The department offers a program designed to provide students with a broad understanding of politics in its various dimensions — local, state, national, and international — and from various perspectives — theoretical, comparative, and experiential.
The curriculum includes courses in the principal fields of the discipline, and internships in the Washington Study Group combine rigorous analysis of politics and government with direct exposure to Congress, the national executive, political campaigns, and state and local government.
If you are interested in a quantitative approach to the analysis of politics you will find it here, as many courses offer opportunities to use computers and to learn data-gathering and statistical techniques.
Students who major or minor in political science receive excellent preparation for future careers or graduate study in such fields as law, public service, international affairs, business management, teaching, and journalism.
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