UCLA Political Science Summer Institute

The Department of Political Science at UCLA is one of the nation’s top 10% undergraduate programs.  The major offers a comprehensive and multidisciplinary education in International Relations, American Politics, Methods, Political Theory, Race Ethnicity & Race Politics, and Comparative Politics.

The Political Science Department is offering a 3 week program with introductory coursework in American Politics as well as career panel component, bringing special guests to speak on the field and various career paths one can take with a Political Science degree. Students will leave the program with a strong understanding of American Politics, five units of either letter grade or pass/no pass college credit to use towards their Bachelor/High School degrees, mentors in the grad and undergraduate levels, and an idea of how far-reaching political thought/influence is in our society.

For questions about the program, please contact gradinfo@polisci.ucla.edu.

Meet your Director:

Igor Geyn

Summer Institute Director

Igor Geyn is a PhD student in the political science department where he focuses on local American politics and methodology. He’s broadly interested in questions of representation and accountability in local government and has an eye towards learning through practice in the courses he teaches. He is originally from the Bay Area.

For more information, please view our Summer Institute Page here: https://summer.ucla.edu/program/political-science-summer-institute/