government and International Affairs, and a non-thesis track. Further information can be found on the program's Hebrew Website - here.
