政治学(Political Science)
Pro-democracy stand-off in Tienanmen Square. (AP/Wide World Photos.)
政治系是在公元1955年正式成立的，当时还是依附在经济和社会科学系之内，是麻省理工学院试图发展社会科学的一连串努力的一环。政治系目前的核心师资群当时多半都在国际研究中心工作，该中心是一个先驱性的跨领域组织，研究美国外交政策和安全议题、第三世界的经济和政治发展、共产社会和国际沟通。到了公元1958年，校方授与了第一个政治学博士学位。
政治学在公元1965年开始独立成为一个系所，提供了学士、硕士和博士的学位。
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The Political Science Department was formally established in 1955, within what was then the Department of Economics and Social Science, as part of a broad effort to develop research and training at MIT in the social sciences. The nucleus of a Political Science faculty had already been formed within the Center for International Studies, a pioneering, interdisciplinary research center working on American foreign policy and security issues, economic and political development in the Third World, Communist societies, and international communication. By 1958, a Ph.D. in political science had been authorized. Political Science became an independent department in 1965, offering an undergraduate major and a Master's degree, as well as the Ph.D.
For more information, go to http://web.mit.edu/polisci/.
