The Program examines how gender relations structure the theory and practice of politics through a rigorous and diverse curriculum that includes the following requirements:

• A core course, entitled "Proseminar: Women and Politics" (790:587), is required of all students concentrating in this field and is recommended to other students as an introduction to the field of women and politics. 

• Students electing Women & Politics as a major field must take four additional gender-related courses - three offered by Political Science and one offered by Women’s and Gender Studies or another department. 

• Students electing Women & Politics as a minor field must take two gender-related courses in addition to the Proseminar. Both courses must be selected from the Women & Politics courses offered by the Department of Political Science. 

• These requirements often mean that students can earn a Graduate Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers' top-ranked Department of Women's and Gender Studies, in conjunction with a graduate degree in Political Science.  

• To learn more about earning a Ph.D. in Political Science at Rutgers, see the degree requirements on the Department's Prospective Students page. To see admissions requirements and to submit an application, visit our Admissions page.