<p>I was wondering if anyone here could give me a general background on the level of study in International Relations and Political Science fields. Are the professors well-known in their fields? Personable? Are classes fairly small? Opportunities for internship and study-abroad? Just whatever you think is useful.</p>
<p>I'm already convinced Rochester is a great city, and the camputs at UoR looks beautiful, so mainly i'd just like information on the political program. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>PoliSci is one of UR’s traditional strengths and the department is highly regarded. Here is the [history</a> page](<a href=“http://www.rochester.edu/college/psc/intro/history.php]history”>http://www.rochester.edu/college/psc/intro/history.php) for the department. It says a lot about the philosophy.</p>
<p>IR is part of the PoliSci department at UR.</p>
<p>Poli Sci and International Relations are both very strong programs and are very well regarded. The Poli Sci department ranks in the top 10 or so I believe, and is among the top schools in terms of the volume of research produced.</p>
<p>Regarding research, see my earlier post about how high UR ranks in the citation index. That index takes all schools with >2000 articles a year and then ranks them according to how often their work is cited. Scaled with 1.0 as average, UR was tied for 15th at 1.71, with Yale and Boston University.</p>