Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science, UC Berkeley

In the Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science, over fifty faculty and lecturers teach and conduct research in each of our five subfields on a variety of special topics. Additionally, our faculty and students work with over twenty specialized and interdisciplinary institutes and centers around campus on issues important to political science and our world today. Below, please find brief descriptions of the links and information you can find in this section.

• Faculty Browse through a directory of our full- and part-time faculty by subfield area(s) of specialty.
• Courses We offer over one hundred courses at the graduate and undergraduate level throughout the academic year. Search or browse through current and future course offerings, or find past course schedules in our archives.
• Subfields Learn about the faculty, courses, and research for each of the five political science subfields as well as other specialized research areas that are explored by our department.
• Centers and Institutes Learn more about the research centers and institutes around campus where our faculty members are studying a variety of issues and topics related to political science, including the Institute on Government Studies, the Survey Research Center, and the Institute for East Asian Studies.