BA Political Science Major, Political Methodology Specialization at Washington University in St. Louis

Programme overview

Students who major in Political Science are required to complete 30 graded units (10 courses) in Political Science with a C or better, distributed as follows: 6 graded units must come from two 1000-level introductory courses. ( Note: Students scoring a 4 or 5 on the AP US Government and Politics exam and/or the AP Comparative Government and Politics exam may place out of the associated introductory course and replace it with a 3000- or 4000-level course in a related subfield.)

Faculty: Arts & Sciences | Study mode: full-time | Location: St. Louis, MO, United States

What you will study

Major requires 30 units. Required courses include POLSCI 3015 Computational Modeling in the Social Sciences; POLSCI 3630 Quantitative Political Methodology; POLSCI 4005 American Political Parties; POLSCI 4027 Experiments in Politics; POLSCI 4905 Research Design and Methods.

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Application information

Entry requirements

No programme-specific admission requirements are listed for this major; admission is to Washington University through the Arts & Sciences (university-level application via admissions.washu.edu).

USD 71,310 a year (2026-27). Full-time undergraduate tuition for 2026-27 ($35,655 per semester) for the College of Arts & Sciences, Sam Fox School, Olin Business School and McKelvey School of Engineering; one rate for all students. Excludes the student activities fee, health and well Source

Entry term: Fall semester (applications for fall 2027 entry); spring transfer entry is also offered.

Spring Transfer and Fall Transfer applicants are admitted for the spring and fall semesters respectively.

First-year deadlines: Early Decision I and Early Action November 2 (Early Decision notification by December 15, Early Action by December 23); Early Decision II and Regular Decision January 4 (notification by February 14 and April 1 respectively). Transfer deadlines: Spring Transfer October 15; Fall Transfer March 1.

Applications are submitted through the Common Application or Coalition Application; the application fee is $75 (automatically waived for students applying for financial aid). SAT/ACT is optional (test-optional policy for fall 2027 entry).

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.washu.edu/

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