Learning and Doing

Combining theoretical insights with practical application, the Georgetown M.A. Program in American Government offers its students a rich, stimulating environment in which to understand the nature of American politics – and to see it in action. The accelerated, twelve month program is designed to be small and intensive, and draws on its setting in the nation’s capital as well as the strengths of the Department of Government.

Through courses on institutions of government (Congress, the presidency, the Bureaucracy, and the Judiciary), political behavior, public opinion, and quantitative methods, students gain the substantive knowledge and theoretical frameworks necessary to understand the operations of American politics. Also, the program’s required eight month internship program provides students with hands-on, real-world experience within the nation’s capital.

As an accelerated program, the MA in American Government at Georgetown is designed to engage highly motivated and talented students, who wish to move on to careers in the public sector, government consulting, political work or further academic study.

A joint BA and MA degree in American Government is offered for Georgetown undergraduates.  Please consult Part IV of the Undergraduate Handbook for details.

The admissions deadline for the 2010-2011 academic year is January 15, 2010.

For admission inquiries, please contact Justin Harried: (202) 687-5606 or jjh76@georgetown.edu 

For program inquiries, please contact Dr. Jeffry Burnam: (202) 687-0514 or burnamj@georgetown.edu

For practicum inquiries, please contact Dr. Lynn Ross: (202 687-0598 or rosslc@georgetown.edu