Harvard University’s Department of Government is home to a vibrant and diverse intellectual community of political science scholars, researchers, visionaries, leaders, and changemakers. Our dedication to excellence and our strength in teaching and research in all fields of political science is reflected in both our faculty and our curriculum.
The Department of Government offers an extraordinary range of political subjects and approaches to them. A very flexible concentration, Government allows students to explore and define their particular interests through the courses they choose to meet their requirements as concentrators or to fulfill the requirements of Government as a secondary field. With their Concentration Advisers, students should seek a coherent program of study that shows both a general familiarity with political science and an understanding of that field or combination of fields that captures their interests.