American politics focuses on the behavior of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government state and local politics the influence of public opinion, interest groups, and political parties on decision-making and issues of race and gender. Political theory seeks to analyze both historically and philosophically the origins and underpinnings of political values. These include the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions, the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, the Master of Public Affairs program, the Urban Studies Program, the Center for Contemporary South Asia, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Political Theory Project, the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, Middle East Studies, Development Studies, the Population Studies and Training Center, and Africana Studies.
GRE score required at Brown University master's degree programs in Political Science and Government