Bruce J. Dickson
Chair
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
People
Department Leadership
Eric Lawrence
Associate Chair
Associate Professor of Political Science
Sarah Binder
Professional Advisor (Political Science)
Professor of Political Science
Eric Grynaviski
Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Danny Hayes
Director of Graduate Placement
Associate Professor of Political Science
Shannon McQueen
Assistant Undergraduate Advisor
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Robert Stoker
Professional Advisor (Public Policy)
Professor of Political Science
Susan Wiley
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Associate Professor of Political Science
Undergraduate Advising Walk-in Hours
2020 Summer
Amid university precautions regarding the COVID-19 virus, advising walk-in hours are not taking place.
Please contact the advisors by email for your inquiries. For declaring a major, additional details are provided below.
Monday: None
Tuesday: None
Wednesday: None
Thursday: None
Friday: None
Susan Wiley
[email protected]
Monroe Hall 401
Shannon McQueen
[email protected]
Monroe Hall 402
Declaring a Major with Campus Closed
Given our current virtual learning environment, CCAS is providing you with a new process to provisionally declare your major and/or minor remotely prior to course registration (April 17 - April 24) for the Fall 2020 semester. Per the GW Bulletin, “Each student must declare a major during the sophomore year, no later than the registration period during the fourth full-time semester or the semester following completion of 45 credits, whichever comes first.” We will not be placing “no major” advising holds on student accounts this semester, however, some courses in the Fall 2020 course schedule will be restricted to specific majors or minors so it would be beneficial for you to declare (if you haven't already done so) prior to registration in April.
In order to provisionally declare your major and/or minor (or drop your current major and/or minor), please fill out this online declaration form. Some majors/minors require that prerequisites be met prior to a student declaring their major or minor. If that is the case for your program, we will confirm that those prerequisites are met prior to granting a provisional major or minor declaration. This form cannot be used for application-only majors (e.g., Communications, Journalism and Mass Communication, Political Communication, and certain BFA programs). You will be notified if we are unable to process your form. Please allow 3-5 business days for the form to be processed in order to see your chosen major/minor in DegreeMAP.
Before you submit a declaration form, please take the time to carefully review the degree requirements for your chosen major and/or minor here.
Once campus reopens, it is imperative that you meet with the faculty advisor for your chosen major/minor in order to discuss your degree requirements and create a tentative academic plan. If you wish to declare a cross-school major or minor in another school, you will need to contact that school's advising office directly to inquire how to remotely declare their major and/or minor.
Please note that in order to be eligible for internal transfer from CCAS to GWSB, SEAS, Elliott School or Milken, students must meet the prerequisite requirements listed on the Internal Transfer website. If you elect to take one of the listed prerequisite courses as Pass/No Pass during the Spring 2020 semester, it will not count as meeting the prerequisite requirement, even if you earn the grade of Pass (“P”).
Please contact your POD advisor or prospective faculty advisor if you have any questions.
