Social Sciences

Offers a PhD program designed to train economists for careers in teaching and research by providing extensive training in economic theory, quantitative research methods, and applied fields.

An interdisciplinary program designed for students who wish to acquire a broad background in Middle Eastern history, religion, cultures and politics.

Offers both MA and PhD programs which concentrate on practical and theoretical questions spanning four traditional fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Politics, and Political Theory.

Offers a full-time, research-oriented PhD program with specializations in Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental Psychology, Quantitative & Computational Psychology, and Social Psychology.

Offers an MA and a PhD program, both providing a strong background in conceptual and analytical skills and training in a wide variety of applied substantive fields. Departmental areas of research address challenges of heightened global conflict, inequality, fracturing political discourse and widespread environmental degradation.