Preparing for Graduate School

I'm an undergraduate student at the University of Maryland. What courses will prepare me to enter the APAN program?

What follows does not constitute official advising. Students should consult with their academic advisor (in any and all departments in which they are majoring or minoring) to understand all their undergraduate program requirements.

*GVPT320 – Advanced Empirical Research (requires GVPT201; both courses required for 4+1 applicants to APAN)

Depending on each student’s focus, a selection of other relevant courses within GVPT might include some of the following:

GVPT390 – Game Theory

GVPT406 – International Organizations

GVPT420 – The Logic and Practice of Measuring Political Behavior (requires GVPT201)

GVPT423 – Elections and Electoral Behavior (requires GVPT241 and GVPT170)

GVPT429 – Problems in Political Behavior (requires GVPT201)

GVPT456 – The Politics of Terrorism (requires GVPT200)

GVPT460 – State Politics and Government (requires GVPT241 and GVPT170)

GVPT461 – Local Politics and Government (requires GVPT170)

GVPT473 – The U.S. Congress (requires GVPT241 and GVPT170)

GVPT474 – Political Parties

GVPT475 – The Presidency and the Executive Branch

GVPT Internship Program