University of Colorado Denver

Denver

Webmail | UCD Access | Canvas | Search Quick Links

Locations

Tools

Schools and Colleges

CU Denver

CU Anschutz Medical Campus

Politics is the Art of the Possible

We study how to achieve social change.
Find your part in our department, your community, and in the world.

Read the Political Science Department Statement on Anti-Black Violence and Police Brutality

Home Block

COVID-19 Information

Please note: Because of COVID-19, CU Denver has transitioned to remote learning and working at this time. For the most updated information, please visit: www1.ucdenver.edu/coronavirus.

To contact individual faculty members or staff, please reach out via email.

COVID Self-Reporting Form

CARES Act Student Emergency Fund

Report an Act of Discrimination

Political Science is the study of how people come together to use collective power to pursue the common good.

We can't escape the politics of our life, but we can choose to take an active or a passive role. If active, our politics may be informed and creative, or uninformed and habitual; we're proponents of the former.

The University of Colorado Denver Political Science Department prepares our students for informed and creative activism by providing them an opportunity to develop analytical skills. Our programs incorporate historical, quantitative, experimental, ethnographic, psychological, and creative methodologies to sensitize students to the essential questions of politics and life.

Many of our graduates go on to lead in their communities as organizers, attorneys or public servants in regional, state or federal government.

The Latest from CU Denver Poli Sci

Two juxtaposed images of the face of the state of Gilgamesh with a gold line running diagonally through the center.

Freedom and Democracy in the Ancient Middle East: A Lecture with Dr. Nicholas Rockwell

Events News Faculty Updates

Please join us Wednesday, October 20, from 12:30-2:00pm, in-person in Student Commons, Room 2600, or streaming online. The concept of freedom and consensual forms of government were crucial components of politics in the ancient Middle East. When new kings came to power, they frequently presented themselves as liberating the people...Read more

Yellow background with megaphone facing to the right

Call for proposals for the 2021 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics

Graduates News

Excited young man jumping in air with megaphone to imply getting the word out about the TAships.

Spring 2022 Graduate Teaching Assistantships

Graduates

Graphic showing Angela Merkel, (Prime minister of Germany), and Professors Christoph Stefes and Thorsten Spehn

The End of an Era: Who Will Govern Germany After Merkel? - A Zoom Lecture with Professors Christoph Stefes & Thorsten Spehn

News Events

Go to news archive

Land Acknowledgment

“Acknowledging that we reside in the homelands of Indigenous Peoples is an important step in recognizing the history and the original stewards of these lands. Land acknowledgments must extend far beyond words, the United States has worked hard to erase the narratives of Indigenous Peoples over time. Land acknowledgment statements can help to remind us of the history, the contributions and the sacrifices Native peoples have made.

We honor and acknowledge that we are on the traditional territories and ancestral homelands of the Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Ute nations. This area, specifically the confluence of the Platte and Cherry Creek Rivers was the epicenter for trade, information sharing, planning for the future, community, family and ally building, as well as conducting healing ceremonies for over 45 Indigenous Nations, including the Lakota, Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Shoshone, Paiute, Zuni, Hopi among others.

We must recognize Indigenous peoples as the original stewards of this land and as these words of acknowledgment are spoken and heard, remember the ties these nations still have to their traditional homelands. Let us acknowledge the painful history of genocide and forced removal from this territory and pay our respect to the diverse Indigenous peoples still connected to this land. Let us also give thanks to all Tribal Nations and the ancestors of this place.”

Gracie RedShirt Tyon
Lakota
Director, American Indian Student Services