Departmental Membership
The Departmental Services Program (DSP) provides a forum for political science departments large and small to address common issues, and plan and develop publications and services for chairs, faculty, and students. The program, overseen by the Departmental Services Committee, supports political science teaching, scholarship, and service, and provides resources for department chairs.
Join the over 500 departments of varying sizes and types that participate in this program and benefit from this special connection to the discipline. View the benefits that your department can gain access to here.
View our Department Officers Guide here!
2026-2027 Department Renewals Now Open!
Graduate Departments
| 30+ Faculty | $2,141 |
| 21-30 Faculty | $1,617 |
| 11-20 Faculty | $936 |
| Less than 11 Faculty | $531 |
Undergraduate Departments
| 5+ Faculty | $411 |
| Less than 5 Faculty | $244 |
HBCU’s and Tribal Colleges
| HBCU and TCU | $50 |
Community Colleges
| Community College Department | $50 |
High Schools
| High School Departments | $110 |
Institutions: Non-Degree Granting Organizations, Libraries, and Research Institutions
| Institutions | $275 |
Important Membership Information
APSA Departmental Memberships run yearly from July 1st to June 30th of the following year. APSA memberships cannot be prorated.
APSA does not accept purchase orders.
Becoming an APSA Departmental Member does not confer individual memberships to faculty or staff nor does it give individual access to any online individual member benefits. Faculty or staff can purchase individual memberships separately. Please see here for information on individual membership dues.
Departmental accounts are accessed through linking an individual APSA account to the departmental account. Once the individual logs into their individual account they will now have access to the departmental account. In order to establish a new link to a departmental account please contact member services at 202-483-2515 or dsp@apsanet.org.
APSA Refund Policy: Membership may be cancelled by contacting the APSA membership department by e-mail at membership@apsanet.org or by mail; however, APSA does not offer refunds for cancelled memberships.