Courses offered within the Department of Government and Politics
are designed to provide students with the analytical skills
necessary to evaluate political issues and to function effectively
in a political environment. The Department's specific objectives
include preparing students for careers in the civil or foreign
service, for positions of political or administrative
responsibility in the public or private sectors, for careers in the
field of education, or for further study as graduate or law
students.
The Department's undergraduate curriculum meets these
objectives, offering a variety of courses divided into four
subfields:
American Government, with an
emphasis on political institutions and public law
International Relations and
Comparative Politics, with an emphasis on area studies
Political Theory, with offerings in
classical, modern, and contemporary thought; and Public
Administration and Public Service,The curriculum includes research
methods and quantitative analysis courses. In addition,
undergraduate senior seminars (required of all our majors) involve
students in semester-long research projects