Our lives, our communities, and our world are significantly shaped by political events. Political science provides students with an understanding of the multifaceted ideas, structures, and processes of politics in the United States and globally. Courses are designed to accomplish three principal objectives:
Help students acquire and establish habits of critical and creative thinking about public issues
Enlarge and broaden students’ understanding of significant data, major ideas, and political activities
Prepare students for careers in law, government, journalism, and education
For more information please go to Department of Political Science website.
An undergraduate degree in political science opens doors to many career paths. With such course offerings as Constitutional Law and Civil Liberties, it is, of course, a natural conduit to advanced legal studies and law school. But a degree in political science also sets the stage for study leading to university professorships, public and private careers as political scientists, policy analysts, and administrators, to name just a few possibilities.
Today’s students face the prospect of multiple career changes and the reality of stiff global competition for jobs. The advanced analytical and communication skills, and expanded world vision, that are all byproducts of the study of political science, combine to construct an ideally suited launching pad for career success now and in the foreseeable future.
Students are to select 21 credits from among all the courses offered by the department, with at least one course from four of the six areas listed below. At least two electives must be at the 3000-level. Students can also receive elective credit for Special Topics courses (POL 3999), Independent Study projects (POL 5000), Research Practicums (POL 5030-5031), or honors thesis projects (POL 6001H, POL 6002H).
Students are expected to complete the major requirements in place at the time they are officially accepted into their programs. Please review the College Bulletin for the relevant academic year.
