Department Events

Undergraduate Program Events:

Political Science Students

Join fellow majors for department-hosted research talks, workshops and public engagement that support graduate and undergraduate participation. The Department of Political Science at UC San Diego hosts a vibrant speaker series program that brings leading scholars, practitioners and public intellectuals to campus for research talks, workshops and public engagement. The series are organized to support graduate students and faculty participation, welcome affiliated scholars on campus, and provide a regular forum for the presentation of new research, methodological exchange and cross-field collaboration.

Computational Social Science (CSS) 

Computational Social Science (CSS) at UC San Diego is a program spanning the social sciences that applies computational methods to social questions. The program offers a one-year MS in CSS, a PhD specialization and a minor for interested students.

Accelerated Pathway to USD Law Program

Accelerated Pathway to USD School of Law information sessions and advising events connect high-achieving undergraduates with the joint UC San Diego – University of San Diego School of Law pathway. UC San Diego and the University of San Diego School of Law partnered to create the Accelerated Pathway to USD School of Law, allowing high-achieving UC San Diego undergraduates to earn both a bachelor’s and J.D. in six years instead of seven. 

Law and Politics

Law and Politics programming is anchored in the Krinsk-Houston Law & Politics Initiative in the Department of Political Science. Maysa Nichter directs the initiative and serves as faculty advisor to pre-law student organizations including the Moot Court team, Undergraduate Law Review and Pre-Law Coalition. Her teaching and research focus on enhancing the university’s pre-law curriculum and support programs. The initiative supports workshops, mentoring and pre-law programming in partnership with the Accelerated Pathway to USD Law.

Speaker Series (For Gradute Students and Faculty)

The Department of Political Science at UC San Diego hosts a vibrant speaker series program that brings leading scholars, practitioners and public intellectuals to campus for research talks, workshops and public engagement. The series are organized to support graduate students and faculty participation, welcome affiliated scholars on campus, and provide a regular forum for the presentation of new research, methodological exchange and cross-field collaboration.